Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 412
2026 Hamvention Award Winners announced
Please join us in congratulating these very deserving winners.
Hamvention
FT0 digital mode
The next evolution in digital modes — featuring a 0-second sequence time.
FT0
LinHT hardware documentation
LinHT is an open-source handheld software-defined radio (SDR) transceiver built around a modern Linux System-on-Module and a true IQ RF front-end.
M17 Foundation
HamDash
Free and Open Source Ham Radio dashboard.
HamDash
Ten watts to Spain. Ten watts to Germany. Ten watts to Austria
The EFHW at 35 feet made all the difference.
David Saylors
Alliance Amateur Radio Network
Radio for those left out.
AARN
Is the CIA using radio to instruct Iran agents? Listen for yourself
An amateur sleuth thinks ghostly broadcasts are a revival of Cold War ‘numbers stations.’
The Times
DXtra FCC radio database explorer
We have computed Longley-Rice coverage maps for the entire US, Canada, UK and European fleets of FM stations. Also we have computed VOACAP coverage maps for most of the world’s HF.
DXtra
Installing an M17 Reflector on a cloud server
I document what worked for me after more than half a dozen attempts to build a working system.
EtherHam
Be gone pesky radials!
One of the biggest bugbears of portable operations in a public space when using a vertical antenna is having to lay out radials.
Ham Radio Outside the Box
MyHamStudyHub
The complete study platform for FCC Technician, General, and Extra class amateur radio licenses. No cost.
MyHamStudyHub
868MHz DX
This is 139m above sea level, with a clear line of sight across the Irish Sea to Cumbria, the Isle of Man, and the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland.
Real-World Amateur Radio
Video
2026 Hamvention Award Winners announcement video
Tim Duffy, K3LR, and Hamvention spokesperson Michael Kalter, W8CI announce the 2026 Hamvention Award Winners.
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