https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:05:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://twiar.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-twiarlogo512px-32x32.jpg https://twiar.net 32 32 https://twiar.net/2026/03/26/via-amateur-radio-daily-pirate-hunt-2026/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:05:56 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40832 Pirate Hunt 2026 encourages listeners to seek out pirate radio stations and log them to...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/09/23/via-hackaday-using-ultra-wideband-for-3d-location-and-tracking/ https://twiar.net/2025/09/23/via-hackaday-using-ultra-wideband-for-3d-location-and-tracking/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:17:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34881 Interested in playing with ultra-wideband (UWB)? [Jaryd] recently put together a fairly comprehensive getting started...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/09/23/via-hackaday-using-ultra-wideband-for-3d-location-and-tracking/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/08/30/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1383-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 02:50:16 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35141 Release Date: August 30, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/30/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1383-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 02:48:44 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35139 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/30/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1383-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 02:47:36 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35137 Release Date: August 30, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/20/via-the-arrl-us-radio-orienteering-champs-crowned/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33622 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/01/20/secret-listeners-revealing-the-life-of-amateur-radio-heroes-uk/ Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:22:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27579 The Voluntary Interceptors, amateur radio enthusiasts, helped break Axis codes in WW2, secretly listening for crucial intelligence from home]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/08/cornell-microchip-designers-inspire-students-with-fox-hunt-new-york/ Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:37:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25432 Searching through bushes, between rocks, under benches and near trees, 15 local high school students...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/18/via-amateur-radio-daily-us-radio-orienteering-championship/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 21:36:23 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23637 The 23rd ARRL and 12th IARU Region 2 Radio Orienteering Championship event takes place October...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/14/via-the-rsgb-success-for-an-rsgb-member-at-the-iaru-ardf-championship/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:07:55 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23497 Read more at RSGB.co.uk]]> https://twiar.net/2023/11/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1288/ Sun, 05 Nov 2023 03:25:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18214 Release Date: November 4, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/09/10/via-the-arrl-usa-radio-orienteering-team-brings-home-silver-and-bronze-medals/ Sun, 10 Sep 2023 20:51:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17462 At the 21st International Amateur Radio Union World Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) Championship in Liberec,...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/08/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1262/ Tue, 09 May 2023 00:26:07 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15608 Release Date: May 6, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/01/09/via-the-rsgb-marconi-international-amateur-radio-award/ https://twiar.net/2023/01/09/via-the-rsgb-marconi-international-amateur-radio-award/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2023 15:59:18 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13866 Marconi Was Here! is an international amateur radio award organised by ARI Fidenza Radio Club. The...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/01/09/via-the-rsgb-marconi-international-amateur-radio-award/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/01/07/old-distress-beacon-destined-for-scrap-heap-inadvertently-sparks-emergency-call-out-off-jerseys-south-coast-france/ Sat, 07 Jan 2023 05:34:50 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13906 TWO amateur radio operators helped to bring a search-and-rescue mission to an end after an...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/11/03/via-the-rsgb-volunteers-needed-to-investigate-interference-problems-uk/ https://twiar.net/2022/11/03/via-the-rsgb-volunteers-needed-to-investigate-interference-problems-uk/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2022 23:25:51 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=12865 Most of you will have experienced RF interference problems of one sort or another over...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/11/03/via-the-rsgb-volunteers-needed-to-investigate-interference-problems-uk/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/10/28/via-hackaday-direction-finding-with-help-from-the-steam-deck/ https://twiar.net/2022/10/28/via-hackaday-direction-finding-with-help-from-the-steam-deck/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2022 02:27:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=12717 https://twiar.net/2022/10/28/via-hackaday-direction-finding-with-help-from-the-steam-deck/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/09/06/via-southgate-results-for-world-ardf-cup-and-iaru-ardf-championships/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:30:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11637 The Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs (BFRA) hosted the World Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF)...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/07/30/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1222/ Sun, 31 Jul 2022 03:41:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=10604 Release Date: July 30, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/05/16/the-fccs-back-to-pirate-hunting-four-property-owners-face-2-million-fines/ Tue, 17 May 2022 01:24:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8984 The pandemic kept field agents at the Federal Communications Commission out of the field. But...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/05/01/via-the-arrl-2022-usa-ardf-championships-results/ Sun, 01 May 2022 21:11:15 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8737 The results are in for the 21st USA Championships in Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF)....]]> https://twiar.net/2022/05/01/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1209/ Sun, 01 May 2022 20:59:34 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8751 Release Date: April 30, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/03/03/via-the-arrl-registration-is-open-for-usa-ardf-championships/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:43:14 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=7963 Registration is now open for the 21st USA Championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF), set...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/08/21/via-hackaday-wheres-that-radio-a-brief-history-of-direction-finding/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 03:21:32 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4770 We think of radio navigation and direction finding as something fairly modern. However, it might...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/01/23/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1143/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:04:13 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=2264 This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1143 Release Date: January 23, 2021 Here is a...]]>