https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:30:48 +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/2025/09/11/via-hackaday-roll-your-own-ssb-receiver/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:45:45 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34819 [Paul Maine] was experimenting with GNU Radio and an RTL-SDR dongle. He created an SSB...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/25/via-amateur-radio-daily-m17-conference-2025/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:46:24 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34906 The M17 Foundation will host the M17 Conference September 6-7 in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/24/via-amsat-ans-236-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:24:36 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34938 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/13/via-amsat-ans-194-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletin/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 05:38:17 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33696 In this edition: * ARISS SSTV Event Starts July 14 * Registration Opens for 43rd...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/28/via-hackaday-open-source-dmr-radio/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31395 While ham radio operators have been embracing digital mobile radio (DMR), the equipment is most...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-announcing-zero-retries-digital-conference-2025/ https://twiar.net/2025/04/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-announcing-zero-retries-digital-conference-2025/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31061 The following is an announcement from Zero Retries: We are pleased to announce that the...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-announcing-zero-retries-digital-conference-2025/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/03/15/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1359-full-version/ https://twiar.net/2025/03/15/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1359-full-version/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2025 02:41:06 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=29078 Release Date: March 15, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/15/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1359-full-version/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/03/15/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1359-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 16 Mar 2025 02:34:04 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=29080 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/08/via-amsat-ans-068-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 04:21:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28917 AMSAT NEWS SERVICEANS-068 In this edition: Another Batch of CubeSatSim Kits Available Soon in AMSAT...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/07/23/via-hackaday-dme-with-a-twist-of-limesdr/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:32:21 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22116 Navigating aircraft today isn’t like the old days. No more arrows painted on a barn...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/07/22/via-hackaday-are-hackers-the-future-of-amateur-radio/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:13:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22124 If amateur radio has a problem, it’s that shaking off an image of being the...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/07/15/via-the-arrl-celebrating-software-defined-radio/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 05:01:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22060 At Ham Radio 2024, the International amateur radio exhibition, last week in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/28/via-hackaday-decoding-meshtastic-with-gnu-radio/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:32:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21815 Meshtastic is a way to build mesh networks using LoRa that is independent of cell...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1311-full-version/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 01:56:11 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20751 Release Date: April 13, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1311-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20753 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2023/12/19/via-hackaday-roll-your-own-sdr/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:27:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18909 If you have software-defined radio hardware and you are only using someone else’s software, you...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/16/via-the-rsgb-coding-and-amateur-radio-2/ Sun, 16 Jul 2023 10:03:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16647 As part of the RSGB’s commitment to encourage youngsters into amateur radio and to support...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/06/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1268/ https://twiar.net/2023/06/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1268/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2023 04:33:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16269 Release Date: June 17, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/06/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1268/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/04/15/via-amsat-ans-106-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 02:47:24 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15293 In this edition: * SpaceX Falcon 9 Carries INSPIRE-Sat7 Into Orbit * TAPR/AMSAT Banquet to...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/01/27/via-hackaday-listening-to-a-flashlight-lunar-flashlight/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:12:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14098 If you’ve been looking for a practical example of using GNU Radio, you should check...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/11/19/via-amsat-ans-324-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins-for-nov-20/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 01:44:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13201 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT,...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/06/24/via-southgate-gnu-radio-aims-to-improve-accessibility-and-usability/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:06:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=9575 An ARDC grant will help make GNU Radio easier to use on Windows and improve the graphical user interface...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/06/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1216/ https://twiar.net/2022/06/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1216/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2022 04:58:34 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=9534 Release Date: June 18, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/06/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1216/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/05/21/9072/ Sun, 22 May 2022 01:28:04 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=9072 Release Date: May 21, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/05/29/via-hackaday-esp8266-adds-wifi-to-a-433-mhz-weather-station/ Sat, 29 May 2021 05:33:41 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=3674 There’s no shortage of cheap weather stations on the market that pull in data from...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/02/13/via-hackaday-your-own-11-2-ghz-radio-telescope/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 03:47:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=2480 Modern life has its conveniences. Often, those conveniences lead to easier hacks. A great example...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/06/05/via-hackaday-pulling-data-from-news-feed-telemetry/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 17:16:00 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=192 We are used to seeing shots from TV news helicopters every day, they are part...]]>