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...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, August 2, 2026
A Sunday spread that stretches from Rapa Nui's Pacific isolation to low Earth orbit, with a returning ISS crew and a fresh OSCAR designation to celebrate....
Today on the Bands — Saturday, August 1, 2026
Saturday's roundup leans heavy on the human side of the hobby, from a Kentucky family taking their fight over seized radios to court to Fred Hopengarten's...
Today on the Bands — Friday, July 31, 2026
Friday brings a full band of headlines, from the WRTC 2026 committee re-checking its scorecards to a fond farewell for a legendary DXer. Closer to home,...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, July 30, 2026
Thursday brings a healthy mix of the practical and the philosophical: choosing the right rig, sorting out new UK callsign prefixes, and pondering whether ham...
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Today's dispatch spans the QRP triumphs and the humbling company of giants: a marginal-weather POTA activation that reached across the globe on 8 watts, and...
Today on the Bands — Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Hamvention's afterglow lingers as we peek at portable antenna gear and a lodge-based state park activation. We also swing shortwave-ward for a look at...
Today on the Bands — Monday, July 27, 2026
Monday brings a satisfying mix of bench and beam: cheap high-performance SDR, QSL cards from far-flung archipelagos, and a fresh squabble over what...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, July 26, 2026
Sunday brings a coastal wander and a long-awaited eyeball QSO, proof that POTA is as much about people and places as it is about points. Elsewhere we've got...
Today on the Bands — Saturday, July 25, 2026
Saturday's mix leans toward the playful and the historical: a pitch to graft POTA-style chasing onto APRS, plus a pilgrimage to the National receiver that...
Today on the Bands — Friday, July 24, 2026
Friday brings a bittersweet mix as we mark the passing of two figures who shaped how we chase and understand DX, alongside practical talk of funding those...
