Hamvention 2026 theme and logo
Our theme for Hamvention 2026 is “Radio Adventure!”
Hamvention

HamClock project to sunset June 2026
The HamClock project will no longer receive updates.
Amateur Radio Daily

Ham Radio isn’t growing and it’s all your fault
Hang around the Amateur Radio community for a few decades and its many peccadillos will be revealed to you one by one.
KE9V

NASA selects participants to track Artemis II Mission
Hams selected to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II mission’s journey around the Moon.
NASA

SWR Magazine
Inform, educate, and inspire the global Amateur Radio community through high-quality technical content.
SWR Magazine

A snapshot of U.S. POTA sites, activators, and activations
Do we actually know much about POTA activity growth through empirical data?
K4FMH

Winter Field Day 2026 reflections
Is Ham Radio relevant for emergency communications and prepping?
KM1NDY

How to help others help you
Good advice for Radio Amateurs asking for help with their stations or their projects.
KB6NU

ARDC priority areas of funding offer opportunities for Hams
ARDC welcomes grant proposals across the full range of Amateur Radio and digital communications.
ARDC

Buying a used radio
How to avoid getting stuck with a dud.
Off Grid Ham

The Morse Code of resistance
Alan Higbie’s Army enlistment was to avoid the infantry; he communicated to a revolution.
RadioWorld

Video

MeshCore messaging
Let’s take a look at MeshCore, an evolutionary successor to the popular Meshtastic secure peer messaging network.
KM6LYW

Shack tour
I’ve made some upgrades to the shack in the last month or two so I thought I’d take you on a little tour.
Ham Radio Tube

Amateur Radio operators in Belarus arrested, face the death penalty
The arrests are an extreme attack on what is most often a wholesome hobby.
404 Media

What did Belarusian “Amateur Radio spies” actually intercept?
Enthusiasts were able to listen in on both the military and Lukashenka’s security service.
BELSAT

What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications
I have two topics to share this month: first, some of the newest additions to the DLARC library. Then, some of the oldest items in the library have entered the public domain.
Zero Retries

Find your next QSO on SpottedHam
Real-time email alerts for you and your friends.
SpottedHam.com

Getting started with FreeDV
A beginner’s guide to digital voice on Amateur Radio.
DXR Electronics

What can a new ham spend in a year? $4,881.34
Reflecting on the 168 Amateur Radio-related items I purchased during my first year as an operator.
K3LOE

How accurate is a 125 year old resistance standard?
With mahogany construction and brass contacts it sure looks stylish.
Hackaday

WARC—What is it good for?
They’re peaceful, they’re underrated, and they’re the perfect escape from the big, popular, congestion-prone bands.
OnAllBands

DL0IGI 10m beacon in Germany heard via Auroral-E
I was expecting to hear some distorted auroral signals but instead, the CW signals were clear, a sure sign of Auroral-E.
EI7GL

Video

The Rybakov antenna gets a serious upgrade
When Chameleon introduced their Faraday Strip Radial system, I knew they were going to be a game changer.
KB9VBR

Microwave HamTV from space (not SSTV)
The International Space Station has started transmitting HamTV.
Save it for Parts

FlexRadio’s Hayley, K5HMV discusses innovations in SDR Ham Radio technologies
Insight into how the company develops its software and related Amateur Radio technologies.
DX Engineering

New 60-Meter frequencies available as of February 13
It’s a bit confusing, as different rules apply to different segments of the band.
ARRL

Using VOCAP to predict HF propagation
This post goes deep into the technical choices we made to bring VOACAP — a serious propagation prediction system — to a simple web interface.
DXLook

Airplanes ‘lost’ during a geomagnetic storm
Disturbances in Earth’s ionosphere disrupted GPS tracking systems for airplanes flying over Europe.
Spaceweather.com

How the field radio landscape has changed
There’s never been a better time to jump in.
QRPer

Plans for solar farm leave Radio Ham facing detrimental loss of life’s work
“Last August I was the international winner of a meteor reflection contest organised by the Italian Radio Society.”
The Northern Times

Introducing FreeDV Reporter+
A real-time graph that separates Transmit (TX) and Receive (RX) events.
M0SPN

Hotel antenna for 2 Meter and 70 Centimeter Amateur bands
The Hotel Antenna is a clever space-saving vertical antenna design popular among VHF and UHF amateur radio operators.
DXR Electronics Bits

This Week in POTA
Another week, another flurry of radios in the cold, boots on the trail, batteries pushed to their limits, and logs filled with stories worth telling.
POTA News & Reviews

2015 Throwback: The science behind Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures album cover
The album cover shows a series of radio frequency periods from the first pulsar discovered.
Scientific American

Video

RADE and FreeDV presentation
Open Source digital voice mode over HF using machine learning.
RATPAC

Intercept is a new application for RF signal intelligence
Decode pagers, 433MHz sensors, ACARS, aircraft tracking, and more.
Tech Minds

Digital modes have already won
Whatever your opinions about digital modes on HF the migration is undeniable.
Pattern and Match

LinHT: A Linux-based experimental SDR radio
A beginner-friendly explanation of what LinHT is, how it works, and why Hams are talking about it.
EvoHam

The 52 Week Ham Radio Challenge – 2026
This is meant to inspire you to extend your horizon in Amateur Radio.
DJ5CW

How to put your AllStar node on 44Net Connect
A simple, robust way to tunnel your node into the global AllStar network with a routable IPv4 address.
Ham Radio Hacks

FCC plans to expand unlicensed operations in 6 GHz band
Carr promises “better, faster Wi-Fi and next-gen connectivity” with GVP devices.
Radio World

What are Amateur Radio’s top three priorities in the next three years?
Figuring out what should be the focus of efforts promoting Amateur Radio in the 21st century.
KB6NU

SM5DGX homebrew EME dish
It measures eight meters, weighs 23 tons and took far more than 1,000 hours to build – by hand.
svt NYHETER

Book release: Grid-down emergency communications
The methods and strategies needed to keep your communications network functioning when the electrical grid and normal infrastructure fail.
Off Grid Ham

VK Yaesu IMRS Network: a first of its kind, carrier grade build for Australia
An enterprise‑grade, secure IP network for Yaesu’s Internet‑linked Multi‑site Repeater System (IMRS).
KernWi-Fi

Video

Live ISS satellite demo for 12,000+ students
Pransla (ML51AS) Gujarat India.
VU2EXP

RM Noise: AI noise filtering
Live filtering of voice and CW.
RM Noise

Run HamClock on your AllStarLink node
There is a script written to do this and it is easy to use.
EtherHam

POTA operators need to be more respectful
Interactions can be downright stressful, especially during the later hours of the day when a lone operator can look “suspicious” to someone who doesn’t understand Amateur Radio.
VE3IPS

W6RGC/AI: AI amateur radio operator and voice assistant
Natural language APRS capabilities allowing operators to send and receive APRS messages using conversational voice commands.
W6RGC

What QRP has taught me about slowing down
One of the things I love most about QRP is how naturally it encourages me to slow down and be present in the moment.
QRPer

Amateur Radio Television live streams
View live feeds of Amateur Radio Television transmissions.
BATV

UberSDR
A powerful, web-based SDR platform powered by ka9q-radio.
UberSDR

52 week Ham Radio Challenge wrap-up
What a journey it’s been!
Ian Renton

North Pole connection: Families speak to Santa through Ham Radio
Ham Radio operators have coordinated the holiday tradition through Santa Net for 20 years.
WVIA

Video

Replacing the IC-705 USB port with USB-C
Close-up shots of each step, what to watch out for, and tips to avoid common mistakes during installation.
KM4ACK

Improving receive performance on 80 Meters
Is a dipole or a loop better?
Ask Dave!

10. You’ve been warned
When the speed reached 90 words per minute there was just me and one other guy left.
KE9V

9. Exploring the Caged Hen Delta Antenna
Derived from the Hentenna, it is a very quiet, very broadband, horizontally polarized antenna with a low take-off angle excellent for DX.
AE0EN

8. Morse Maven
Master Morse code at your own pace with simulated QSOs and decoding tools using both audio and light.
Morse Maven

7. A tragic reminder: Safety must come first in the field
A tragic accident that took the life of fellow Ham Radio operator and POTA enthusiast, Tripp Owens (N4NTO).
QRPer

6. SteppIR to stop selling antennas to the Radio Amateur market
While this type of antenna was somewhat unique say a decade ago, other manufacturers now use a similar concept.
EI7GL

5. Ham community frets in “Delete, Delete” comments
Many commenters worry about the future of Ham Radio under the FCC’s deregulatory effort.
Radio World

4. The case of the shrinking Technicians
The Technician class is concerning with a 7.2% cumulative decline starting in June 2021.
K0NR

3. The U.S. Ham Radio market: Is it dying?
The short answer is no. But it is changing.
K4FMH

2. SCAMP digital mode available in Fldigi
Simple Conversational Amateur Message Protocol (SCAMP) is a weak signal digital mode developed by Dr. Daniel Marks (KW4TI).
Amatuer Radio Daily

1. Bandplan Generator
Allows completely customizable frequency ranges and segments generating a well-designed plan for screen or print.
LY1JA

Amateur Radio licensing update during US government shutdown
ARRL Volunteer Examiners should continue giving exam sessions.
ARRL

Review: futureGEO Workshop 2025 in Bochum
Setting the course for the next geostationary Amateur Radio satellite.
AMSAT-DL

ISS Slow Scan TV October 3-9
ARISS Series 29 comprises 6 images to celebrate the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite in 1957.
AMSAT-UK

MicroLink EchoLink node
The smallest, cheapest way to put a radio onto the EchoLink network.
KC1FSZ

Construction of the Simple Low Profile Multiband POTA antenna
Although the antenna is described as “simple,” that term relates more to how it is deployed and its appearance than its actual construction.
Ham Radio Outside The Box

7,000 POTA QSOs at one park
This is no small feat for me.
WK4DS

Direction finding with a KrakenSDR
KrakenSDR is a 5-channel coherent RTL-SDR based software defined radio system.
RTL-SDR

Install a Ham Radio window feed-through
No-drill step-by-step.
Ham Radio Prep

Plotting RF spectrum with the LinHT
The display is so colorful, why not sprinkle it with a bit of DSP maths, generating a nice plot for us to enjoy?
M17 Project

Hurricane Helene: One year later
Amateur Radio became our family’s superpower.
K4SWL

Video

The 44Net origin story
We look back at the beginnings of 44Net, where pioneers share their contributions to putting the Internet over the airwaves.
ARDC

Easy packet radio interface
Digital interface lets you interface your dual-band rig to a Raspberry Pi or PC.
KM6LYW