NASA to develop Lunar Time Standard
NASA will coordinate with U.S. government stakeholders, partners, and international standards organizations to establish a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).
NASA

Build the Frankentenna
The ultimate portable Ham Radio vertical antenna.
KB9VBR

Exploring international analog TV from leaky cable TV networks via the Airspy Server Network
Use SDR# and the Airspy Server Network to explore cable TV stations across the globe via cable TV signal interference.
RTL-SDR

How well does 17 meters work?
The higher the bands get the further they tend to reach more distant stations for me.
WK4DS

War of the Worlds in CW
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells in Morse Code starting at 20 WPM.
AA7FO

Rise and stall of GPS
The average age of GPS satellites hits 13 years.
Payload

Improving the antennas on Heltec ESP32 v3 devices
A neat little quarter wave 868Mhz vertical antenna for this device.
M0AWS

HF in small spaces
Loop antennas like these are typically used only for receiving, but in a pinch they can be used to transmit as well.
Hackaday

The great shack QRM hunt
Now that I’ve taken up POTA and know how nice S0-1 background noise is, I wanted to have another go at the home situation.
Ian Renton

Video

Comparing desoldering tools
Is the Hakko FR301 desoldering tool worth 4X the ZD915 clone?
More Fun Making It

Making a hot dog talk with RF
We devised a test to see just how dangerous the RF energy can be on an AM tower.
Geerling Engineering

The highest sunspot number in 23 years
Fall 2001 was the last time sunspot counts were this high.
SpaceWeather.com

APRS Foundation accepting members
Becoming a member helps secure the future of APRS and assists with the foundation’s operating costs.
Amateur Radio

National Traffic System celebrates 75 years
As NTS 2.0 emerges to modernize the radiogram system, ARRL takes a look back at the origin of NTS which began in 1949.
ARRL

2024 Route 66 On The Air
This year marks the 25th year of this great radio event.
Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club

SkywarnPlus
US government-issued alerts via AllstarLink, HAMVOIP, myGMRS, GMRS Live, and more.
SkywarnPlus

The September – October SARC Communicator
Projects and articles in this issue including a CW decoder, an HF amplifier, and a web server for HamClock using an inexpensive Raspberry Pi Zero.
SARC

A return to Ham Radio
My dad was thinking about whether I’d have any interest in his Ham Radio callsign when the time comes that he becomes a silent key.
AFØAJ

A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks
In need of a practical way to overcome social isolation; communicate emergencies, weather, and crop prices; and chafing under attempts to curtail free speech, ranchers and farmers began to take advantage of the growing ubiquity of both telephone sets and barbed wire fencing.
loriemerson

Amid wildfires and spotty cell service, Northstate residents turn to Ham Radios
Head even 20 minutes into the mountains from cities like Redding, Red Bluff, and Chico, and you’ll quickly lose cell phone service.
KRCR

Video

From zero to APRS in 10 minutes
Let’s build an APRS packet igate in under 10 minutes for just 99 dollars.
KM6LYW Radio

900MHz POTA – Leave no band behind
Operating on 902.300 MHz FM using an Alinco DJ-G29 HT and a DMS Wireless YA90014 Yagi antenna.
N2MAK

Yaesu, Icom & Kenwood highlight new transceivers
The big three Amateur Radio transceiver manufacturers each featured new transceivers at Ham Fair in Japan this past week.
Amateur Radio Daily

QRP success story
We all have these cherished moments that make our hobby so wonderful.
VE3IPS

ARRL urges protecting the Amateur Radio 902-928 MHz band
A Petition for Rulemaking filed by NextNav Inc. to completely reconfigure the 902-928 MHz band.
ARRL

mpad: Multi-Purpose APRS Daemon
WX/METAR/TAF/CWOP reports, satellite & other celestial data, find the nearest repeater to my position, user coordinates & distance, etc.
mpad

Finding joy in the journey
A missed SOTA hike leads to a relaxing POTA activation
QRPer

NRAO offers free Ham Radio Technician and General courses
NRAO is now offering self-paced Amateur Radio license study courses for both the Technician and General class licenses.
ARDC

A simple but effective receiving loop antenna
Coaxial loops like this one provide enhanced resistance to electrical noise.
Hackaday

Is inflation making off grid power too expensive?
The lower cost of lithium batteries and solar panels partially offset the increased cost of controllers and copper wire.
Off Grid Ham

Ham Radio still alive and kicking in Wyoming
Casey Freund of Thermopolis, Wyoming, goes by the call sign KC7E, but that’s not his TikTok handle.
Cowboy State Daily

Video

DIY Moxon/Yagi antenna for Ham Radio satellite QSOs
Build one for under $100, including the radio.
W2PAK

Amateur Radio balloon launch
Hämeenlinnan radioamatööri kerhon oh3aa pallon lähetys 2024.
OH3AA

Stealth Ham Radio antenna the HOA will never find
Rain downspout gutter antenna breaking pileups.
HOA Ham

ARRL IT security incident – Report to members
ARRL agreed to pay a $1 million ransom.
ARRL

Freebeacon: FreeDV based beacon service
Listens for a trigger string in a FreeDV text message, then transmits a reply.
VK2ZIW

What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications
I can hardly express how large this warehouse is and how much reading material was available for us: Commercial radio manuals, military documents, avionics repair guides, parts catalogs, schematics.
Kay Savetz K6KJN, Zero Retries

A shorted diode…and the sBitx
I blew a diode while pushing the boundaries of my IRF520 output transistors messing around with FT8.
WK4DS

Connecting Earth to space
How Amateur Radio links us to the ISS.
Sonshine

The most useful knots for SOTA and POTA
A super convenient friction hitch when the rope is very long (no need to access the end of the rope). Easy to undo.
AB1WX

LEO satellite systems cause environmental harm regulators didn’t prepare for
The disposable nature of satellites means 29 tons of satellites will re-enter our atmosphere every day at peak.
TechDirt

HamOpen
Facilitating the development of Open Source software and hardware for Amateur Radio.
HamOpen

Keeping Ham Radio relevant
Ham radio operators provide an unpaid, all-volunteer, citizen brigade of disaster relief workers.
Next Avenue

Video

Working SO-50 in Arizona
Stations heard on this pass included AI6YR in grid CM93 Santa Rosa Island, in the Channel Islands south of Santa Barbara, California.
WD9EWK/VA7EWK

Lucille Ball tells crazy story
Fillings pick up secret Morse station.
YouTube

Icom X60 teaser video
More info from Icom is expected today at the Tokyo Ham Fair.
Icom Japan

Why M17 is significant
No other Amateur Radio digital voice system is as well defined as M17.
Zero Retries

QSL cards from the past
A complete collection of old QSL cards now totaling more than 56,000.
W8JYZ

Ham Radio becomes voice of victims and rescue teams alike
The operators are accompanying each rescue team, providing real-time updates on the situation on the ground.
India.com

San Francisco Ham Radio operators provide critical communication link
Ham Radio operators across Northern California provided a critical communication link to embattled first responders.
KPIX

HFGCS: The backup plan for doomsday
The United States Strategic Forces Command built their backup plan around the unique properties of HF radio.
Hackaday

The QubeDX: A modular CubeSat style QRP Transceiver
Building a QRP radio for digi mode operation that can be operated remotely via Wi-Fi.
DK1MI

Loop the loop on 6 meters
Meteor scatter is probably one of the coolest things that Techs can do.
KB6NU

Store and Forward
A podcast about the past and future of Ham Radio.
Store and Forward

An introduction to the 1.25 meter band
222 MHz has many of the qualities of 2 meters, with the added benefit of less consumer electronics interference and generally a lower noise floor.
N4DTF

Video

Analog television transmission with a HackRF SDR
Using a program called hacktv-gui to transmit analog TV signals.
Signals Everywhere

The beginners guide to the Radioberry HF SDR Transceiver Pi Hat
The first initial steps needed to install the Radioberry service on a Raspberry Pi 4.
Tech Minds

Sunspot counts hit a 23-year high
The sun is partying like it’s 2001.
SpaceWeather.com

Climate change and Amateur Radio
It is an important topic and it does affect many aspects of our Amateur Radio hobby.
The Random Wire

SolarHam
Providing real time space weather news and data from various sources, all in one location for easy navigation.
VE3EN

Help me make a Ham zine
Let’s make this a community effort.
KB6NU

Charging your laptop or tablet off-grid
I always suggest taking an adapter which has a minimum of 60-watts, 5-20 volt 3-5 amps on the USB-C power delivery port.
Off Grid Ham

Beyond the beacon: Discovering the unexpected benefits of WSPR
You can use the data that’s generated by the WSPR network to check your own antenna’s performance for transmitting and receiving.
QRPer

Unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the atmosphere
When bubbles, crests or solar storms disrupt the plasma distribution in the ionosphere, radio signals passing through the atmospheric layer can be changed, lost, or fade away.
CNN

Video

D-Star, DMR, C4FM, explained
For newcomers in digital Amateur Radio communications, getting familiar with all the terms, modes, and reflectors can be very confusing.
Laboenligne.ca

Introduction to mobile POTA operations
A guide to activations in the park.
Ham Radio Prep

Contesting for Technicians
HF contesting for Technician Class Ham Radio Operators.
W1DED

History of an FCC monitoring station
With a Former FCC trainer, Ham, and engineer.
Ham Radio Perspectives

First M17 based radios begin shipping
Connect Systems has begun shipping the first radios that operate M17 out of the box.
Amateur Radio Daily

The rich history of Ham Radio culture
To really belong, you’re going to have to go along with the standard operating procedures universally accepted by Radio Amateurs.
MIT Press

Successful AREDN link
If you pick up something just to learn the thing, you likely won’t go far with it.
N3VEM

VHF/UHF handheld performance comparison
Comparing performance in sensitivity, dynamic range, and adjacent channel rejection.
QRPer

What is the difference between a counterpoise and a radial in a vertical antenna?
In the context of vertical antennas, both counterpoises and radials are used to improve the efficiency and radiation pattern of the antenna by providing a ground system.
VE3IPS

The baked potato radial
Would a Mylar blanket work the same way as the Faraday cloth?
K3FNB

The best reasons to build a go-box
It saves time in the field and helps to ensure nothing is left behind in the shack.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

TD-H3 VHF/UHF radio
You can think of this as an improved Baofeng UV-5R.
K0NR

A one-of-a-kind shortwave radio station
WBCQ is probably the only shortwave, AM, and FM combination radio station in the United States.
RadioWorld

DLARC adds over 1,300 items to new college radio collection
Materials in the collection include ‘zines, radio station program guides, flyers, playlists, correspondence, books, academic theses, magazines, and more.
Internet Archive

Is shortwave on life support?
Today, the shortwave landscape is a mere shadow of itself.
Hackaday

Video

Hustler 6BTV antenna on a dock
Unleashing the power of my 6BTV vertical antenna mounted on a dock over salt water.
W2PAK