VarAC: The Free HF/FM/SAT Digital Chat App Bringing Real-Time Conversation Back to Ham Radio
VarAC is a free, modern HF/FM/SAT peer-to-peer real-time chat and EmComm app for amateur radio,…
H-Mode: An Open HF Digital Mode That Turns Errors Into Ionospheric Measurements
H-Mode, a new open HF digital mode from N2OSW, deliberately skips payload FEC so every…
FT8 and CW Duty Cycle: What It Does To Your Transceiver
A plain language look at FT8 vs CW duty cycle, what 100% duty cycle really…
FT8: The Little Digital Mode That Quietly Took Over the Bands
A relaxed look at FT8, the digital mode that lets a wire antenna and 20…
QRP Amateur Radio: The Art of Operating with 5 Watts or Less
QRP is the art of doing more with less. In a world where amateur radio…
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…
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…
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…
Why CW Abbreviations Still Live on Voice Modes
Amateur radio carries more than technology from one generation to the next. It carries a…