PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1407 - Repeater Version

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: February 14, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Jordan Kurtz, KE9BPO, Rich Lawrence, Mike Nicolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Steve Sawyer, K1FRC, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:45:50 Podcast Download: Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: FUJI OSCAR 29 Approaches Full Sunlight 2. AMSAT: SpaceX Grounds Its Falcon 9 Rocket 3. AMSAT: Declassifying JUMPSEAT: An American Pioneer In Space 4. AMSAT: Kenya To Represent Africa In The ARISS Program During 2026 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: New Comedy Podcast Tackles Ham Radio's "Gatekeeping Problem" With Humour and Education 7. WIA: IARU Region One Issues Clarification On Reports Of Ham Radio Prosecutions In Belarus 8. WIA: Radio Society Of Great Britain Publishes Band Plans 9. WIA: Radio Station Looks To Share WKRP Callsign 10. FCC: Keep Your FRN Information Updated: FCC Fines Could Add Up Quickly 11. FCC: Amazon Gets FCC Approval To Launch 4,500 Leo Internet Satellites 12. ARRL: Start Planning Now For Ham Radio Open House In April - World Amateur Radio Day 13. ARRL: Digital Or Paper? 14. ARRL: Special Event Station Will Be Honoring The Titanic Radio Men 15. ARRL: ARRL Mourns The Loss Of Sharon Taratula, Awards Manager 16. ARRL: William Reed Whitten, AB4W, SK 17. BBC Shortwave Radio Programs Are Received In Iran 18. Amateur In Scotland Gets Approval For Installation Of A Tower 19. Texas Military Base Issues GPS Interference Warning 20. Advanced Class US Operators To Host A Popular Net 21. Amateur Radio License Plates Are Poised For Approval In New Hampshire 22. The Maker Community Eyes A Contruction Competition In The UK 23. The FCC deletes obsolete Part 97 Rules after their publication in the Federal Register on February 10th 24. ARRL: Irvine Disaster Emergency Communications offering a Technician-level licensing course 25. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Convention Listings 26. AMSAT: NASA selects global tracking volunteers for the upcoming Artemis II mission 27. AMSAT: OpenSpace Phased Array antenna project targets low cost Earth Moon Earth for amateurs 28. FCC: FCC requires disclosure of Foreighn Adversaries interest, exempts amateurs 29. FCC: FCC fast-tracks SpaceX plan for one million satellites, and it wants your thoughts 30. ARRL: ARRL joins America250 as a supporting partner for the nations 250th anniversary 31. ARRL: The National Council of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators removes three questions from use 32. ARRL: The league announces that more funding is available for radio clubs 33. ARD: Open HamClock backend aims to keep HamClock ticking Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, will be here with another edition of Foundations of Amateur Radio, This week's program is titled "How to become an amateur today" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Monthly Volunteer Monitoring Report * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio", this week, Will takes us back to 1924 where we find that for nearly a year, hams had been operating in their first assigned band of wavelengths, 150 to 200 meters. They had also been experimenting below 150 meters by special government permission. We will hear all about in this episode titled, "Six Segments, Sans Spark" ----- Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): Website: X: Bluesky: Facebook: YouTube: RSS News: Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly): Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly): This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

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