https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:42:14 +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/2026/04/09/via-hackaday-the-shockley-4-layer-diode-in-2026/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:45:35 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40567 The physicist William Shockley is perhaps today best known for three things: his role in...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/17/via-hackaday-driving-ws2812bs-with-pure-logic/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:45:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40075 The WS2812B has become one of the most popular addressable LEDs out there. They’re easy...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/05/via-hackaday-harmonic-radar-finds-hidden-electronics/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 01:45:50 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=39702 For as long as small, hidden radio transmitters have existed, people have wanted a technology...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/04/via-hackaday-why-diamond-transistors-are-so-hard-to-make/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 03:50:39 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=39733 Many things about diamonds seem eternal, including the many engineering problems related to making them...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/13/via-hackaday-germanium-semiconductor-made-superconductor-by-gallium-doping/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:45:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38168 Over on ScienceDaily we learn that an international team of scientists have turned a common...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/18/via-hackaday-whither-the-chip-shortage/ Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:45:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35932 Do you remember the global chip shortage? Somehow it seems so long ago, but it’s...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/26/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1378-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 01:55:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34233 Release Date: July 26, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/26/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1378-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 01:54:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34231 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/26/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1378-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 01:53:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34229 Release Date: July 26, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/21/meet-the-hobbyists-behind-todays-smartest-radios/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 03:18:27 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34079 Do you remember your first portable radio? For Sjef Verhoeven, it was a Sony Walkman...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1377-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 02:09:26 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34004 Release Date: July 19, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1377-truncated-1-hour-version/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 02:07:50 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34002 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1377-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 02:06:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34000 Release Date: July 19, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/06/03/via-hackaday-new-bismuth-transistor-runs-40-faster-and-uses-10-less-power/ https://twiar.net/2025/06/03/via-hackaday-new-bismuth-transistor-runs-40-faster-and-uses-10-less-power/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2025 23:45:44 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=32165 Recently in material science news from China we hear that [Hailin Peng] and his team...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/06/03/via-hackaday-new-bismuth-transistor-runs-40-faster-and-uses-10-less-power/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/06/01/via-hackaday-semiconductor-simulator-lets-your-play-ic-designer/ https://twiar.net/2025/06/01/via-hackaday-semiconductor-simulator-lets-your-play-ic-designer/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=32004 For circuit simulation, we have always been enthralled with the Falstad simulator which is a...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/06/01/via-hackaday-semiconductor-simulator-lets-your-play-ic-designer/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/02/10/via-hackaday-transition-metal-dichalcogenides-super-conducting-super-capacitor-semiconductors/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 03:45:45 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27839 Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are the subject of an emerging field in semiconductor research, with these...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/30/via-hackaday-memristors-are-cool-radiation-resistant-memristors-even-moreso/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24262 Space is a challenging environment for semiconductors, but researchers have shown that a specific type...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/23/new-tech-enables-3d-printing-electronics-without-semiconductors/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:24:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24870 Researchers at MIT have unexpectedly stumbled upon a way to 3D print active electronics –...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/05/31/via-hackaday-how-do-you-fill-the-1n34-void/ Fri, 31 May 2024 17:27:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21435 The germanium point contact diode, and almost every semiconductor device using germanium, is now obsolete....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/03/13/via-hackaday-making-a-crystodyne-radio-with-zinc-oxide-and-cats-whiskers/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 20:12:39 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=20100 During the first half of the 20th century radio technology was booming, albeit restricted by...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/06/12/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1163/ Sun, 13 Jun 2021 02:17:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=3886 Release Date: June 12, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/06/06/3827/ Sun, 06 Jun 2021 05:19:55 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=3827 PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1162 Release Date: June 5, 2021 Here is...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/05/29/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1161/ Sat, 29 May 2021 21:37:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=3753 Release Date: May 29, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/05/29/via-the-arrl-fcc-seeks-comment-on-potential-impact-of-global-semiconductor-shortage/ Sat, 29 May 2021 05:49:44 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=3678 The FCC is seeking comment on the impact of the continuing global shortage of semiconductors....]]> https://twiar.net/2020/12/12/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1137/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:47:24 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=1933 This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1137 Release Date: December 12, 2020 Here is a...]]>