Stupid but real question: how would I go about affixing a #LoRa node to a tree in our garden? #meshtasic #hamradio
Spencer
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tools for commensality 🧿
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Are hams involved in any way in events in Minnesota?
My largest concern with the hobby is the amateurs commitment to be "apolitical." The ICE operation tests the limits of that.
On one hand, it's an unfolding disaster & people need help. Amateurs have the abilities & the tools to help.
On the other hand, taking a side in this conflict means expressing a political view (helping people is political. surprise surprise)
What are people choosing to do?
Are hams involved in any way in events in Minnesota?
My largest concern with the hobby is the amateurs commitment to be "apolitical." The ICE operation tests the limits of that.
On one hand, it's an unfolding disaster & people need help. Amateurs have the abilities & the tools to help.
On the other hand, taking a side in this conflict means expressing a political view (helping people is political. surprise surprise)
What are people choosing to do?
Eerie shortwave skip on 40m today #shortwave https://youtu.be/m5SC5PV9-M8?si=W_xCj6YtYAIgW79V
Very bizarre, lol #hamradio
Open source your projects, folks...
This popular and cool ham radio clock, the HamClock, will just stop working in June, because the developer of it passed away. (looks like someone is building replacement, open source software for this though).
2025 stats from online #hamradio testing with the WM7X.net team:
2,542 got their Technician licenses
1,268 upgraded to General
498 upgraded to Amateur Extra
We had a total of 4,035 distinct applicants - some took more than one exam. A few took and passed all three in one sitting.
Even with slow going during the government shutdown, we had 350 more applicants than the previous year.
It is such a pleasure to watch people go from nerves at the beginning to excitement when they pass.
I was waiting for all of them to be on the Fediverse to tag them all, and mark this moment for posterity:
this is when we decided we would get a Ham Radio license. 19 Jan 2026, 13:59:14 CET.
We really must do it now, @martina @wlwni @sevgiiiii + me
#XPUB #RadioHam #HamRadio #RadioAmateur #AmateurRadio #radio
hypebot
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Are you looking for an introduction into "Software Defined Radio", especially together with Linux?
Recording of a talk for the Tokyo Linux Users Group, I'm introducing the basic concepts, and software gprx and OpenWebRX+.
Might also contain segways into #HAMradio . 😃
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnhf_a3ztM
Slides: https://fluxcoil.net/files/presentations/20260124_tlug_sdr_introduction.pdf
Are you looking for an introduction into "Software Defined Radio", especially together with Linux?
Recording of a talk for the Tokyo Linux Users Group, I'm introducing the basic concepts, and software gprx and OpenWebRX+.
Might also contain segways into #HAMradio . 😃
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvnhf_a3ztM
Slides: https://fluxcoil.net/files/presentations/20260124_tlug_sdr_introduction.pdf
Stefano Marinelli
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Dear listening community, what are your thoughts about the Malahit DSP2 radio ?
And compared to Belka (DX model with of course reduced freq range).
Besides wide range and NR that is said to be great, what would you say about the product ?
(Informed already on the origin of the product, speaking tech only)
#swl #shortwave #shortwaveradio #malahit #belka #sdr #hamradio
Dear listening community, what are your thoughts about the Malahit DSP2 radio ?
And compared to Belka (DX model with of course reduced freq range).
Besides wide range and NR that is said to be great, what would you say about the product ?
(Informed already on the origin of the product, speaking tech only)
#swl #shortwave #shortwaveradio #malahit #belka #sdr #hamradio
Quixoticgeek
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🚨 MAYDAY from Belarus 🚨
I am EU1AEY, and this is an SOS to the global amateur radio community. My heart is breaking. Today, in Belarus, a harmless technical hobby is being treated as high treason.
Help me amplify this signal before our keys are silenced forever. Show this to a journalist, relay it to your national radio associations, and don’t let this intellectual genocide happen in total silence.
https://medium.com/@steanlab/mayday-389f5713fee4
#hamradio #AmateurRadio #radio #DXing #hamr #swl #pota #sota
Em :official_verified:
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Belarus state media is portraying Ham radio as a “spy network.” The reporting says 50+ held liable, 7 arrested, with charges that can mean life or death—and “evidence” includes logs + QSL cards 📡🚨404 story + reddit thread + sources...
https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/1qi1ic2/comment/o0phb13/
https://www.404media.co/ham-radio-operators-in-belarus-arrested-face-the-death-penalty/
https://nashaniva.com/385810
A bit of Ham history... Ham radio was banned in the USA during WW2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3qV13hnSaM
Belarus state media is portraying Ham radio as a “spy network.” The reporting says 50+ held liable, 7 arrested, with charges that can mean life or death—and “evidence” includes logs + QSL cards 📡🚨404 story + reddit thread + sources...
https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/1qi1ic2/comment/o0phb13/
https://www.404media.co/ham-radio-operators-in-belarus-arrested-face-the-death-penalty/
https://nashaniva.com/385810
A bit of Ham history... Ham radio was banned in the USA during WW2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3qV13hnSaM
Robert Bell
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"NEWSMAYDAY from Belarus: Licensed operators facing death penalty for QSL cards
Hi folks, this is Siarhei (EU1AEY). I am writing this because my local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide.
In early 2026, the Belarusian authorities launched the 'Radio Amateurs Case.' This name deliberately echoes the infamous 'Doctors' Plot' of the Stalin era. Back then, the country’s best specialists were designated as enemies of the state and subsequently executed. Today, it's happening to us."
"NEWSMAYDAY from Belarus: Licensed operators facing death penalty for QSL cards
Hi folks, this is Siarhei (EU1AEY). I am writing this because my local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide.
In early 2026, the Belarusian authorities launched the 'Radio Amateurs Case.' This name deliberately echoes the infamous 'Doctors' Plot' of the Stalin era. Back then, the country’s best specialists were designated as enemies of the state and subsequently executed. Today, it's happening to us."
Angela Antunovic
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Purge of amateur radio operators in Belarus (!), many of whom have been charged with treason.