https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:40:25 +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/2026/03/09/via-hackaday-meshtastic-does-more-than-simple-communication/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:45:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=39995 Meshtastic has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, as the off-grid, long-range radio...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/03/via-hackaday-bringing-a-yagi-antenna-to-915mhz-lora/ https://twiar.net/2026/01/03/via-hackaday-bringing-a-yagi-antenna-to-915mhz-lora/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:22:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38504 If you’re a regular reader of Hackaday, you may have noticed a certain fondness for...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/03/via-hackaday-bringing-a-yagi-antenna-to-915mhz-lora/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/11/25/via-hackaday-meshtastic-a-tale-of-two-cities/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:45:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36267 If I’m honest with myself, I don’t really need access to an off-grid, fault-tolerant, mesh...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/11/via-amateur-radio-daily-meshtastic-publishes-special-firmware-for-hamvention-2025/ https://twiar.net/2025/05/11/via-amateur-radio-daily-meshtastic-publishes-special-firmware-for-hamvention-2025/#comments Sun, 11 May 2025 13:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31856 The Meshtastic project has released a special firmware build for users that are attending Hamvention....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/11/via-amateur-radio-daily-meshtastic-publishes-special-firmware-for-hamvention-2025/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/04/24/via-amateur-radio-daily-hamconbe-2025-amateur-radio-conference-in-belgium/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 04:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31416 The HamConBe Amateur Radio conference will take place in Belgium on April 26, 2025. Attendees...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/25/via-hackaday-meshtastic-adds-wireless-connectivity-to-possum-trap/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:45:44 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28990 Perhaps every gardener to attempt to grow a tomato, lettuce, or bean has had to...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/23/via-hackaday-get-into-meshtastic-on-the-cheap-with-this-tiny-node-kit/ https://twiar.net/2025/03/23/via-hackaday-get-into-meshtastic-on-the-cheap-with-this-tiny-node-kit/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:45:44 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28912 There’s been a lot of buzz about Meshtastic lately, and with good reason. The low-power...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/23/via-hackaday-get-into-meshtastic-on-the-cheap-with-this-tiny-node-kit/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/01/09/via-amateur-radio-daily-quartzfest-2025-takes-place-january-19-25/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:07:12 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27225 QuartzFest is an ARRL Specialty Convention held in January near Quartzsite, Arizona in the United...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/21/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1334-full-version/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:43:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23804 Release Date: September 21, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/21/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1334-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:31:07 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23801 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/07/via-hackaday-a-long-range-meshtastic-relay/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 08:17:39 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20559 In the past few years we’ve seen the rise of low-power mesh networking devices for...]]>