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/2025/08/09/via-amateur-radio-daily-zero-retries-digital-conference/ Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:04:12 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34533 The 2025 Zero Retries Digital Conference takes place in Washington, as well as virtually, on...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/16/via-amateur-radio-daily-zero-retries-digital-conference-call-for-papers/ https://twiar.net/2025/05/16/via-amateur-radio-daily-zero-retries-digital-conference-call-for-papers/#comments Fri, 16 May 2025 04:50:18 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31799 The Zero Retries Digital Conference is seeking requests for papers and presenters for the inaugural...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/16/via-amateur-radio-daily-zero-retries-digital-conference-call-for-papers/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/05/14/hells-gate-radio-club-wants-equipment-back-washington-state/ https://twiar.net/2025/05/14/hells-gate-radio-club-wants-equipment-back-washington-state/#comments Wed, 14 May 2025 06:13:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=32049 Club founder says nobody with Asotin County is returning calls or emails seeking access to Stout Ranch after the group made changes to the site, triggering an investigation and termination of former public works director]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/14/hells-gate-radio-club-wants-equipment-back-washington-state/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/04/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-announcing-zero-retries-digital-conference-2025/ https://twiar.net/2025/04/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-announcing-zero-retries-digital-conference-2025/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=31061 The following is an announcement from Zero Retries: We are pleased to announce that the...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/04/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-announcing-zero-retries-digital-conference-2025/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/10/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-special-event-celebrates-sasquatch-awareness-day/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24132 The Radio Club of Tacoma is celebrating National Sasquatch Awareness Day with a series of...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/08/21/via-hackaday-historical-microsoft-and-apple-artifacts-among-first-christies-auction-of-living-computers-museum/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:21:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22689 Recently the Christie’s auction house released the list of items 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https://twiar.net/?p=11663 The Puget Sound Repeater Group membership includes a large contingent of Seattle tech workers —...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/02/plane-gives-the-middle-finger-to-washington-state-flight-map-shows/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:32:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11507 A pilot took to the skies on Monday and flipped the bird to Washington state, a...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/08/17/via-the-arrl-volunteer-monitor-program-report-for-july-2022/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:07:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11097 The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between ARRL and the FCC to...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/06/21/via-southgate-ham-radio-to-the-rescue-washington-state/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 20:06:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=9512 Forks Forum reports May 23rd could have turned into an emergency, but thanks to ham...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/06/19/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1216/ 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https://twiar.net/2021/12/21/centralia-ares-assist-police-collecting-evidence-after-explosion-occurs-at-atm/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:51:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6816 The Centralia Police Department said Sunday afternoon that two unidentified suspects exploded the 1st Security...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/12/11/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1189/ Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:18:18 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6656 Release Date: December 11, 2021 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/12/06/fcc-rejects-ham-radio-clubs-nce-applications/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:34:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=6510 The FCC recently threw out all eight applications for new NCE FM channels from a...]]> https://twiar.net/2021/07/03/via-the-arrl-new-section-managers-appointed-in-orange-and-eastern-washington/ Sat, 03 Jul 2021 22:05:15 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=4125 Carl Gardenias, WU6D, of Perris, California, is retiring as ARRL Orange Section Manager after serving...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/10/03/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-1127/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 21:08:27 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1330 This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1127 Release Date: October 3, 2020 Here is a...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/09/12/this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1124/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 22:47:02 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1183 This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1124 Release Date: September 12, 2020 Here is a...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/09/12/via-the-arrl-ham-radio-wireless-network-camera-detects-washington-wildfire/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 22:26:32 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1139 Nigel Vander Houwen, K7NVH, reported on September 8 that some HamWAN users in the Puget...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/09/08/snohomish-county-residents-under-watch-in-mask-compliance-survey-washington-state/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 05:39:32 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=1119 If you live in Snohomish County, you may have recently noticed a sign or person...]]> https://twiar.net/2020/07/11/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1115/ Sat, 11 Jul 2020 19:46:49 +0000 http://twiar.net/?p=628 This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1115 Release Date: July 11, 2020 Here is a...]]>