How to Start Your First CW QSO: A Beginner’s Guide
So if you learned the Morse code alphabet. You can copy letters at 10, 12,…
FT8 over LoRa: a novel rehousing of the FT8 protocol onto a LoRa physical layer
A new project by Leandro Soares Indrusiak (G5LSI), published under the name ft8-lora, does something…
Running FT8 from your phone in the field: a look at FT8TW
If you've ever done a SOTA or POTA activation, you know the gear creep. You…
Finding North with an Analog Watch: The Sun Clock Trick
Every so often a survival tip circulates online that sounds too clever to be true:…
MCMC Rolls Out Digital Apparatus Assignment Certificates Starting 1 July 2026
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has officially begun issuing Apparatus Assignment (AA) certificates…
APRS-WTSAPP: Sending WhatsApp Messages from Amateur Radio via APRS
For amateur radio operators, APRS has long been one of the most useful tools for…
Soviet Amateur Radio Call Signs: USSR Prefixes from 1926-1991
The history of amateur radio call signs in the Soviet Union is complicated because the…
Worldwide Amateur Radio Frequency Allocations by IARU Region
IARU / ITU Regions RegionArea CoveredRegion 1Europe, Africa, Middle East, Russia, northern AsiaRegion 2North America,…
CW and Modern Amateur Radio: How Much Did Morse Code Really Shape the Hobby?
Continuous wave telegraphy, universally known among operators as CW, is often credited as the foundation…
