https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:33:22 +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/2024/07/18/via-hackaday-hacking-airline-wifi-the-hard-way/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:17:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22016 We’ve all been there. You are on a flight, there’s WiFi, but you hate to...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/26/via-hackaday-uv-k5-all-band-mod-part-2-easier-install-better-audio-and-two-antennas/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:12:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21728 OK, it’s official: the Quansheng UV-K5 is the king of hackable ham radios — especially...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/08/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1319-full-version/ Sun, 09 Jun 2024 03:25:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21646 Release Date: June 8, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/08/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1318-truncated-1-hour-version-2/ Sun, 09 Jun 2024 03:08:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21648 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/08/sbe-website-recovered-after-malware-attack/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 07:18:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21637 The Society of Broadcast Engineers’ website is offline after having experienced a malware attack on May 30....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/08/via-the-arrl-arrl-member-bulletin-for-june-6-2024/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 06:45:51 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21610 MEMBER BULLETIN June 6, 2024    Dear ARRL member,    We are writing to inform...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/06/arrl-systems-service-disruption-update-4-june-2024/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:42:29 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21569 On or around May 12, 2024, ARRL was the victim of a sophisticated network attack...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/05/30/via-the-arrl-arrl-vec-services-update-during-systems-disruption/ Thu, 30 May 2024 05:35:13 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21455 ARRL previously reported that we are responding to a serious incident involving access to our network and...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/28/the-most-hackable-handheld-ham-radio-yet/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 03:53:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20442 All right, confession time. I don’t use my handheld ham radio for much more than eavesdropping on...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/09/03/via-hackaday-polish-railways-fall-victim-to-cheap-radio-attack/ Sun, 03 Sep 2023 05:22:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17255 Poland’s railways have recently come under a form of electronic attack, as reported by Wired. The attack...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/09/via-hackaday-inexpensive-ham-radio-gets-upgrades-thanks-to-a-trojan/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 02:18:15 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16508 Love them or hate them, the crop of cheap hand-held amateur radio transceivers is here...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/06/18/via-hackaday-ham-pairs-nicely-with-gmrs/ Sun, 18 Jun 2023 04:24:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16260 [Edit – This is yours truly! – GW]Ignoring all of the regulations, band allocations, and...]]> 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...]]>