https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:55:37 +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/2026/02/14/via-amateur-radio-daily-new-60-meter-frequencies-available-to-us-hams-today/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:55:35 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=39718 The FCC approved access to a new set of 60 meter frequencies to be more...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/01/15/via-hackaday-is-a-cheap-frequency-standard-worth-it/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:45:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27177 https://twiar.net/2024/09/16/nextnavs-callous-land-grab-to-privatize-900-mhz/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:55:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23561 The 900 MHz band, a frequency range serving as a commons for all, is now...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/08/12/via-hackaday-the-waveguide-explanation-you-wish-youd-had-at-school/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22417 Anyone who has done an electronic engineering qualification will at some point have had to...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/12/03/via-hackaday-mobile-phones-and-the-question-of-declining-sperm-quality/ Sun, 03 Dec 2023 15:18:52 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18574 In a world increasingly reliant on technology, a pressing question arises: can our dependence on...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/10/03/via-hackaday-simple-stm32-frequency-meter-handles-up-to-30mhz-with-ease/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 23:12:31 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17705 [mircemk] had previously built a frequency counter using an Arduino, with a useful range up...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/08/27/the-beautiful-complexity-of-the-us-radio-spectrum/ https://twiar.net/2023/08/27/the-beautiful-complexity-of-the-us-radio-spectrum/#comments Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:59:42 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17230 Somewhere above you right now, a plane is broadcasting its coordinates on 1090 megahertz. A satellite high...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/08/27/the-beautiful-complexity-of-the-us-radio-spectrum/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/05/18/via-hackaday-what-is-a-schumann-resonance-and-why-am-i-being-offered-a-7-83hz-oscillator/ Thu, 18 May 2023 17:23:31 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15692 Something that probably unites many Hackaday readers is an idle pursuit of browsing AliExpress for...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/03/17/via-hackaday-whats-going-to-happen-to-legacy-broadcast-bands-when-the-lights-go-out/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:07:06 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14748 Our smartphones have become our constant companions over the last decade, and it’s often said...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/01/15/via-hackaday-microwave-sampler-is-like-time-domain-mixer/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 03:32:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=7198 [Gregory] is building some microwave gear and wanted to convert a 3.3 GHz signal to...]]>