https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:54:22 +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/2025/12/23/u-s-and-venezuela-jam-caribbean-gps-signals-to-thwart-attacks-raising-flight-hazard/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:53:29 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38328 Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/19/via-hackaday-what-has-5000-batteries-and-floats/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 03:22:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37075 While it sounds like the start of a joke, Australian shipmaker Incat Tasmania isn’t kidding...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/06/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1375-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 06 Jul 2025 05:16:06 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33602 Release Date: July 5, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/06/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1375-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 06 Jul 2025 05:11:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33600 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/06/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1375-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 06 Jul 2025 05:09:15 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33598 Release Date: July 5, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/03/via-amateur-radio-daily-voile-des-legendes-dunkerque-2025-special-event/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:35:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33533 The following is a message from the Radio Club de l’Agglomération Dunkerquoise: The Radio Club...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/22/via-the-rsgb-gb2rs-news-script-for-23-march-2025/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 04:35:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=29236 Read more at RSGB.co.uk]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/14/via-hackaday-taking-a-15-casio-f91w-5000-meters-underwater/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:45:39 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27984 When considering our favorite spy movies and kin that involve deep-sea diving, we’d generally expect...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/07/via-hackaday-parcae-a-trio-of-spy-satellites/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:46:14 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27840 Did you ever hear of a satellite called Parcae (pronounced like park-eye)? 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Falsely crying mayday...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/08/30/ham-radio-for-cruising-mexico/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 02:23:11 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17244 My husband John and I had a book-sales booth at a West Coast boat show,...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/06/03/via-the-arrl-museum-ships-on-the-air-weekend/ Sat, 03 Jun 2023 05:38:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16042 If you like ships and are an amateur radio operator, 100 ships will be on...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/27/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1265/ Sun, 28 May 2023 03:29:25 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15984 Release Date: May 27, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/22/titanic-amateur-radio-heard-sos-in-welsh-town-2000-miles-away/ https://twiar.net/2023/05/22/titanic-amateur-radio-heard-sos-in-welsh-town-2000-miles-away/#comments Mon, 22 May 2023 05:13:56 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15869 When the Titanic hit an iceberg while crossing the Atlantic in 1912, its telegraphers desperately...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/22/titanic-amateur-radio-heard-sos-in-welsh-town-2000-miles-away/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/02/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1249/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 03:23:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14300 Release Date: February 4, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/17/via-the-arrl-amateur-radio-helps-disabled-sailboat-to-port/ Sat, 17 Sep 2022 23:14:08 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11909 On September 7, 2022, Jeanne (Jan) Socrates, VE0JS/MM / KC2IOV, and her sailboat, the SV...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/17/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1229/ Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:28:28 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11988 Release Date: September 17, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/12/via-southgate-saint-malo-radio-club-special-event/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:11:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11803 Members of the Saint Malo Radio Club will activate special event station, TM8R, during the...]]>