https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:55:19 +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/2026/02/05/via-hackaday-when-electricity-doesnt-take-the-shortest-path/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:45:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38913 Everyone knows that the path of least resistance is the path that will always be...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/04/via-hackaday-an-introduction-to-analog-filtering/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:45:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37781 One of the major difficulties in studying electricity, especially when compared to many other physical...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1390-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes-2/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1390-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes-2/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:19:50 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36539 https://twiar.net/2025/10/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1390-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes-2/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1390-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:17:31 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36537 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1390-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:16:31 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36535 Release Date: October 18, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/22/via-hackaday-keep-bears-at-bay-with-the-crackle-of-280000-volts/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:45:51 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=30948 Bears! Are they scared of massive arcs that rip through the air, making a lot...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/04/via-hackaday-solar-power-logically/ Sat, 05 Apr 2025 02:45:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=29219 We’ve all seen the ads. Some offer “free” solar panels. Others promise nearly free energy...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/02/via-hackaday-soviet-wired-radio-how-it-worked/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 21:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27768 At the height of the Cold War, those of us on the western side of...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/01/07/via-hackaday-38c3-taking-down-the-power-grid-over-radio/ https://twiar.net/2025/01/07/via-hackaday-38c3-taking-down-the-power-grid-over-radio/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:45:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26995 You know how you can fall down a rabbit hole when you start on a...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/01/07/via-hackaday-38c3-taking-down-the-power-grid-over-radio/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/11/02/via-hackaday-on-the-nature-of-electricity-recreating-the-early-experiments/ https://twiar.net/2024/11/02/via-hackaday-on-the-nature-of-electricity-recreating-the-early-experiments/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 02:45:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24138 Bits of material levitating against gravity, a stream of water deflected by invisible means, sparks...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/02/via-hackaday-on-the-nature-of-electricity-recreating-the-early-experiments/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/10/17/via-hackaday-static-electricity-and-the-machines-that-make-it/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:34:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24050 Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/08/27/via-hackaday-a-field-guide-to-the-north-american-substation/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:23:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22778 Drive along nearly any major road in the United States and it won’t be long...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/12/06/via-hackaday-this-ham-radio-is-unsafe-at-any-frequency/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:52:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6354 When we were kids we rode bicycles without pads and helmets. We drank sugary drinks....]]> https://twiar.net/2021/11/17/what-ham-radio-can-teach-us-about-power-efficiency/ Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:24:20 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6098 While I was testing a Jackery Explorer 300 power station (the full review for that...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/11/15/via-hackaday-forget-radio-transmitting-with-neutrons/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 03:29:27 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6068 Throughout history, people have devised ways to send information across long distances. For centuries we...]]>