https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:49:06 +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/2026/04/12/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1415-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:39:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41364 Release Date: April 11, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/12/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1415-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:38:13 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41362 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/12/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1415-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:37:27 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41360 Release Date: April 11, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/22/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1395-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ https://twiar.net/2025/11/22/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1395-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:39:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37468 Release Date: November 22, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/22/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1395-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/11/22/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1395-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:38:26 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37472 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/22/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1395-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:37:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37470 Release Date: November 22, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/03/engineer-eyes-new-frontier-with-sdr-powered-lpfm-in-colorado/ https://twiar.net/2025/05/03/engineer-eyes-new-frontier-with-sdr-powered-lpfm-in-colorado/#comments Sat, 03 May 2025 15:38:01 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31730 Earlier this month, Radio World reported on the grant of a construction permit for a new...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/03/engineer-eyes-new-frontier-with-sdr-powered-lpfm-in-colorado/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/04/14/via-hackaday-card-radios-remembered/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:45:39 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=29319 We know how [Techmoan] feels. In the 1980s we had a bewildering array of oddball...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/11/via-hackaday-taylorator-makes-mischief-on-the-airwaves/ https://twiar.net/2025/02/11/via-hackaday-taylorator-makes-mischief-on-the-airwaves/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:46:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27870 [Stephen] recently wrote in to share his experiments with using the LimeSDR mini to conduct...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/11/via-hackaday-taylorator-makes-mischief-on-the-airwaves/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/01/09/fcc-issues-warning-for-illegal-pirate-radio-signal-using-wmlns-frequency-massachusetts/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27274 The Federal Communications Commission has issued a warning to a Dorchester man to shut down his...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/27/via-hackaday-humble-television-tubes-make-an-fm-regenerative-radio/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25312 The regenerative radio is long-ago superseded in commercial receivers, but it remains a common project...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/05/via-hackaday-fm-transmitter-remotely-controlled-via-esp32/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:45:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24679 Imagine you’ve got an FM transmitter located some place. Wouldn’t it be mighty convenient if...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/29/via-hackaday-a-new-chinese-radio-breaks-cover-is-it-worth-it/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:45:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25034 Scanning the firehose of new electronic kits and modules coming from the usual Chinese suppliers...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/05/30/via-hackaday-orange-fm-brings-radio-to-the-gameboy/ Thu, 30 May 2024 11:07:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21408 We’ve all been there. You left your Walkman at home and only have your trusty...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/25/via-hackaday-fm-radio-is-discriminating/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:08:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19351 AM radios were easy to understand. The strength of the signal goes up and down,...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/23/fcc-to-illinois-owner-pay-up-or-give-up-your-licenses/ https://twiar.net/2024/01/23/fcc-to-illinois-owner-pay-up-or-give-up-your-licenses/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2024 03:59:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19361 The owner of an Illinois AM and a Missouri FM may lose his licenses for...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/23/fcc-to-illinois-owner-pay-up-or-give-up-your-licenses/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/01/11/via-hackaday-a-very-21st-century-receiver-for-a-very-20th-century-band/ https://twiar.net/2024/01/11/via-hackaday-a-very-21st-century-receiver-for-a-very-20th-century-band/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2024 04:42:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19163 The FM broadcast band has been with us since the middle of the 20th century,...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/11/via-hackaday-a-very-21st-century-receiver-for-a-very-20th-century-band/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/09/17/via-hackaday-esp32-drives-tiny-fm-radio/ Sun, 17 Sep 2023 08:21:13 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17523 Even as music streaming services and podcast apps dominate most of our listening time, it’s...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/08/02/via-hackaday-tivoli-teardown-disappoints/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:13:52 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16827 https://twiar.net/2023/06/03/spaceport-america-facing-millions-in-fines-after-being-accused-of-pirate-radio-broadcasting/ https://twiar.net/2023/06/03/spaceport-america-facing-millions-in-fines-after-being-accused-of-pirate-radio-broadcasting/#comments Sat, 03 Jun 2023 05:43:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16052 Spaceport America is under fire and facing millions of dollars in fines from the Federal...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/06/03/spaceport-america-facing-millions-in-fines-after-being-accused-of-pirate-radio-broadcasting/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/02/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1251/ Sun, 19 Feb 2023 05:16:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14509 Release Date: February 18, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/12/28/midwest-communications-founder-duke-wright-dies-at-83/ https://twiar.net/2022/12/28/midwest-communications-founder-duke-wright-dies-at-83/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2022 03:41:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13777 Wisconsin radio pioneer Duke Wright passed away December 21, 2022, at the age of 83....]]> https://twiar.net/2022/12/28/midwest-communications-founder-duke-wright-dies-at-83/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2021/11/22/subcarrier-signals-the-unsung-heroes-of-the-fm-dial/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 23:43:44 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6178 How subcarrier radio signals made room for hidden FM stations—and helped ensure that everyone has...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/11/08/alike-but-not-alike-broadcast-vs-ham-radio/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:24:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=5998 Starting in the 1920s and through the ’60s, almost every broadcast engineer was a licensed...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/09/23/via-hackaday-farewell-sir-clive-sinclair-inspired-a-generation-of-engineers/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 05:04:52 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=5200 It is with sadness that we note the passing of the British writer, engineer, home...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/08/30/switzerland-delays-fm-shutdown/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 03:26:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4952 It had been planned for Switzerland to shutdown all FM broadcasters in 2022/3 but it...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/08/27/via-hackaday-fm-radio-the-choice-of-an-old-generation/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 01:48:14 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4842 Had the pandemic not upended many of this summer’s fun and games, many of my...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/03/07/via-hackaday-the-digital-radio-era-partially-ends-in-ireland/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 03:00:11 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=2694 It’s commonly agreed that the future of broadcast radio lies in the eventual replacement of...]]>