https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:02:26 +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/2026/01/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1401-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:01:21 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38628 Release Date: January 3, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1401-truncated-1-hour-version/ https://twiar.net/2026/01/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1401-truncated-1-hour-version/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:00:28 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38626 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1401-truncated-1-hour-version/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2026/01/03/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1401-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:59:25 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38624 Release Date: January 3, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/27/125-years-later-cobb-island-honors-birthplace-of-wireless-voice-communication-maryland/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:13:10 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38335 On a quiet shoreline in Southern Maryland, a simple sentence made history — and the...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/27/via-amateur-radio-daily-13-colonies-special-event-july-1-7/ Tue, 27 May 2025 22:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=32406 By Ken Villone, KU2US, Event Founder In just a few weeks, one of the most...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/11/via-the-arrl-johns-hopkins-university-to-hold-arrl-teachers-institute/ Sun, 11 May 2025 17:45:42 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31880 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/11/wkhs-makes-international-contact-with-amateur-radio/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:11:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25477 “It was really cool seeing the students’ faces light up when they each made their first contact”]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1311-full-version/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 01:56:11 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20751 Release Date: April 13, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1311-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20753 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/06/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1310-full-version/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 03:21:32 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20634 Release Date: April 6, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/06/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1310-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 03:15:56 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20632 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2023/11/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1290/ https://twiar.net/2023/11/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1290/#comments Sun, 19 Nov 2023 05:36:14 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18427 Release Date: November 18, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/11/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1290/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/11/11/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1289/ https://twiar.net/2023/11/11/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1289/#comments Sun, 12 Nov 2023 01:01:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18306 Release Date: November 11, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/11/11/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1289/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/11/03/via-the-arrl-veterans-day-2023-special-events/ https://twiar.net/2023/11/03/via-the-arrl-veterans-day-2023-special-events/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2023 22:31:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18192 Special event stations will offer many opportunities for amateur radio operators to honor Veterans and...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/11/03/via-the-arrl-veterans-day-2023-special-events/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/02/26/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1252/ https://twiar.net/2023/02/26/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1252/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2023 04:12:36 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14622 Release Date: February 25, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/02/26/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1252/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/01/05/via-the-arrl-amateur-radio-contesting-great-fred-laun-k3zo-silent-key/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:47:59 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13826 Fred Laun (Alfred A. Laun, III), K3ZO, of Temple Hills, Maryland, passed away on January...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/07/19/via-the-arrl-fcc-hiring-for-high-frequency-direction-finding-center/ https://twiar.net/2022/07/19/via-the-arrl-fcc-hiring-for-high-frequency-direction-finding-center/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2022 01:08:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=10300 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has started accepting applications for a Telecommunications Specialist at its...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/07/19/via-the-arrl-fcc-hiring-for-high-frequency-direction-finding-center/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/07/19/via-the-arrl-fcc-hiring-for-telecommunications-specialist/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 04:56:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=10257 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has started accepting applications for a Telecommunications Specialist. This position...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/05/16/the-fccs-back-to-pirate-hunting-four-property-owners-face-2-million-fines/ Tue, 17 May 2022 01:24:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8984 The pandemic kept field agents at the Federal Communications Commission out of the field. But...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/10/31/via-the-arrl-us-government-accepting-applications-for-fcc-telecommunications-specialist/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 16:31:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=5766 The federal government is accepting applications until November 10 for a telecommunications specialist to work...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/10/01/via-the-arrl-past-amsat-president-and-director-and-amateur-satellite-pioneer-tom-clark-k3io-sk/ Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:43:17 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=5365 AMSAT-NA Past President and ham radio satellite and digital pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO (ex-W3IWI), of...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/05/07/via-the-arrl-members-of-the-potomac-valley-radio-club-to-activate-nss-for-armed-forces-day/ Fri, 07 May 2021 23:49:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=3376 Members of the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC) will activate the historic NSS call sign...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/10/17/us-school-ham-radio-balloon-approaching-greece/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 23:44:36 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1485 ARRL reports on the progress of amateur radio APRS balloons launched by 11 US schools...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/09/12/this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1124/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 22:47:02 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1183 This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1124 Release Date: September 12, 2020 Here is a...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/08/28/this-stuff-has-to-be-like-breathing-operators-with-laurel-amateur-radio-club-ready-for-anything-maryland/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 03:29:15 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1044 When the city of Laurel opened its new Emergency Operations Center over two years ago,...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/08/01/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-1118/ Sun, 02 Aug 2020 02:33:58 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=815 This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1118 Release Date: August 1, 2020 Here is a...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/06/06/via-the-rac-new-ariss-usa-organization-has-been-launched/ Sat, 06 Jun 2020 05:32:15 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=262 In late May, the USA team of the ARISS International working group became an incorporated...]]>