https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:06:29 +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/2026/04/07/via-hackaday-how-would-a-field-sequential-home-computer-have-worked/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40489 The early history of colour TV had several false starts, of which perhaps one of...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/26/via-hackaday-vend-o-vision-trading-quarters-for-watching-tv-in-public/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:45:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40188 The timer mechanism of the Vend-o-Vision. (Credit: SpaceTime Junction, YouTube) There was a time before...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/18/via-hackaday-a-tv-transmitter-from-an-stm32/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:45:41 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40053 Analog TV may have shuffled off its mortal coil years ago, but there are still...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/17/environment-and-climate-change-mothballs-weatherradio-service-alberta/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:06:27 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40656 Canada’s WeatherRadio service has gone silent. On Monday, March 16, Environment and Climate Change Canada...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/27/via-hackaday-how-do-pal-and-ntsc-really-work/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:45:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38729 Many projects on these pages do clever things with video. Whether it’s digital or analogue,...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/19/via-hackaday-pocket-sized-test-pattern-generator-helps-check-those-crts/ https://twiar.net/2026/01/19/via-hackaday-pocket-sized-test-pattern-generator-helps-check-those-crts/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:45:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38374 https://twiar.net/2026/01/19/via-hackaday-pocket-sized-test-pattern-generator-helps-check-those-crts/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2026/01/08/mystery-surrounds-3-pending-u-s-shortwave-stations/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:13:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38745 The FCC granted two new CPs (Construction Permits) and one new license in the high-frequency...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/08/fcc-reminds-experimental-hf-stations-to-identify-themselves/ https://twiar.net/2026/01/08/fcc-reminds-experimental-hf-stations-to-identify-themselves/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:11:59 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38743 Some high-frequency stations, suspected for data trading, had been exempt]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/08/fcc-reminds-experimental-hf-stations-to-identify-themselves/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2026/01/01/jean-shepherd-discussing-upward-modulation-happy-holidays-from-twiar/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 20:56:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38549 This Week in Amateur Radio’s Christmas Present to our listeners! The following is a monologue...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/16/american-public-media-settles-with-fcc-over-false-eas-tones/ https://twiar.net/2025/12/16/american-public-media-settles-with-fcc-over-false-eas-tones/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2025 03:33:26 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38151 Unauthorized tones are a "threat to public safety," the commission said ]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/16/american-public-media-settles-with-fcc-over-false-eas-tones/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/12/12/via-amateur-radio-daily-saq-grimeton-to-transmit-cw-message-christmas-eve/ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:45:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37940 On December 1st 1924, the 200kW Alexanderson alternator with the call sign “SAQ” was put...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/12/via-hackaday-japans-forgotten-analog-hdtv-standard-was-well-ahead-of-its-time/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:45:41 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37005 When we talk about HDTV, we’re typically talking about any one of a number of...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/06/fcc-says-hackers-hijack-radio-gear-to-send-fake-alerts-obscenities/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:02:33 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37844 Hackers are hijacking radio transmission equipment to broadcast bogus emergency messages and obscene language, the...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/30/via-amateur-radio-daily-radio-club-of-america-honors-2025-award-recipients/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37519 On November 22nd, the Radio Club of America (RCA) celebrated it’s 2025 award recipients at...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/28/via-hackaday-the-singing-dentures-of-manchester-and-other-places/ Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:44:27 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36361 Any radio amateur will tell you about the spectre of TVI, of their transmissions being...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/05/via-hackaday-radio-apocalypse-clearing-the-air-with-scatana/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 06:24:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35676 https://twiar.net/2025/11/04/via-hackaday-enhanced-definition-tv-a-poor-mans-high-def/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:45:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35678 Although to many of us the progression from ‘standard definition’ TV and various levels of...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/03/via-hackaday-test-pattern-generator-for-scart-and-rgb-tvs/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35720 CRTs don’t last forever, and neither do the electronics that drive them. When you have...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/16/w2ph-radio-offering-the-best-in-classic-rock-from-the-space-coast-in-florida/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/16/w2ph-radio-offering-the-best-in-classic-rock-from-the-space-coast-in-florida/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:05:56 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36460 ]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/16/w2ph-radio-offering-the-best-in-classic-rock-from-the-space-coast-in-florida/feed/ 2 https://twiar.net/2025/09/13/a-cold-war-era-russian-radio-transmitter-just-broadcast-a-new-encrypted-message-no-ones-been-able-to-decipher/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:41:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35496 A mysterious shortwave radio signal that has puzzled intelligence agencies and amateur radio enthusiasts for...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/06/15/via-hackaday-reconditioning-a-vintage-crt-tube/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:45:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=32452 Plenty of readers will be familiar with CRT televisions, not least because many of us...]]> 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/2025/05/01/via-hackaday-farewell-economy-7-a-casualty-of-the-long-wave-switch-off/ Thu, 01 May 2025 05:46:14 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31118 If you paid attention to advertising in 1980s Britain, you were never far from Economy...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/27/via-hackaday-gps-broken-try-tv/ https://twiar.net/2025/04/27/via-hackaday-gps-broken-try-tv/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2025 17:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31139 GPS and similar satellite navigation systems revolutionized how you keep track of where you are...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/27/via-hackaday-gps-broken-try-tv/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/04/23/via-the-rac-vote-now-to-save-marconis-towers-at-battle-harbour-national-historic-site/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:19:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31097 The Battle Harbour National Historic Trust has two of the last paired Marconi Towers to...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/08/via-hackaday-hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/ https://twiar.net/2025/04/08/via-hackaday-hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2025 05:45:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28967 There’s something magical about the clunk of a heavy 1950s portable radio – the solid...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/08/via-hackaday-hacking-a-heavyweight-philco-radio/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/03/31/the-robot-that-captures-cold-war-radio-stations-via-wi-fi/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:19:50 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=29549 A desk companion that intercepts and plays encrypted radio communications—once popular during the Cold War...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/01/no-ham-reception-at-nab-show-this-year/ Sun, 02 Mar 2025 04:18:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28741 Organizers are pausing “to reinvent the event for next year”]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/24/billings-remembers-dan-dubray-former-kulr-tv-anchor-and-community-icon/ https://twiar.net/2025/02/24/billings-remembers-dan-dubray-former-kulr-tv-anchor-and-community-icon/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:27:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28555 [QRZ lists a callsign for Daniel J. Dubray as NS5G – GW] Dan DuBray, a...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/24/billings-remembers-dan-dubray-former-kulr-tv-anchor-and-community-icon/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/02/18/via-hackaday-jeff-dunham-finds-a-nos-1958-philco-predicta/ https://twiar.net/2025/02/18/via-hackaday-jeff-dunham-finds-a-nos-1958-philco-predicta/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:44 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28142 When you see a ventriloquist like [Jeff Dunham], you probably expect to see him with...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/18/via-hackaday-jeff-dunham-finds-a-nos-1958-philco-predicta/feed/ 1