Saturday brings a regulatory ripple worth watching, as new FCC rules nudge eBay into restricting transmitter listings while sparing ham gear. Elsewhere, SDR fever is clearly contagious — from a self-described Precambrian explosion of hacks to satellite decoding — alongside some solid homebrew and EmComm reading to keep the bench and the go-kit sharp.

In today’s roundup

• Texas Radio Shortwave: Schedule for November 2026 — The SWLing Post
  Terry (N5RTC) shares next month's Texas Radio Shortwave broadcast schedule, handy if you'd like to point your dial at some reliably listenable shortwave programming.
• Discovering SDRs Everywhere — Hackaday · Radio
  Hackaday chronicles a wave of independent SDR discoveries building on each other, a reminder that software-defined radio keeps opening doors for curious experimenters.
• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 443 — AmateurRadio.com
  This week's roundup leads with eBay's new transmitter listing restrictions that thankfully exempt ham gear, among the usual mix of news for operators.
• eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts Ham-Band-Only Gear — ARRL News
  After ARRL stepped in, eBay carved out an exemption for ham-band-only gear amid new FCC-driven restrictions, good news for anyone buying or selling radios online.
• Florida Hams Provide Communications Support During Hurricane Isaias — ARRL News
  Operators across five Florida counties supported emergency communications during Hurricane Isaias, a timely case study for anyone sharpening their own EmComm readiness.
• SatDump: Satellite Data Processing Software for SDRs — The DXZone
  SatDump handles the full chain from satellite signal to finished product across polar, geostationary, and deep-space sources, pairing nicely with the SDR you already own.
• Keysight White Papers: Make better DMM measurements, choosing a benchtop power supply — KB6NU
  KB6NU points test-and-measurement nerds toward Keysight white papers on better DMM readings and picking a benchtop supply, useful fundamentals for the home lab.
• A Quick-Deploy Guying System for My Hustler 4BTV — AmateurRadio.com
  A homebrew quick-deploy guying system tackles the familiar vertical-antenna dilemma of what to do when high winds are in the forecast.

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