https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sat, 18 Oct 2025 04:41:54 +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/2025/10/20/lost-1965-zombie-satellite-les-1-spontaneously-reconnects-with-earth-baffling-scientists/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/20/lost-1965-zombie-satellite-les-1-spontaneously-reconnects-with-earth-baffling-scientists/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:39:56 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36523 A satellite, LES-1, designed to support military needs and communication, was launched into orbit in February 1965,...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/20/lost-1965-zombie-satellite-les-1-spontaneously-reconnects-with-earth-baffling-scientists/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/zombie-satellites-sometimes-come-back-to-life-surprising-even-nasa/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/zombie-satellites-sometimes-come-back-to-life-surprising-even-nasa/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:10:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36181 There are thousands of satellites out in space, orbiting the Earth. In most cases, these...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/zombie-satellites-sometimes-come-back-to-life-surprising-even-nasa/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/06/30/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1374-lpfm-version-no-commercial-breaks/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:53:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33471 Release Date: June 28, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/06/30/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1374-full-version-with-repeater-id-breaks-every-10-minutes/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:01:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33473 Release Date: June 28, 2025 Here is a summary of the news trending…This Week in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/06/30/podcast-this-week-in-amateur-radio-edition-1374-truncated-1-hour-version/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:53:24 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33467 This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio....]]> https://twiar.net/2025/06/24/long-dead-nasa-satellite-suddenly-emits-powerful-radio-pulse/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:20:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33306 Scientists from Curtin University suggest the signal might have been caused by an electrostatic discharge (ESD)—a sudden release of built-up charge on the satellite’s surface.]]> https://twiar.net/2022/12/08/there-are-zombie-satellites-swirling-above-your-head/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:37:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13409 Humans have left a lot of stuff in space. There is so much stuff that space...]]>