Monday brings a fittingly human mix: a POTA pilgrimage to Holy Island, a war-torn rescue that shows the brotherhood at its best, and a fond farewell to a legend of DXpeditioning. Add some coil-winding craft, listener feedback on dipole tuning, and shortwave whimsy, and there's plenty to keep the shack busy.

In today’s roundup

• LHS Episode #623: Dipole Tuning Listener Feedback — AmateurRadio.com
  Linux in the Ham Shack returns for episode 623 with listener feedback on dipole tuning, proving the humble wire antenna still sparks the best conversations.
• CQ from Lindisfarne: A Holy Island POTA Activation & Travelogue — QRPer
  K4SWL takes family advice and heads to Lindisfarne for a POTA activation and travelogue, blending radio with the charm of England's tidal Holy Island.
• Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Various Broadcasters (July 11, 2026) — The SWLing Post
  Cartoonist Carlos Latuff shares another illustrated listening report, capturing broadcasters and UNID signals in a form that makes SWL logging genuinely artful.
• Amateur Radio Brotherhood Is Helping Fellow Hams In Ukraine — Daily DX
  The story of bringing UT5UY's family out of war-torn Ukraine is a moving reminder that our three-million-strong brotherhood is more than just contacts and QSLs.
• JH1AJT – Yasuo Zorro Miyazawa — Daily DX
  The DX world mourns JH1AJT, Zorro Miyazawa, licensed at 15 in 1964 and a familiar name to anyone who's chased a rare entity from the pileup.
• Making waves (and jam) — The SWLing Post
  Imaginary Stations serves up another week of creative shortwave programming on WRMI, keeping the playful spirit of pirate-flavored broadcasting alive on 9395 kHz.
• Mechanical Stability For Your Coils — Hackaday · Radio
  A homebrewer's essential read on keeping RF inductors mechanically stable, because a wandering coil means a wandering frequency you'll spend all night chasing.
• Connecting at Hamvention 2026 — ARDC
  ARDC recaps a busy Hamvention 2026 booth, a nice window into how grant-funding conversations and community connections happen in person at Xenia.

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