Today on the Bands — Sunday, August 30, 2026
Sunday's mix runs from the classroom to the Arctic: Dan shares his hard-won tricks for teaching a Tech license in a single day, while Nils hauls CW gear up Sweden's Kungsleden under the midnight sun. We've also got clever text-to-speech tools for pinning down foreign DX, an illustrated NHK listening report, and this week's AMSAT satellite bulletin.
In today’s roundup
- My one-day Tech class “bag of tricks” — KB6NU
If you've ever tried cramming the entire Technician syllabus into one day, KB6NU's collection of teaching shortcuts is your magic bag of tricks. - Eight Parks, One Missing Mast, and the Midnight Sun: A CW-Only POTA Trek Along Sweden’s Kungsleden — QRPer
Eight parks, a lost mast, and CW under the midnight sun make DF7CW's arctic Kungsleden trek essential reading for anyone dreaming of a serious POTA expedition. - How Do They Say That? Using Text-to-Speech for Foreign Language DX Identification — The SWLing Post
Don Moore explains how text-to-speech can help you decode how foreign stations pronounce their own IDs, a neat trick for the serious DXer. - Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of NHK (August 29, 2026) — The SWLing Post
Carlos Latuff pairs his cartoonist's eye with an NHK reception report, proving a good listening log can be as much art as documentation. - ANS-242 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins — AMSAT
The latest ANS bulletin rounds up the week's amateur-radio-in-space news, your standing Sunday appointment if you work the birds.
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