Thursday finds us pondering resilience from several angles—AM radio's emergency role, WWV's timekeeping legacy, and cross-band tricks to stretch your reach. There's trail time in Connecticut's Hanging Hills, a thoughtful invitation from Off Grid Ham, plus fresh tools for testing and learning Morse. Grab your coffee and let's get into it.

In today’s roundup

• When the Grid Goes Dark, AM Radio Is America’s Last Line of Defense — The SWLing Post
  A former station manager makes the case for AM radio as emergency infrastructure—worth a read as the AM-in-every-vehicle debate rolls on.
• Extend Your Range—Getting in Touch with Cross-Band Repeat — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  A practical walkthrough of cross-band repeat for anyone wanting to squeeze more coverage out of nearby 2m and 70cm machines.
• Video Short: Scientific American Tours WWV, Fort Collins — The SWLing Post
  Scientific American tours WWV at Fort Collins with Matt Deutch—a quick peek inside the station whose ticks keep so many of us honest.
• N2YCH: Hiking the Hanging Hills for POTA and SOTA — QRPer
  Conrad N2YCH revisits Connecticut's Hanging Hills for a combined POTA/SOTA activation, proving two-for-one summits are alive and well in the Northeast.
• CQ CQ: An Invitation. — Off Grid Ham
  Off Grid Ham steps outside the shack to share a long-running passion project—a reminder that our hobby connects to broader interests.
• K1PRC Patriot Radio Club — The DXZone
  The Patriot Radio Club offers ARRL-VEC accredited online testing, a handy resource for anyone aiming to earn or upgrade a license.
• Dot & Dash — The DXZone
  Dot & Dash brings interactive CW lessons and message composition to macOS—another tool for chipping away at your Morse goals.

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