Thursday brings a satisfying mix of the practical and the poignant: WRTC fever spreads to a school club, a QRP field pack gets the thoughtful treatment, and a new OSCAR joins the fleet. We also mark the quiet loss of a broadcast landmark and catch up on the regulatory beat, from spectrum politics to interference arrests. Grab your coffee — there's plenty to chew on.

In today’s roundup

• What’s New at DX Engineering for July 2026? Don’t Miss This Video! — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  KI8R rounds up DX Engineering's latest gear in video form, a handy shortcut for anyone struggling to keep pace with a catalog that grows daily.
• Sandringham School visit WRTC HQ — RSGB
  Sandringham School's club got a behind-the-scenes look at WRTC headquarters, exactly the kind of encounter that turns curious students into lifelong operators.
• VU3GLJ: A Thoughtfully Equipped QRP Field Backpack — QRPer
  VU3GLJ shares how he packs for QRP field work, a welcome read for anyone refining their own go-bag before the next activation.
• Rogers Closes Six Stations Including CKFX — The SWLing Post
  Rogers is shuttering six stations amid 230 job cuts, a painful loss for SWLs and a reminder that broadcast heritage fades faster than we'd like.
• Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2529 for Friday, April 17th, 2026 — Amateur Radio Newsline
  Hy-Gain and Cushcraft return to market post-MFJ, Hawaii's RACES hams weather a third Kona Low, and an emergency-channel interference arrest headlines this Newsline.
• Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2528 for Friday, April 10th, 2026 — Amateur Radio Newsline
  From the FCC weighing the space sector's spectrum hunger to experiments on the 4m and 8m bands, this report tracks where our airwaves are headed.
• ANS-140 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin — AMSAT
  OrigamiSat-2 has been designated Fuji-OSCAR 126, giving satellite operators a fresh bird to chase and log.
• ANS-137 AMSAT News Service Bulletins — AMSAT
  AMSAT plans a "Radio Adventure" at Hamvention and AMSAT-DL will showcase QO-100 at Friedrichshafen, plus the latest VUCC and DXCC satellite standings.

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