PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1428

Josh Marler (0:02)

Heard every week on the 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 year. Here are the stories for release around the earth as we come to air with edition number 1428 of This Week in Amateur Radio.

George Bowen (0:30)

The East Coast responds to Hurricane Isaias. The FCC and the Department of Health and Human Services initiate new proceedings on RF exposure.

World Radiosport Team Championships 2022 results are re-scored and a new winner announced after the discovery of cheating. A Vermont radio amateur is honored as a friend of broadcast. An original proponent of the GMRS service becomes a silent key.

The FCC proposes a new mid-band spectrum auction and unlocking 800 MHz for control of drones. Elon Musk says that that pesky sun is killing off his StarLink satellites. NASA's SpaceX Crew 13 arrives at the Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope sets a new record in orbit. We will have the story coming up in this week's report.

Josh Marler (1:24)

These headlines will come to you in a moment along with this week's special features. We'll visit with Bruce Paige, Kk5Do and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit. Australia's own Onno Benshop, Vk6Flab and Foundations in Amateur Radio will present another update on his Bald Yak Project. And in Amateur Radio, you'll be surprised at the things you will hear if you listen.

Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5Wlr returns with another edition of Dead Electrical Dudes. This edition's stiff is Lee DeForest.

And we will stop by and visit with Bill Salyers, AJ8B and the DX Corner with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, Upcoming Contest and much more. 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.

George Bowen (2:25)

Reporting from our headquarters studio just outside Albany, New York where I just took care of all the leaves in the lawn surrounding our building. I don't like leaves.

I'm George W2Xbs.

Mike Nikolich (2:40)

Reporting from Bradenton, Florida where we missed Hurricane Isaias by less than 10 hours while traveling to our home in the Sunshine State, I'm Mike Nikolich, Kilo9, DX Mike.

Chris Perrine (2:50)

And reporting this week from my Ham shack where every time I fire up the 80 meter transmitter, my wife's booklight blinks on and off. She finds it very annoying. Oh well, carry on.

I'm Chris Perrine, Kb2Faf.

Rich Lawrence (3:06)

And reporting from our News Bureau just outside Albany, New York in the Geek Cave Studios, where I'm losing that beautiful summer tan, I'm Rich Lawrence, Kb2Mob.

George Lama (3:17)

And reporting from our News Bureau just outside Rochester, New York along the southern shore of Lake Ontario, this is George, KiloCharlie2, Oscar, X-Ray, Juliet.

Josh Marler (3:28)

And reporting from the Hamshack TV Studios in Knoxville, Tennessee, where we're keeping a close eye on what Hurricane Isaias is doing and how it's going to affect our weekend plans, I'm Josh Marler, Aa4Wx.

Eric Zittel (3:42)

And reporting from our Trains New York News Bureau, where we're still about two weeks away from fall peak foliage, I'm Eric, KiloDelta2, Romeo, Juliet, X-Ray.

Don Hulick (3:52)

And reporting from our QTH in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, where the fall foliage is at peak now, resembling the color code of a half-watt carbon resistor, I'm Don Hulick, K2Atj.

Will Rogers (4:07)

And reporting from our News Bureau in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where mornings feel like autumn and afternoons feel like summer, I'm Will Rogers, K5Wlr, and I feel confused.

George Bowen (4:20)

Hello, everyone. Before we get into this week's newscast, I'd like to tell everyone that This Week in Amateur Radio now has its own Discord server. That's right, a place online where we can discuss everything technology and amateur radio. So join us. Just go to Discord on your computer or download the Discord app on your portable device and search for TWIAR or This Week in Amateur Radio.

We look forward to seeing you on the new This Week in Amateur Radio Discord server.

Mike Nikolich (4:54)

Leading off our news this week, as we come to air, Hurricane Isaias, the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, is headed for the Florida Panhandle and up into Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee and much of the Southeast. Rich Moseson, W2VU, is here with more in this report from League Headquarters.