https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:09:39 +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/2025/11/21/via-hackaday-why-samsung-phones-are-failing-emergency-calls-in-australia/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:22:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37334 We’re taught how to call emergency numbers from a young age; whether it be 911...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/06/via-hackaday-where-is-the-end-of-diy/ https://twiar.net/2024/10/06/via-hackaday-where-is-the-end-of-diy/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 05:21:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24169 Al and I were talking on the podcast about Dan Maloney’s recent piece on how...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/06/via-hackaday-where-is-the-end-of-diy/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/09/09/amid-wildfires-and-spotty-cell-service-northstate-residents-turn-to-ham-radios-california/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 07:51:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23353 The Northstate is no stranger to disasters or bad reception, but when a phone call...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/06/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1310-full-version/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 03:21:32 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20634 Release Date: April 6, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/06/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1310-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 03:15:56 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20632 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/25/fcc-launches-crackdown-on-signal-jammers-sold-by-amazon-others/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 07:04:15 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20422 Uh-oh, Amazon. Looks like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not playing around when it comes to...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/22/off-grid-communications-part-1/ https://twiar.net/2024/03/22/off-grid-communications-part-1/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:17:18 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20345 Last month, many Americans woke up to an unexpected problem. No cell service. No text...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/22/off-grid-communications-part-1/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/02/27/fbi-and-homeland-security-are-looking-into-the-att-cellular-outage-white-house-says/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 01:19:15 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19989 A sudden cellular outage left tens of thousands of AT&T customers without service on Thursday — and...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/25/att-outage-how-to-communicate-when-networks-go-down/ https://twiar.net/2024/02/25/att-outage-how-to-communicate-when-networks-go-down/#comments Sun, 25 Feb 2024 06:16:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19947 A massive AT&T cell phone service outage impacted millions of people and also extended to other cell...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/25/att-outage-how-to-communicate-when-networks-go-down/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/11/08/fcc-adopts-improvements-to-lifesaving-wireless-emergency-alerts-system/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 06:57:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18234 The Federal Communications Commission is adopting changes to the emergency alert system responsible for sending AMBER Alerts...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/03/25/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1256/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:55:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15014 Release Date: March 25, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]>