https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:12:57 +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/2025/12/01/via-hackaday-they-dont-make-37-waveform-generators-like-they-used-to/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36397 [CreativeLab] bought a cheap arbitrary waveform generator and noted that it only had a two-pin...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/18/via-hackaday-inside-a-fake-wifi-repeater/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:45:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=29403 Fake WiFi repeater with a cheap real one behind it. (Credit: Big Clive, YouTube) Over...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/16/via-hackaday-piggyback-board-brings-touch-sensing-to-usb-soldering-iron/ Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:45:41 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28823 The current generation of USB-powered soldering irons have a lot going for them, chief among...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/27/via-hackaday-in-a-world-without-usb/ Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:45:44 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28429 It is easy to forget that many technology juggernauts weren’t always the only game in...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/07/via-hackaday-reverse-engineering-a-keyboard-driver-uncovers-a-self-destruct-code/ https://twiar.net/2024/10/07/via-hackaday-reverse-engineering-a-keyboard-driver-uncovers-a-self-destruct-code/#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2024 08:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23731 Should you be able to brick a keyboard just by writing a driver to flash...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/07/via-hackaday-reverse-engineering-a-keyboard-driver-uncovers-a-self-destruct-code/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/06/01/via-hackaday-printed-case-lets-pair-of-rtl-sdrs-go-mobile/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 20:47:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21449 We’ll admit to not fully knowing what [Jay Doscher] has planned for the pair of...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/26/via-hackaday-wireless-all-the-things/ https://twiar.net/2024/02/26/via-hackaday-wireless-all-the-things/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2024 03:37:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19797 Neither Tom Nardi nor I are exactly young anymore, and we can both remember a time when...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/26/via-hackaday-wireless-all-the-things/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/07/16/via-hackaday-2023-cyberdeck-contest-yahrc-takes-its-power-seriously/ https://twiar.net/2023/07/16/via-hackaday-2023-cyberdeck-contest-yahrc-takes-its-power-seriously/#comments Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:23:01 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16596 Cyberdecks are all about custom builds, and [f4drj]’s YAHRC (Yet Another Ham Radio Cyberdeck) takes its ruggedization...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/16/via-hackaday-2023-cyberdeck-contest-yahrc-takes-its-power-seriously/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/09/10/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1228/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 21:26:12 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11788 Release Date: September 10, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/12/18/anti-5g-necklaces-found-to-be-radioactive/ Sat, 18 Dec 2021 15:48:51 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6792 Necklaces and accessories claiming to “protect” people from 5G mobile networks have been found to...]]>