https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:54:29 +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/2025/12/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1398-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ https://twiar.net/2025/12/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1398-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:53:34 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38068 Release Date: December 13, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1398-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/12/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1398-truncated-1-hour-version/ https://twiar.net/2025/12/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1398-truncated-1-hour-version/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:51:36 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38066 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1398-truncated-1-hour-version/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/12/13/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1398-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:49:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38064 Release Date: December 13, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/07/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1397-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 05:34:36 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37876 Release Date: December 6, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/07/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1397-truncated-1-hour-version/ https://twiar.net/2025/12/07/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1397-truncated-1-hour-version/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2025 05:33:20 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37874 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/07/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1397-truncated-1-hour-version/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/12/07/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1397-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 05:31:59 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37872 Release Date: December 6, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/30/via-amsat-ans-334-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:19:32 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37577 ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/24/via-the-rsgb-2025-band-plans/ https://twiar.net/2025/02/24/via-the-rsgb-2025-band-plans/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:49:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28565 Read more at RSGB.co.uk]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/24/via-the-rsgb-2025-band-plans/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/12/26/via-amateur-radio-daily-winterheat-simplex-contest-runs-through-january/ Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26785 In its 6th year, WINTERHEAT is a month long simplex contest active January 1 through...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/29/via-hackaday-a-new-chinese-radio-breaks-cover-is-it-worth-it/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:45:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25034 Scanning the firehose of new electronic kits and modules coming from the usual Chinese suppliers...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/07/26/via-the-arrl-get-on-the-air-during-vhf-contest-season/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:41:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22217 VHF contesting season is in full swing! 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Easy: just build a...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/12/09/via-hackaday-cockpit-instrument-respectfully-retasked-as-a-clock/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/11/25/via-hackaday-diy-loading-coil-shortens-antenna-lengths/ https://twiar.net/2023/11/25/via-hackaday-diy-loading-coil-shortens-antenna-lengths/#comments Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:23:47 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18439 A newly licensed amateur radio operator’s first foray into radios is likely to be a...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/11/25/via-hackaday-diy-loading-coil-shortens-antenna-lengths/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/08/05/via-hackaday-rf-remote-made-easy/ https://twiar.net/2023/08/05/via-hackaday-rf-remote-made-easy/#comments Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:32:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16925 The 433 MHz spectrum is a little bit of an oddball. It’s one of the few...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/08/05/via-hackaday-rf-remote-made-easy/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/07/07/via-the-rsgb-high-altitude-balloon-launch-3/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:13:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16433 The team from hi-impact, based on the Wirral, is planning another high-altitude balloon launch. This...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/01/via-hackaday-espboy-turned-into-functional-walkie-talkie/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 08:32:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16369 The ESPBoy was first built as a hackable open-source game engine and handheld console for...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/04/02/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1257/ https://twiar.net/2023/04/02/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1257/#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2023 05:00:52 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15112 Release Date: April 1, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/04/02/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1257/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/03/24/via-hackaday-building-a-communications-grid-with-loratype/ Sat, 25 Mar 2023 02:22:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14849 Almost all of modern society is built around various infrastructure, whether that’s for electricity, water...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/02/03/via-the-rsgb-contest-news-5-february-2023/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 03:49:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14273 Today, Sunday 5 February, the 432MHz Affiliated Societies Contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. Using...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/10/via-hackaday-tracking-weather-balloons-with-sdr/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 14:17:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11703 The advent of cheap software-defined radio hardware means that what would have once been an...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/10/via-southgate-germany-new-entry-level-license-class-n-on-its-way/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 04:11:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11679 DARC reports on the planned introduction of an entry-level amateur radio license, it will be...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/08/24/via-southgate-icom-ic-905-vhf-uhf-shf-transceiver-announced-at-tokyo-hamfair-2022/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:01:32 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11265 Icom has announced an exciting industry first at the Tokyo Hamfair, which opened on 20th...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/08/21/via-southgate-new-icom-ic-905-vhf-uhf-uw-transceiver/ Sun, 21 Aug 2022 20:11:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11204 ICOM announced the new IC-905 VHF/UHF/Microwave transceiver at the Tokyo Ham Fair which is taking...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/08/01/via-southgate-ref-statement-regarding-2024-olympic-games/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:16:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=10615 On July 22 France’s National Frequency Agency ANFR announced the amateur radio 144/430/1240/2300 MHz bands...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/06/19/via-southgate-iaru-r1-vhf-uhf-microwave-newsletter/ Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:11:24 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=9458 Edition 89 of the free IARU Region 1 VHF-UHF-Microwave newsletter is now available for download...]]>