https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:12:17 +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/2026/02/18/via-hackaday-these-ultra-cute-handsfree-walkie-talkies-are-built-for-cycling/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:45:54 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=39312 Walkie-talkies are great fun, and [RealCorebb]’s bbTalkie project takes the concept a step further by...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/06/kv4p-ht-turn-an-android-smartphone-into-a-ham-radio-transceiver/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/06/kv4p-ht-turn-an-android-smartphone-into-a-ham-radio-transceiver/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:18:10 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36217 kv4p HT is an open-source hardware VHF or UHF radio designed to plug into the...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/06/kv4p-ht-turn-an-android-smartphone-into-a-ham-radio-transceiver/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/via-hackaday-a-cheap-yellow-display-makes-a-video-walkie-talkie/ https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/via-hackaday-a-cheap-yellow-display-makes-a-video-walkie-talkie/#comments Sun, 04 May 2025 16:45:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31179 The ESP32 series of microprocessors with their cheap high-power cores and built-in wireless networking have...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/04/via-hackaday-a-cheap-yellow-display-makes-a-video-walkie-talkie/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/01/14/handie-talkie-or-walkie-talkie/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 05:40:29 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27379 In ham radio, we often use Handie-Talkie or HT to describe a compact, handheld transceiver. My first exposure to...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/12/24/via-hackaday-walkie-talkies-jedi-style-building-a-communicator/ Wed, 25 Dec 2024 03:46:07 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26466 Playing Star Wars Outlaws sparked an idea with [3DSage]: why not recreate the game’s wrist...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/12/11/via-hackaday-diy-walkie-talkie-with-esp32-and-esp-now/ https://twiar.net/2023/12/11/via-hackaday-diy-walkie-talkie-with-esp32-and-esp-now/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:20:32 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18744 In a recent article in Elektor magazine, [Clemens Valens] describes the construction and software for...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/12/11/via-hackaday-diy-walkie-talkie-with-esp32-and-esp-now/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/07/02/via-hackaday-easy-modifications-for-inexpensive-radios/ https://twiar.net/2023/07/02/via-hackaday-easy-modifications-for-inexpensive-radios/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2023 11:22:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16306 Over the past decade or so, amateur radio operators have benefited from an influx of...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/02/via-hackaday-easy-modifications-for-inexpensive-radios/feed/ 1 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...]]>