https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:57:42 +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/morse-code-event-to-honour-titanic-hero/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:57:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41368 An event is to be held to celebrate the birthday of a Surrey man who...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/12/via-amsat-ans-102-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:49:47 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41346 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> 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/2026/04/10/via-the-arrl-register-now-for-the-2026-arrl-youth-rally-at-dayton-hamvention/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:53:17 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41298 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/10/via-the-rac-world-amateur-radio-day-2026-saturday-april-18/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 01:45:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41304 On Saturday, April 18, 2026, Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again organizing a special...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-amsat-announces-hamvention-2026-activities-and-events/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41237 AMSAT has announced their lineup of events and activities for Hamvention 2026: Dinner at Tickets...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-open-hamclock-backend-now-independent-of-clear-sky-proxy-data/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:19:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41225 The following is a message from Open HamClock Backend contributor Chris Smith (G1FEF), with light...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/06/talking-to-the-world-from-a-rooftop-in-dhaka-the-story-of-bangladeshs-amateur-radio-community-bangladesh/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:27:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41217 The room looks rather unassuming from outside. On the first floor of a residential building...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/06/collinsville-radio-operator-connected-vietnam-war-soldiers-to-families-back-home-alabama/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:39:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41215  Before cell phones and video calls, many soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War went without...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/06/ham-radio-operators-began-hearing-strange-persian-numbers-broadcast-twice-a-day-until-they-traced-the-signal-to-a-u-s-base-in-germany-and-realized-it-may-be-a-coded-wartime-message/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:34:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41213 War has devastated the world throughout our long history. Recent events in the Middle East...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/06/via-amateur-radio-daily-voa-museum-announces-expanded-hours-during-hamvention/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:59:55 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41052 The following is a press release from VOA Museum: The National Voice of America Museum...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/06/via-the-arrl-ariss-outlines-opportunities-for-space-station-contacts-in-2027/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:45:42 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41090 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/05/via-amateur-radio-daily-new-regulations-for-hams-in-norway/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:59:55 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41053 Amateur radio operators in Norway have a number of new regulations including a new entry-level...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/05/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1414-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:40:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41171 Release Date: April 4, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/05/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1414-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:35:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41173 Release Date: April 4, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/04/via-the-arrl-fcc-warns-licensee-on-out-of-band-transmissions/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:01:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41057 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/04/via-hackaday-following-artemis-iis-journey-around-the-moon/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:43:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41059 NASA is going back to the Moon! We’ll follow the crew of Artemis II every...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/04/via-amsat-ans-095-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:28:27 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41105 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/02/via-hackaday-see-the-computers-that-powered-the-voyager-space-program/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:22:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41011 Have you ever wanted to see the computers behind the first (and for now only)...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/02/solar-cycle-25-gives-amateurs-and-shortwave-a-boost/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:18:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41040 Beyond their love of radio, amateur radio operators and shortwave radio broadcasters have one thing...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/01/weather-watchers-mourn-the-end-of-national-weatheradio-service-canada/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:41:16 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41046 Joe Waldner remembers the night last August when a radio in his home near Saskatoon...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/01/nationwide-communications-support-activated-for-holy-week-philippines/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:34:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41044 The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has mobilized nationwide public assistance operations to ensure reliable and...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/01/linux-ham-radio-kiss-serial-driver-being-modernized-in-2026/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:26:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41042 Here’s something that wasn’t on my bingo card for this year of the “MKISS” driver...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/01/the-amateur-radio-club-of-el-cajon-keeps-the-communication-hobby-alive-california/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:17:29 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41038 When Jon Bousselot passed his first amateur radio license exam in 2015, he began looking...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/01/calling-from-wisconsin-parks-ham-radio-operators-make-connections-wisconsin/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:15:09 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41036 “Whiskey, nine, alpha, victor!” Headset on, alert and leaned in, Clint Sprott calls out the...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/04/01/via-amateur-radio-daily-ip400-project-marks-halfway-point/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:13:14 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41020 The following is a compilation of updates from ADRCS regarding the IP400 Project. [The IP400...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/30/via-amateur-radio-daily-cat-pix-on-the-air-cpota-2026/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:52:26 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40992 Cat Pix on the Air (CPOTA) 2026 will celebrate International Cat Day by transmitting images...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/29/via-amsat-ans-088-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:48:50 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40956 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/29/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1413-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:27:11 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40973 Release Date: March 28, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/28/dlarc-the-radio-geeks-doomscrolling-antidote/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:02:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40944 The internet has aged to the point where it is easy to fall into a...]]>