Open HT surgery gives cheap transceiver all-band capabilities
Watch out, Baofeng; there’s a new kid on the cheap handy talkie market.
Hackaday

Ultimate Direwolf TNC installation guide
For Windows and Linux.
The Modern Ham

Operators criss-cross country airwaves
A nationwide event occurred recently involving tens of thousands of North Americans.
The Community News

FCC to require two factor authentication for CORES
Beginning March 29, 2024, multifactor authentication will be implemented.
ARRL

What became of Marlon Brando’s wonderland on the sea
Brando’s Tetiaroa Beach bungalow, circa 1979, is filled with his Ham Radio equipment.
LA Times

TinyGS: The Open Source Global Satellite Network
An open network of ground stations distributed around the world.
EI7GL

868Mhz ground plane vertical antenna
A neat little ground plane vertical antenna for the 868Mhz ISM band.
M0AWS

50 things you can do with a software defined radio
All you need is this simple USB dongle and an antenna kit.
blinry

This space physicist uses radios to study eclipses
Nathaniel Frissell works with Amateur Radio operators to learn more about our atmosphere.
ScienceNewsExplores

The GM3OXX Oxo Transmitter
The two-transistor transmitter.
AA7EE

Video

Go Kit Challenge 2024
Check out some AWESOME go kits.
Tank Radio

Flight over Glaciers of the Olympics
With 2M simplex operations.
W7NY

2024 ARRL Field Day Theme: Be Radio Active
The theme encourages Radio Amateurs to take advantage of the peak of Solar Cycle 25.
ARRL

Installing VARA on Debian 12 Linux
I thought it best to document it here, and maybe help another poor lost soul.
The Modern Ham

QLog
A cross-platform logging app with rig control, cluster, WSJT-X support, and more.
OK1MLG

Girl Scouts gear up to talk to International Space Station
Here’s how they’ll do it.
The Sacramento Bee

My ATU is soooo good, it will give a perfect match on anything
Even without an antenna connected.
owenduffy.net

CATS APRS alternative featured on Hackaday
CATS uses raw FSK rather than the inefficient AFSK used by APRS.
Hackaday

Low band VHF tests in Western Australia
The frequencies were 30.8761 MHz , 36.6073 MHz, 39.1467 MHz and 40.6864 MHz.
EI7GL

How I do it: A complete POTA activation from start to finish
Watch me, in real time, as I deploy an end fed half wave antenna, set up my station on a picnic table, and do a QRP (5 watt) POTA activation on the 15 meter band.
KB8VBR

Handmade QSLs from the 1930s
Hams would purchase post cards from the post office (only a penny each, including postage!) and created their own designs.
KB6NU

Source of major RFI identified
You may note that it is at least 5,9+10dB.
Johnson’s Techworld

APRS RX comparison
Anytone 878 vs Yaesu FT-5DR.
W0RMT

Video

Portable DIY adjustable 2m J-Pole
Peel and stick some metal tape on a strap, cut out a J-Pole pattern.
VA5MUD

Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent Key
Heil was known as a mentor who enjoyed helping others find success in Ham Radio.
ARRL

America’s last Morse-Code station
The Radio Squirrels keep the tradition alive.
The Atlantic

EchoLink Web
An edition of EchoLink that runs entirely within a Web browser.
EchoLink

At peace with Amateur Radio over Internet
Internet is so integral to the current generation that any communications technology that doesn’t incorporate Internet to some degree might be perceived as irrelevant.
Zero Retries

New Amateur Radio newsletter
An emphasis on radio experiments and the VHF bands.
EI7GL

First SOTA activation
My furthest contact was with Z36T in The Republic of North Macedonia at 1501 miles.
GM5ALX

Restoring a mystery key
It didn’t have any markings on it and the seller said he thinks it was home made.
QRPer

Installing your Ham Radio mobile antenna on a vehicle
We will explore everything from the simplest configuration to the most complex.
OnAllBands

Winlink wishlist
Have officially supported clients for Mac and Linux.
W0RMT

Video

D75 versus FT5
Let’s take a look at the Kenwood TH-D75 radio compared to the Yaesu FT5.
KM4ACK

Hidden APRS Igate in your Yaesu mobile radio
Plug your radio into your PC or Raspberry Pi and install Ygate.
KM6LYW

ARRL DX Contest from the nuclear bunker
We return to the nuclear bunker on the North York Moors UK.
ianxfs

Inclusivity in Amateur Radio
ARRL CEO David Minster responds to open letter from 45 Hams.
W0RMT

2024 Amateur Radio Booklet
A summary of all the needed data when you are operating. The booklet covers all the IARU regions.
NoelM

RSGB updates list of HF beacons [PDF]
Worldwide list of HF beacons updated January 2024.
RSGB

International Space Station targets 2030 for end of life
NASA requests funding for $1 Billion to deorbit the ISS.
SpaceRef

Carlos goes under the knife
Carlos has gone through several iterations since I got him. First I swapped out the 2, 5-pole filters for 5, 8-pole filters.
KK4Z

Chit in the Game
How low can we go before the large equipment manufacturers and dealers quit the hobby?
KE9V

Repairing a dead Kenwood TS-850S
They suffer from an ailment that has struck down many pieces of electronic gear from that same era: Capacitor Plague.
KA7OEI

Simple Arduino rotary tuning knob for SDR
Using an Arduino UNO R4 Minima.
Marxy’s musing on technology

Ham Radio tech: EchoLink & Broadcastify
You can access EchoLink with a radio, computer, or mobile device.
OnAllBands

Experiencing Knife Edge diffraction
In short, when radio waves hit an edge, it bends and goes all over the place.
Nuclearrambo

IndiaRocketGirl receives FengYun-2H S-VISSR satellite images
Build a satellite dish and feed to receive FengYun-2H S-VISSR signals and get beautiful full disk images of the earth.
RTL-SDR

Video

Alaska POTA fly-in
Activating a remote park via plane.
KL7EC

Announced DX operations
NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page.
NG3K

Differences and benefits of popular Ham Radio logging apps
Comparing Ham Radio Deluxe, N1MM Logger+, Log4OM, and QRZ Logbook.
N1JUR

The Amateur Radio operator who reconnected communities
As Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through the East Coast early last year, he too got swept up in the disaster.
1News

SpaceX to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites due to detected flaw
The removal of so many satellites at once is unprecedented.
Gizmodo

Inverter Talk
You didn’t know you needed one.
Off Grid Ham

POTA: A frozen activation
I operated both CW and FT8 today.
WK4DS

Spectrum analyzer buyer’s guide
There are some very inexpensive options out there.
Hackaday

Meet Ahmad, an Amateur Radio operator in Malaysia
Ahmad Husaini travels the airwaves to communicate with foreign radio operators.
FMT

Video

2024 Minnesota QSO Party 20 meter pile-up
Activating 27 counties in ten hours.
The Old Swedes Farm

POTA maritime mobile
Unseaworthy canoe.
HamJazz

US Senators introduce Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act
Legislation would prohibit HOA rules that prevent or ban Amateur Radio antennas.
Senator Roger Wicker

Skeptics question disappearance of Alabama radio tower
Commenters speculated that WJLX had failed to maintain its AM site over time.
RadioWorld

A venture into the world of Meshtastic
An Open Source, off-grid, decentralised mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices.
M0AWS

Nominate your favorite Open Source software for the Amateur Radio Software Award
Promoting software projects that enhance and adhere to the spirit of Amateur Radio.
Amateur Radio Software Award

Photos from Hamcation 2024
Mike (VE3MKX) shares photos from Hamcation 2024.
SWLing Post

Homebrew SBITX Receiver
Ground bounce, hallucinations, and wisdom.
KK4DAS

2023 Great Shakeout after action report
Highlighting the utility of the Winlink system for emergency management.
Winlink

A most unusual vertical antenna for 20m
One way to eliminate radials is to deploy an antenna that doesn’t need them
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Automating antenna rotator control with Cloudlog and Tampermonkey
The magic lies in the custom JavaScript injected into the Cloudlog webpage.
DK1MI

Video

A highland SOTA
A hike to a bare highlands SOTA in Western Norway.
LB4FH

The coolest mobile Ham Radio shack
This car is loaded down with several Ham Radios and antennas that Scott Farrell (KE4WMF) has managed to fit inside of his 2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI.
KI5IRE

The first Amateur Radio station on the Moon is now transmitting
The JAXA Ham Radio Club (JHRC), JQ1ZVI, secured Amateur Radio license JS1YMG for LEV-1, which has been transmitting Morse code on 437.41 MHz.
ARRL

Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower
“We’re down here and the tower’s gone.”
AL.com

AMSAT CubeSatSim beta release
The official release of the new Beta CubeSatSim hardware and software is finally here.
AMSAT

Exploring SATNOG
A revolutionary approach to satellite ground stations.
N1JUR

Visiting VOA Site B
K4RLC tours the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station.
QRPer

Common CW abbreviations
A list of common abbreviations used in CW communications.
VE3IPS

FOSDEM 2024 videos now available
Synthetic aperture WiFi RADAR, GPU DSP acceleration, and more.
RTL-SDR

Will large satellite constellations affect Earth’s magnetic field?
It will coat the stratosphere and ionosphere with metal aerosols at levels never seen before.
Hackaday

Magic Band Revealed
Jim Wilson K5ND recently completed the third edition of the book Magic Band Revealed.
K0NR

Taking the hiss out of QO-100
Even though the signals are mostly 59-59+15dB the background hiss is very pronounced and gets very tiring after a while.
M0AWS

Those darn wall-wart power supplies
It takes some of the legal liability burden off manufacturers if their product is powered by one of these adapters that isolates the somewhat dangerous 120 VAC from their equipment.
Radio World

Video

Radio Interface Board – Sneak peek
A pre-production sample of the DigiPi Hat from ELEKITSORPARTS. This is the first solder-less way to hookup your dual-band rig to a Raspberry Pi.
KM6LYW

Ham Radio Magic Tarp Antenna
As stealth as they come.
HamJazz