PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1431 - Truncated 1-hour version This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please visit TWIAR.net Release Date: October 31, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 0:59:29 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1HR1431 1. AMSAT: Falcon 9 launches Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission 2. AMSAT: Satellite shorts from all over 3. WIA: Weird and wonderful 4. REU: US blocks two devices with Chinese-made surveillance chips 5. FCC: FCC affirms $60K in pirate radio fines in the Northeast 6. ARRL: ARRL partners in NASA-funded space weather education initiative 7. ARRL: Venusbounce (with a message) 8. ARRL: How to work VK9XY on 6 meters (hint: extreme long path) 9. ARRL: ARRL Foundation opens applications for 2027 scholarship program 10. ARRL: Voting is now under way for members of the ARRL Board of Directors 13. ARRL: ARRL’s annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET) 14. FCC grants spectrum license transfer to SpaceX 15. Antique Wireless 1929 QSO Party turns back the calendar 16. Goodbye to the leap second 17. WIRE: Helicopter pilot killed striking 150-foot amateur radio tower in Florida 18. ARRL: Latest Colvin Grants assist youth-focused DXpeditions 19. ARRL: Amateurs help “run” the Chicago Marathon 20. Homeowners association lobby gives top priority to halting the advancement of amateur radio bill in Congress Plus these special features this week: * Australia’s own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, will present his 800th edition of Foundations of Amateur Radio, in a discussion called 800 reflections on a hobby * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of “Dead Electrical Dudes.” This edition’s stiff is Edwin Armstrong. --- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 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.