Topband’s poor winter performance
The rapid growth of solar Cycle 25 and its seemingly continuous flaring was the prime culprit.
VE7SL

Looking to ditch Twitter? Morse Code is back
Reviving a 200-year-old system, enthusiasts are putting the digit back in digital communication.
Smithsonian Magazine

How to install Winter Field Day logging software for Raspberry Pi
It has a similar look and feel to the infamous N3FJP Winter Field Day software.
WB8ERJ

Antennas popping up all over the foothills
We want to stop it now before it becomes a dumping ground for dozens and dozens of more antennas.
KSL

wfview: Open Source interface for Icom transceivers
Real-time spectrum analyzer data are displayed, and rig controls are presented.
wfview.org

Intro to AllStarLink
What it is, how to get started, and how I use it.
The Random Wire

10-Meter mayhem
Taking advantage of the hottest band in town.
OnAllBands

SDRangel: ADS-B, AIS, APT, Digital Voice, POCSAG, APRS, RS41 Radiosonde Decoders
SDRAngel is set apart because of its huge swath of built in demodulators and decoders.
RTL-SDR.com

Reducing RF noise from solar inverter by replacing capacitors
We quickly identified that the culprit was the Australian Selectronic SE42 inverter.
Marxy’s Musing on Technology

How well do compromise antennas actually work?
Well, they work really good… for what they are.
WK4DS

Video

Building a VHF/UHF antenna from copper tape
Tech Minds

Long Island CW Club featured on BBC Radio 4
GW4OKT

Respect for the discontinued Yaesu FT-818
Checking into the Georgia AuxComm 60m net.
KI4ASK

It’s finally dead! Yaesu FT-818 discontinued
Yaesu says parts availability is the reason for discontinuing the radio.
OH8STN

U.S. begins installing ‘Mighty’ over-the-horizon radar
The sensor station, known as the Tactical Mobile Over-the-Horizon Radar, or TACMOR, will be set up on the highly strategic island of Palau.
The EurAsian Times

More Amateur Radio Astronauts head for the space station
Three of the four new astronauts on February’s planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the ISS are Amateur radio Operators.
ARRL

Survey results: Ham Radio Nets
This survey was an attempt to understand how people seek out information about nets and how they discover new ones.
K4HCK

How to win a Ham Radio contest with low power
Remember, the most important thing is to enjoy the experience.
PE4BAS

PI9CAM bounces Slow Scan TV signals off the moon
PI9CAM used the 25-metre dish at the site which was originally built in 1956.
EI7GL

QRPp: Activate a park with ⅒ of a watt
Let’s face it, I was drunk with a lack of power.
QRPer

All-in-one cable for audio and APRS
The AIOC enumerates as a sound card as well as a virtual serial device.
Hackaday

Radio stations power down at night, because of the laws of physics
If your favorite station shuts down at night, blame the laws of physics.
IFLScience

Encoding NTSC
NTSC-CRT is a video signal encoding/decoding simulator with no hardware acceleration, floating point math, or third-party libraries. Just basic C.
Hackaday

Exploring a 10 MHz OCXO (Oven-controlled Crystal Oscillator)
It’s been used for a few projects requiring good frequency stability.
KA7OEI

Video

AT&T Archives: Stepping along with television
In 1949, this film was part of the very first hour of broadcasting following the linkup of the East Coast television networks to the Midwestern states.
AT&T

As is tradition, the last issue of the year takes a look back at the most popular links from the past 12 months. 2022 was an abbreviated year (ARW spun back up in April), but plenty of great articles were published in the past 9 months. So without further delay, here are the top links measured by number of clicks for 2022!

The most clicked links of 2022

1. TAP: A Morse Code alternative
This mode has roots in ancient Greece.
SV3ORA

2. KrakenSDR locates a repeater jammer in 1 hour
Using the KrakenSDR Radio Direction Finder, we were at his house in 60 minutes.
RTL-SDR.com

3. Sun is more active than NASA predicted
It could be in its strongest cycle since records began.
Forbes

4. sBitx: The SDR for the homebrewer
$100 40 Watt HF transceiver based on a Raspberry Pi.
VU2ESE

5. Taking a long hard look at our community
Without the efforts of each individual amateur, our worldwide license to experiment is doomed.
VK6FLAB

6. An economical solar kit for a 100W Ham Station
These starter kits can be easily expanded with a larger battery and additional series or parallel cells.
AE5X

7. Morsle: The daily Morse code challenge
You have 21 tries to guess the word
Morsle

8. Icom announces IC-905 SHF SDR transceiver
The IC-905 covers 144MHz, 430Mhz, 1.2GHz, 2.4GHz, 5.6GHz and (with the help of an optional module) 10GHz.
QRPblog

9. Why I quit QRP (and maybe shouldn’t have)
For many years I was a dedicated QRP operator, then came along the gloomy depths of the solar minimum.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

10. Yes, Amateur Radio is still a thing: Here’s why
With great power comes greater responsibility, and Amateur Radio is no exception.
Electronics360

Bill introduced to replace symbol rate limit with bandwidth limit
Congresswoman Lesko introduced a bill to require the FCC to replace the current HF digital symbol rate limit with a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limit.
ARRL

Geostationary Amateur satellite in the works?
Zero Retries outlines the possibility of a QO-100 equivalent for the western hemisphere.
N8GNJ

LoRa: Field testing antennas
Determine which will suit your long-range needs.
Sparkfun

Lets Dump RS(T) Signal Reports
How much use is a signal report – really?
Ham Radio Outside the Box

In a future filled with electric cars, AM radio may be left behind
BMW, Tesla, Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Volvo have removed AM radio from their electric vehicles.
New York Times

X-Mas CW Jokes
Celebrate the festive season in style: sending each other jokes in CW.
M0KTZ

Too good to be true LiFePO4 battery prices?
AE5X

Guide to Ham Radio weather watching
One does not have to be a Ham to participate in the SKYWARN program.
OnAllBands

10 meter beacon DXing
MW DXing is great, but that involves DXing primarily during the night time and early morning hours.
SWLing Post

Mid-Winter Sporadic-E opening on 28 MHz
What caught my attention was the fact that the skip distance was short for 10m.
EI7GL

Jim’s Elecraft KX2 leg mount
I recently came up with a new way (for me) to hold the KX2 when I am out in the field.
QRPer

Video

Using a drone to put up a dipole antenna
Instructional video on putting up a dipole antenna using a Mavic Pro DJI Drone.
Human Geno Project

KrakenSDR locates a repeater jammer in 1 hour
Using the KrakenSDR Radio Direction Finder, we were the jammer’s house in 60 minutes.
RTL-SDR.com

WTWW signs off permanently
Some programming moves to WRMI.
CQ Newsroom

I used modern digital modes and I have mixed feelings
I will be honest though, I am kind of stuck in the past.
WK4DS Amateur Radio Blog

What ever happened to Ramsey Electronics?
On November 10th 1999, Ramsey Electronics of Victor, New York, was raided by the United States Customs Service.
AE5X

How to find out if your common mode current choke really works
Due to the skin effect current can flow along the inner surface of the coax shield as well as the outer surface.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Listening for the CAS-5A Chinese satellite at 435 MHz
It’s an unusual satellite in that it has transponders with a downlink in the 70cm band and uplinks on the 2m VHF band and the 15m HF band.
EI7GL

Where VOA’s broadcast infrastructure stands today
Shortwave retains a role in serving particularly difficult-to-reach audiences.
Radio World

Why scan?
The content that can be heard on scanners is, on occasion, astonishing.
SWLing Post

Video

10m Contest recording
Featuring VR2XAN, ZL4CZ, EI7M, HS0ZET.
PB4ES

Sam Mulvey shows you how to FM radio
All about setting up the low-power FM radio station KTQA in Tacoma, WA.
Hackaday

HAM
Get to know the culture of Montana radio enthusiasts and their deep passion for ham radio.
PBS

Does my old screen door tune?
What I do with anything metal: See if it tunes as an antenna.
AI6YR

BBC preparing to go online-only over next decade
The BBC is preparing to shut down its traditional television and radio broadcasts as it becomes an online-only service.
The Guardian

Maverick-603: Affordable, Open Source FT8 receiver
The Maverick-603 FT8 receiver is a rare project that bridges Amateur Radio and open source chip design.
Crowd Supply

The end of AM radio in your car?
Sen. Ed Markey sent off letters to 20 different car manufacturers asking to keep AM radio around in future models.
Boston.com

Experiments in Japan at 5600 MHz and 10 GHz using the ICOM IC-905
ICOM staff in Japan conducted some experiments over a 25km obstructed path on the 5.6 GHz and 10 GHz microwave bands.
EI7GL

Construction begins on worlds largest radio telescope
The Square Kilometer Array Observatory has been 30 years in the making.
Space.com

DEF CON 30 RF Talks: Designing antennas, tracking military ghost helicopters
DEF CON is a yearly conference with a focus on information security.
RTL-SDR.com

Ham Radio phraseology on U.S. submarines
Did he say QSL?
AE5X

3Y0J: A DXpedition to the most remote uninhabited island on Earth
It is an inhospitable and hard-to-reach island that is rarely visited by humans.
OnAllBands

Why I log with pencil and paper
That’s what works for me and I’m sticking with it – even in the 21st Century.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Keeping an Icom IC-705 cool during long FT8 sessions
It’s a 3-inch square fan like you’d find in a computer or some other electronic devices.
QRPer

Video

Why the tallest tower on earth collapsed
The worlds tallest structure at 646 metres (2,120.7 ft) from 1974 until its collapse on 8 August 1991.
Kult America