Sunday's bench feels pleasantly crowded, with RF remote control and Meshtastic collars sharing space with a tinySA deep-dive for the test-gear curious. There's CW romance from the Irish coast, more of Don Moore's radio travels through Vietnam, fresh OSCAR numbers from AMSAT, and a couple of Mac and homebrew gems to bookmark.

In today’s roundup

• Simple, Reliable RF Remote Control — Hackaday · Radio
  A tour through the humble origins of remote control, from wires and light to RF, that should resonate with anyone who homebrews their own wireless gadgets.
• EI3LH: My Winning CW Formula: QRP, /PP & Academia — QRPer
  EI3LH shares how QRP CW and portable operating fit alongside a return to academia after thirty years, proving low power and a busy schedule still win contacts.
• The Vietnam Wars – Connecting the Pieces Through Radio: A Personal Journey Part 2 — The SWLing Post
  Don Moore continues his personal DX journey through the Vietnam wars, a reminder that the bands carry history as well as signals.
• Meshtastic Pet Tracking — Hackaday · Radio
  Jon G Aguado's LIA collar uses Meshtastic to track pets without subscriptions or cell coverage, a neat off-grid build for the mesh-curious.
• tinySA Spectrum Analyzer and Signal Generator — The SWLing Post
  K4PKM reviews the tinySA Ultra, an affordable spectrum analyzer and signal generator that's become a go-to for hunting spurs and chasing down bench mysteries.
• ANS-298 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins — AMSAT
  This week's AMSAT bulletin brings fresh OSCAR numbers for the ERMINAZ-2 satellites, a youth initiative, and the perennial question of where space begins.
• Mac TCI DX Cluster — The DXZone
  GW3JVB's free macOS app ties DX cluster spots, TCI radio tuning, and RUMlogNG together, a tidy workflow for Mac-based DX chasers.
• WB4IUY's Random Blog — The DXZone
  WB4IUY's long-running blog on equipment restoration, construction, and repair is a quiet treasure trove for anyone who'd rather fix it than replace it.

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