PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1424

Heard every week on amateur radio bands all around the world.

Broadcast on low-power AM and FM stations all across the United States.

And one of the first podcasts on the internet.

We are This Week in Amateur Radio.

The worldwide premier amateur radio and technology news magazine and bulletin service of the air.

Here are the stories for release around the earth as we come to air with edition number 1,424 of This Week in Amateur Radio.

ITU Corporation acquires Ameritron and Mirage RF power amplifiers from MFJ.

Washington state's governor highlights amateur radio volunteers ahead of ARRL field day.

AMSAT submits a letter of intent to NASA for carriage and launch of amateur radio CubeSats on upcoming Artemis missions.

A U.S. radio station copper thief is arrested.

Astronauts return to the space station after the leak that was venting air into space is repaired.

The ARRL reminds amateurs to prepare for the upcoming Kids' Day on the air.

The Orlando Hamcation is seeking nominations for its 2027 awards.

The Irish Amateur Radio Transmitter Society is seeking operators for the HF World Championship.

And employees at a radio station form a new amateur radio club, and they do a lot of amateur radio self-promotion on the air on the station.

You will hear all of these stories and a lot more coming up in today's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio.

These headline stories will come to you in a moment along with this week's special features.

We'll visit with Bruce Page, KK5DO and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit.

Australia's own Ono Binshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio continues with Part 20 of his Bald Yak Project.

This edition continues his adventures with Soapy Audio and is entitled More Pie with Soap.

Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio.

This week, Will takes us back to the summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to four new shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July of that year.

This is the final wrap-up of this edition, which is entitled DX Records and Shortwave Reflections, or...

The heavy side road to the antipode.

We will stop by and visit with Bill Sires, AJ8B, in the DX Corner with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and much more.

And we will have a look at this month's Volunteer Monitoring System Report.

That's all straight ahead as North America's premier amateur radio and technology news magazine and bulletin service this week in Amateur Radio takes to the air right now.

Heard every week on amateur radio bands all around the world.

Broadcast on low-power AM and FM stations all across the United States.

And one of the first podcasts on the internet.

We are This Week in Amateur Radio.

The worldwide premier amateur radio and technology news magazine and bulletin service of the air.

Here are the stories for release around the earth as we come to air with edition number 1,424 of This Week in Amateur Radio.

ITU Corporation acquires Ameritron and Mirage RF power amplifiers from MFJ.

Washington state's governor highlights amateur radio volunteers ahead of ARRL field day.

AMSAT submits a letter of intent to NASA for carriage and launch of amateur radio CubeSats on upcoming Artemis missions.

A U.S. radio station copper thief is arrested.

Astronauts return to the space station after the leak that was venting air into space is repaired.

The ARRL reminds amateurs to prepare for the upcoming Kids' Day on the air.

The Orlando Hamcation is seeking nominations for its 2027 awards.

The Irish Amateur Radio Transmitter Society is seeking operators for the HF World Championship.

And employees at a radio station form a new amateur radio club, and they do a lot of amateur radio self-promotion on the air on the station.

You will hear all of these stories and a lot more coming up in today's edition of This Week in Amateur Radio.

These headline stories will come to you in a moment along with this week's special features.

We'll visit with Bruce Page, KK5DO and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit.

Australia's own Ono Binshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio continues with Part 20 of his Bald Yak Project.

This edition continues his adventures with Soapy Audio and is entitled More Pie with Soap.

Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio.

This week, Will takes us back to the summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to four new shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July of that year.

This is the final wrap-up of this edition, which is entitled DX Records and Shortwave Reflections, or...

The heavy side road to the antipode.

We will stop by and visit with Bill Sires, AJ8B, in the DX Corner with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and much more.

And we will have a look at this month's Volunteer Monitoring System Report.

That's all straight ahead as North America's premier amateur radio and technology news magazine and bulletin service this week in Amateur Radio takes to the air right now.