U.S. Airforce may have shot down an Amateur Radio Balloon over Canada
There is speculation that at least one of these three objects may have been an Amateur Radio Pico Balloon.
RTL-SDR.com

Hobby club’s missing balloon feared shot down by USAF
The circumstantial evidence is at least intriguing. The club’s silver-coated, party-style, Pico Balloon reported its last position on February 10th at 38,910 feet off the west coast of Alaska.
Aviation Week

HRO closing San Diego store
The San Diego store will close permanently on February 25th.
CQ Newsroom

The VP2E – A strange (but proven) antenna
A wire antenna that is rapidly field deployable, fairly stealthy, directional, and which has some gain.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Maia SDR
An Open-Source FPGA-based SDR project focusing on the ADALM Pluto.
Daniel Estévez

Funny questions I get from non-Hams while on a POTA activation
When activating a park, us regular POTA activators are quite used to getting funny looks and strange stares.
Mike’s Tech Blog

AM DXing 101
AM DXing—sometimes called Broadcast Band (BCB) DXing or Medium Wave (MW) DXing—is one of the easiest ways to begin pursuing the DX game.
OnAllBands

2023 Orlando Hamcation photos
Over 100 photos from the 2023 Hamcation.
The SWLing Post

Those strange curvy things seen on a 10 meter waterfall
The general consensus is that these are from ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medial) devices that nominally operate around 26957 kHz to 27283 kHz.
KA7OEI

Video

Capacitors and electronic troubleshooting
Let’s see how this improves the receiver’s performance.
Mr Carlson’s Lab

Ham Radio operators take over frozen Minnesota lake
Ham Radio operators headed out on White Bear Lake in Mahtomedi, MN for the annual Hams On The Ice meetup.
K0LWC

Morse Code is back
Ham Radio tunes in to a new generation. (possible paywall)
The Times

No really, Morse Code is back
Spurred on by K-Pop bands who use it to leak hints about upcoming songs to fans.
Daily Mail

Need a resistor? Thank Otis Boykin
Otis Boykin, an engineer and inventor who holds numerous patents for electrical components, including one for the wire precision resistor.
SparkFun

FT8 on an original iMac G3
I would not recommend connecting a horribly insecure operating system like MacOS 9 to the internet these days.
KD9CPB

Fox fined for using EAS Tone In football ad
The characteristic angry digital tones of the Emergency Alert System actually contain data encoded using the Specific Area Message Encoding protocol.
Hackaday

To re-cap or not to re-cap
Curious Marc on the electrolytic controversy in Ham Radio.
SolderSmoke Daily News

Did you know Bouvet Island is a POTA entity?
Bouvet Island is one of the rarest DX entities on the planet.
QRPer

Avoid the loopy-ness of HF loops
The current ARRL Antenna Book mainly parrots the wisdom of “just use 450-ohm ladder line and you’ll be fine.”
K4FMH

A directional antenna with just one straight wire – crazy?
Being called crazy is a compliment to my ears.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Video

Ham Radio basics: Working split operation
Working split in Ham Radio is one of those little-discussed topics that new Hams might not know exists.
K0LWC

Turn your patio umbrella into a 20 Meter Antenna
Greg takes us through the step-by-step process of building his antenna.
W1DED

VarAC chat client for VARA HF [Windows only]
Here we take a look at the popular VarAC software that is the next step towards text chatting using RF Transceivers.
Tech Minds

Propagation prediction for 3Y0J on Bouvet Island
Regardless of what band you’re on, look for sunrise and sunset times for Bouvet and your own location.
EI7GL

Device transmits radio waves with almost no power
A new ultra-low-power method of communication at first glance seems to violate the laws of physics.
The Conversation

Michigan: The first state to issue a Ham license plate
The first plates with Ham call signs on them were issued in Michigan for 1939.
KB6NU

Ham Radio and the Cult
The ARRL was not exactly enthusiastic about the operations from Jonestown.
KE9V

A magic ground mobile antenna
I mount one of my two portable vertical antennas on a short aluminum pole which in turn is mounted on the hitch of my truck.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

AntRunner: Testing a low cost satellite antenna rotator
Overall the AntRunner works as expected and was easily able to follow HRPT satellites across the sky.
RTL-SDR.com

What is a Spartan Sprint?
The Adventure Radio Society Spartan Sprint is a two hour QRP contest on the first Monday of every month.
Adventure Radio Society

The Pocket CB
In 1977, the world’s smallest citizens band transceiver.
Hackaday

Video

Yaesu FTM-500D announced
50W dual band C4FM mobile rig.
KK6USY Ham Radio Adventures

Rescued by Ham Radio
The story of a roadside rescue thanks to a Ham Radio Operator.
WMUR

Talking to ChatGPT over DSTAR
A quick proof of concept connecting ChatGPT to Amateur Radio.
YouTube

Angry Radio Relay League
A talk with an ARRL Director under the gun for an alleged ethics violation.
Ham Radio Now

1946 secret listening post radio receiver
Will it Work? Let’s Restore it – The RCA CR-88
Mr Carlson’s Lab

Director Ria Jairam recused by ARRL, and it seems political to me
Ria discussed the issue with me, and this is my understanding.
Bruce Perens

Innovation on Morse Code for US Military
In 1991 this system revolutionized the training of Morse code copying skills for both students and instructors.
SOFREP

The Meteor M2 LRPT weather satellite has failed
Meteor M2 is a Russian meteorological satellite whose LRPT transmissions at 137 MHz were relatively easily received by anyone with a simple satellite antenna.
RTL-SDR.com

BBC Lights Out
A man, a mouse and a morse key: The story of a Radio Amateur in Kyiv.
BBC Radio

Archive for Amateur Radio grows to 51,000 items
The newest additions include books, journals and magazines, newsletters, and archives of early Internet discussion lists.
DLARC

How to become a Shortwave listener with Fedora Linux
Replace the radio receiver with Fedora Linux.
Fedora Magazine

POTA-expedition?
There are still quite a few POTA sites that have never been activated.
AE5X

I fell off the QRP wagon and regret it already
Here is the backstory of my most recent park activation and how I got it all wrong.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Pros and cons of HF attic antennas
Want to work more than a single band? Parallel/fan dipoles are a good solution.
OnAllBands

Voice vs asynchronous data for survival
Asynchronous messaging works in parallel with our real-time comms plan.
OH8STN

Video

Downloading images directly from weather satellites
This is an introductory video to a series that will show you how you can do the same.
YouTube

Learn Morse Code in 20 minutes
Classic US Army Training (1966)
YouTube

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