Monday brings a pleasingly hands-on mix: recycled antennas and long-haul Bluetooth for the homebrewers, a national trail that quietly multiplied POTA opportunities, and a propagation paper that asks whether thunderstorms really meddle with Sporadic E. There's listening too, from a Tbilisi WebSDR to Radio Taiwan International, so wherever your interests sit, there's a thread to pull.

In today’s roundup

• LHS Episode #636: Unjoined — AmateurRadio.com
  The latest Linux in the Ham Shack lands with episode 636, serving up the usual blend of amateur radio news and open-source shack chatter.
• Hidden POTA Parks: How a National Trail Unlocked My Local MetroPark — QRPer
  Discovering the North Country Trail as a POTA entity shows how National Scenic Trails can quietly unlock activations in parks right in your backyard.
• The €5 Scarrafone: Giuseppe’s Clever Recycled Antenna — The SWLing Post
  Giuseppe proves a working antenna need not cost a fortune, building his clever 'Scarrafone' entirely from recycled parts for about five euros.
• Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio Taiwan International (October 20-23, 2026) — The SWLing Post
  Carlos Latuff pairs cartoonist's eye with a reception log of Radio Taiwan International, capturing Typhoon Champi coverage in an illustrated listening report.
• Thunderstorm Effects on Sporadic E Propagation — The DXZone
  This paper tackles the long-debated question of whether thunderstorms influence VHF Sporadic E, confronting the community's understandable skepticism head-on.
• Pushing Bluetooth out to 12 Kilometers — Hackaday · Radio
  A clever reimplementation stretches Bluetooth to 12 kilometers, a reminder that 'short-range' is often more about engineering choices than physics.
• WebSDR Receiver in Tbilisi, Georgia — The DXZone
  A new WebSDR run by 4L5EE in Kakheti, Georgia offers remote ears on several ham bands from grid LN21PX.

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