https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Tue, 10 Dec 2024 02:35:56 +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/2024/11/04/via-hackaday-turning-a-quansheng-handheld-into-a-neat-desktop-transceiver/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:44:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25069 The Quansheng UV-K5 is a popular handheld radio. It’s useful out of the box, but...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/07/20/via-hackaday-hackable-ham-radio-gives-up-its-mechanical-secrets/ Sat, 20 Jul 2024 06:37:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22010 Reverse-engineered schematics are de rigeur around these parts, largely because they’re often the key to very cool...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/07/08/via-hackaday-hacking-a-quansheng-handheld-to-transmit-digital-modes/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:02:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21951 Have you ever thought about getting into digital modes on the ham bands? As it...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/26/via-hackaday-uv-k5-all-band-mod-part-2-easier-install-better-audio-and-two-antennas/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:12:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21728 OK, it’s official: the Quansheng UV-K5 is the king of hackable ham radios — especially...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/28/the-most-hackable-handheld-ham-radio-yet/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 03:53:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20442 All right, confession time. I don’t use my handheld ham radio for much more than eavesdropping on...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/27/via-hackaday-open-ht-surgery-gives-cheap-transceiver-all-band-capabilities/ https://twiar.net/2024/03/27/via-hackaday-open-ht-surgery-gives-cheap-transceiver-all-band-capabilities/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:27:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20353 Watch out, Baofeng; there’s a new kid on the cheap handy talkie market, and judging...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/27/via-hackaday-open-ht-surgery-gives-cheap-transceiver-all-band-capabilities/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/08/24/quansheng-multiband-radios-firmware-can-be-flashed-and-customized-from-a-web-browser/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 10:41:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17202 We’ve recently written about the Quansheng UV-K5 multiband radio which supports experimental firmware to work in a...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/08/16/via-hackaday-update-your-chinese-radio-without-the-pain/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:23:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17101 The new hotness in cheap radios this year has been the Quansheng UV-K5, a Chinese...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/09/via-hackaday-inexpensive-ham-radio-gets-upgrades-thanks-to-a-trojan/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 02:18:15 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16508 Love them or hate them, the crop of cheap hand-held amateur radio transceivers is here...]]>