https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:40:00 +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/2026/04/06/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/2025/08/25/man-extradited-back-to-alabama-after-17-years-on-child-sex-charges/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:31:17 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35002 [QRZ has an expired license listing for a Jay Kloss in Auburn, AL as N4CBK...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/17/via-amateur-radio-daily-huntsville-hamfest/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 07:51:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34739 Huntsville Hamfest takes place this weekend, August 16th and 17th. 2025 sees the return of...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/04/via-the-arrl-arrl-events-app-available-for-huntsville-hamfest/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:45:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34355 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/28/alabama-fugitive-who-believed-he-was-scottish-robin-hoods-descendant-and-could-not-be-caught-nabbed-after-17-years/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:04:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34240 [QRZ lists his callsign as expired – ex-N4CBK – GW] An Alabama man who has been...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/08/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1358-full-version/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 04:38:06 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28934 Release Date: March 8, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/08/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1358-truncated-1-hour-version/ https://twiar.net/2025/03/08/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1358-truncated-1-hour-version/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2025 04:33:10 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28930 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/08/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1358-truncated-1-hour-version/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/03/05/via-amateur-radio-daily-signals-museum-opens-doors-in-huntsville/ https://twiar.net/2025/03/05/via-amateur-radio-daily-signals-museum-opens-doors-in-huntsville/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2025 01:48:01 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28815 Signals Museum of Information Explosion held its grand opening on Saturday March 1st. 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