https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:06:58 +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/2026/04/02/via-hackaday-see-the-computers-that-powered-the-voyager-space-program/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:22:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41011 Have you ever wanted to see the computers behind the first (and for now only)...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/07/via-hackaday-nasa-uses-mars-global-localization-as-gnss-replacement-for-the-perseverance-rover/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40207 Unlike on Earth there aren’t dozens of satellites whizzing around Mars to provide satellite navigation...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/28/via-hackaday-see-voyagers-1990-solar-system-family-portrait-debut/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/28/via-hackaday-see-voyagers-1990-solar-system-family-portrait-debut/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2025 02:46:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35586 It’s been just over 48 years since Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/28/via-hackaday-see-voyagers-1990-solar-system-family-portrait-debut/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/26/via-amsat-ans-299-amsat-news-service-bulletins/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:05:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36696 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/19/via-amsat-ans-292-amsat-news-service-bulletins/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/19/via-amsat-ans-292-amsat-news-service-bulletins/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2025 07:08:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36544 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/19/via-amsat-ans-292-amsat-news-service-bulletins/feed/ 2 https://twiar.net/2025/07/26/via-amsat-ans-208-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 02:00:22 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34219 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1366-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1366-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/#comments Sun, 04 May 2025 04:29:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31761 Release Date: May 3, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1366-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1366-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 04 May 2025 04:25:47 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31759 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1366-full-version-lpfm-no-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 04 May 2025 04:21:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31757 Release Date: May 3, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/27/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1365-full-version-lpfm-no-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ https://twiar.net/2025/04/27/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1365-full-version-lpfm-no-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2025 05:43:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31571 Release Date: April 26, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/27/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1365-full-version-lpfm-no-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/04/27/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1365-full-version/ Sun, 27 Apr 2025 05:42:15 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31578 Release Date: April 26, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/27/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1365-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 27 Apr 2025 05:38:24 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31575 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/12/09/via-hackaday-exploring-the-sounds-and-sights-of-alien-worlds/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:45:45 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26157 The 20th century saw humankind’s first careful steps outside of the biosphere in which our...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/08/16/via-hackaday-possible-discovery-of-liquid-water-in-mars-mid-crust-by-the-insight-lander/ Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:33:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22528 One of the most sought after substances in the Universe is water – especially in...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/15/via-amsat-ans-168-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 16 Jun 2024 03:11:09 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21708 In this edition: * Starliner Brings Another Ham to ISS * Q&A Session with AMSAT...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/26/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:48:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20957 After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/12/02/via-amsat-ans-337-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:55:34 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18656 In this edition: * Update on AMSAT’s Participation in ESA Geostationary Project * September/October 2023...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/19/via-hackaday-artemis-ii-will-phone-home-from-the-moon-using-laser-beams/ https://twiar.net/2023/05/19/via-hackaday-artemis-ii-will-phone-home-from-the-moon-using-laser-beams/#comments Fri, 19 May 2023 23:28:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15723 Astronauts will be testing the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) to transmit live, 4K ultra-high-definition...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/19/via-hackaday-artemis-ii-will-phone-home-from-the-moon-using-laser-beams/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/12/29/alaskan-experiment-fired-two-second-chirps-to-a-near-earth-asteroid/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 01:45:36 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13798 AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS around the world heard an Alaskan science facility “chirp” an asteroid. On Twitter, ham...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/04/via-amsat-ans-247-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins-for-sep-4/ Sun, 04 Sep 2022 04:44:35 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11596 AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS–247 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/08/18/via-southgate-radio-ham-who-kickstarted-the-counterculture-movement/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:06:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11021 The UK’s Far Out Magazine has published an article about the radio amateur who played...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/01/16/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1194/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 05:33:12 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=7247 Release Date: January 15, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/02/11/via-the-arrl-a-perfect-coronal-mass-ejection-could-be-a-nightmare/ Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:44:01 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=2447 A new study in the research journal Space Weather considers what might happen if a worst-case coronal mass...]]>