Today on the Bands — Saturday, August 22, 2026
A big weekend on tap: Huntsville Hamfest hosts the ARRL National Convention for the first time since 2007, and it arrives alongside a historic million-dollar...
Today on the Bands — Friday, August 21, 2026
Friday's roundup keeps circling back to a hopeful theme: the next generation of hams. Between a seven-figure gift aimed at young problem solvers and a...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, August 20, 2026
Thursday's lineup leans hands-on: a five-watt pedestrian-mobile stroll along the Scottish coast, a mission to convert hackers into hams, and workbench wisdom...
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Wednesday brings a nice balance of the practical and the celestial: a POTA activation that rescued a rough morning, a balloon-tracking call for help over the...
Today on the Bands — Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Tuesday brings a nice mix of retrospection and building: fresh memories from Friedrichshafen 2026, a milestone for World Amateur Radio Day, and a chip-scale...
Today on the Bands — Monday, August 17, 2026
Monday brings a river-side QRP outing, a fresh crop of homebrew inspiration, and a little institutional housekeeping from ARRL. Whether you're chasing states...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, August 16, 2026
Mesh is having a moment: two of today's stories dig into off-grid 900 MHz nodes and solar-powered networking, proving hams are still happiest when they're...
Today on the Bands — Saturday, August 15, 2026
Saturday brings a satisfying mix of the field and the front lines: QRP wandering along Lake Superior, offline-ready call book resources, and two reminders...
Today on the Bands — Friday, August 14, 2026
Friday brings a satisfying mix for the portable crowd, with a beginner-friendly KX2 walkthrough and a reflection on switching sides from activator to hunter....
Today on the Bands — Thursday, August 13, 2026
A milestone anniversary anchors today's edition as the Araucaria DX Group marks 50 years, while history buffs get a peek at Korean War clandestine radio on...
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Wednesday's roundup leans into the human side of the hobby, from a shy ten-year-old finding her voice to old friends reuniting on a Scottish summit. On the...
Today on the Bands — Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Tuesday brings a satisfying spread of bench and field: a slick remote antenna switch and a hand-built loop for the tinkerers, a truck install for the mobile...
Today on the Bands — Monday, August 10, 2026
Monday brings a satisfying mix of the personal and the historical: a fresh Linux in the Ham Shack episode, two dives into shortwave's role in resistance and...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, August 9, 2026
Sunday's lineup leans toward listening and the wider radio world, with fresh iOS software for remote receivers and Alan Roe's seasonal shortwave music guide...
Today on the Bands — Saturday, August 8, 2026
Saturday brings a satisfying spread: data-mode dreaming and license demographics from the weekly roundups, a quiet Sun that's testing our patience, and hard-...
Today on the Bands — Friday, August 7, 2026
Friday's mix runs from tidepools to orbit: fossils and QRP on a Northumberland beach, an ARISS first with Kenya, and a working group nudging remote VE...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, August 6, 2026
Summer's got us thinking small and portable, with two POTA field reports leading today's lineup — one fueled by iced coffee, the other by rain. We've also...
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Wednesday brings a fine mix of the reflective and the practical, from W9KNI's second helping of DXing war stories to August's parade of special event...
Today on the Bands — Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Good morning, operators. Today we're wandering the England-Scotland border with a QRP rig, thumbing through August's special-event calendar, and swapping...
Today on the Bands — Monday, August 3, 2026
Monday brings a travel-minded mix, from talking a CW key past airport security to K4SWL chasing Roman ruins and an ATNO in the Scottish Borders. The bands...
