https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:18:58 +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/2024/11/01/starkville-man-ends-reign-as-king-of-ham-radio-parts-it-was-rough-trying-to-say-goodbye-mississippi/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:44:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25181 In 1972, Martin Jue was a young entrepreneur who decided to use his electrical engineering...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/15/via-the-arrl-ham-radio-volunteers-serve-during-hurricane-francine/ Sun, 15 Sep 2024 04:19:56 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23544 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2024/08/18/via-amsat-ans-231-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 18 Aug 2024 05:04:48 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22658 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/08/via-the-arrl-arrl-affiliated-club-in-ms-donates-3d-printer-books-to-local-library/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 16:02:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21576 An ARRL  The National Association for Amateur Radio® Affiliated Club, The Jackson Amateur Radio Club (JARC), serving...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/27/via-the-arrl-mfj-ceasing-on-site-production/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21001 MFJ Enterprises, Inc founder Martin F. Jue, K5FLU, announced that as of May 17, 2024,...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/04/25/mfj-to-cease-on-site-production-next-month/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:03:29 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20942 The following email was sent from Martin F Jue, K5FLU (Founder and President of MFJ...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/18/via-the-arrl-senators-roger-wicker-and-richard-blumenthal-introduce-s-3690-to-eliminate-private-land-use-restrictions-on-amateur-radio/ https://twiar.net/2024/02/18/via-the-arrl-senators-roger-wicker-and-richard-blumenthal-introduce-s-3690-to-eliminate-private-land-use-restrictions-on-amateur-radio/#comments Sun, 18 Feb 2024 21:51:17 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19720 On January 30, 2024, US Senators Roger Wicker (MS) and Richard Blumenthal (CT) introduced S.3690,...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/18/via-the-arrl-senators-roger-wicker-and-richard-blumenthal-introduce-s-3690-to-eliminate-private-land-use-restrictions-on-amateur-radio/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/02/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1303-full-version/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 06:40:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19801 Release Date: February 17, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/18/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1303-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 18 Feb 2024 06:35:13 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19803 This is a 1 hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/17/sen-wicker-co-introduces-amateur-radio-emergency-preparedness-act-mississippi/ https://twiar.net/2024/02/17/sen-wicker-co-introduces-amateur-radio-emergency-preparedness-act-mississippi/#comments Sat, 17 Feb 2024 19:43:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19790 U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have introduced legislation to give...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/17/sen-wicker-co-introduces-amateur-radio-emergency-preparedness-act-mississippi/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/01/28/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1300-25th-anniversary-edition/ Sun, 28 Jan 2024 05:16:31 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19444 Release Date: January 27, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/20/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1299/ https://twiar.net/2024/01/20/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1299/#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2024 03:34:31 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19338 Release Date: January 20, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/20/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1299/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/10/08/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1284/ Sun, 08 Oct 2023 04:10:52 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17829 Release Date: October 7, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/08/01/amateur-radio-seeing-resurgence-as-hobby-sport-community-service-mississippi/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:52:12 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16890 Sometimes things that are old become new again and ham radio is one of them...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/04/pilot-scared-north-mississippi-saturday-with-threat-arrested-after-landing-in-field/ Sun, 04 Sep 2022 17:41:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11622 An airport worker stole a plane in Tupelo and threatened to crash it into a...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/09/11/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1176/ Sun, 12 Sep 2021 02:14:22 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=5160 Release Date: September 11, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/09/04/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1175/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 20:26:41 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=5062 Release Date: September 4, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/09/04/via-the-arrl-hurricane-watch-net-voip-hurricane-net-funnel-ham-radio-reports-to-forecasters-during-ida/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:56:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4970 The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) and the VoIP Hurricane Net (VoIP WX) were busy gathering...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/09/01/emergency-radio-operators-help-bring-in-damage-reports-mississippi/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 01:28:17 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4976  A group of radio operators worked behind the scenes at WDAM to help during Hurricane...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/08/29/via-the-arrl-hurricane-watch-net-activates-for-catastrophic-hurricane-ida/ Sun, 29 Aug 2021 15:26:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4929 The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is on Alert Level 5, “Catastrophic Response Mode,” as Hurricane...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/08/28/via-the-arrl-hurricane-watch-net-calls-for-all-hands-on-deck-on-sunday/ Sun, 29 Aug 2021 03:33:11 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4914 As Hurricane Ida moves into the Gulf of Mexico drawing a bead on New Orleans,...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/08/27/via-the-arrl-radio-amateurs-prepare-for-potentially-catastrophic-storm-this-weekend/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 02:13:42 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4890 The National Weather Service has forecast that Hurricane Ida is expected to be a dangerous...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/04/23/fcc-admonishes-licensees-for-missed-deadlines-but-agrees-to-cancel-forfeitures/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 03:17:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=3230 The Federal Communications Commission has taken the unusual step of cancelling two proposed forfeitures —...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/10/30/via-the-arrl-its-a-wrap-for-hurricane-watch-net-ares-teams-stand-down/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 04:38:10 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1575 After an activation that lasted more than 9 hours, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) suspended...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/10/29/via-the-arrl-hurricane-watch-net-goes-back-on-duty-as-another-storm-heads-for-the-gulf-coast/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:28:10 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1554 As the Gulf Coast braces for yet another hurricane, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) has...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/10/08/via-the-arrl-hurricane-delta-prompts-activations-of-hurricane-watch-net-wx4nhc-satern/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 03:22:58 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1384 The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and The Salvation Army’s SATERN have announced...]]>