Thursday finds us watching two kinds of weather: the solar kind, as Cycle 25 begins its long exhale, and the tropical kind, as Isaias pushes toward the Gulf and nets spin up. Between the storm fronts, there's plenty of bench and field work — go-bag mounts, fan dipoles, hybrid receivers, and giving an old AM set a second life.

In today’s roundup

• The Solar Cycle Is Changing. Don’t Panic. — QRPer
  K4SWL offers a reassuring look at what to expect as we drift out of Solar Cycle 25 toward the quieter inter-cycle years, so don't hang up your HF rig yet.
• New Product Spotlight: W2HVH Enclosures Portable Go-Bag Mounting Systems for Icom & Yaesu Transceivers — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  With portable operating still the hottest ticket in the hobby, these W2HVH go-bag mounting systems for Icom and Yaesu rigs aim to make park and summit setups tidier.
• A Comprehensive Review of the Choyong LC100 Receiver — The SWLing Post
  John Figliozzi digs into the Choyong LC100, part of a rare breed that pairs real shortwave reception with Internet streaming in a single box.
• Keep That Old Radio Alive With An ESP32 — Hackaday · Radio
  As legacy AM broadcast bands fade, an ESP32 transplant can rescue millions of vintage receivers from the e-waste bin — a tidy homebrew project with a conscience.
• Radio Amateurs Prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias — ARRL News
  With the NHC tracking Isaias toward the northern Gulf today, amateurs are standing by for EmComm duty as the storm skirts the Yucatán and approaches the U.S.
• 20-10 Meter Fan Dipole Antenna: Complete Build Guide — The DXZone
  A complete build guide for a 20-10 meter fan dipole covers construction, specs, and real-world deployment notes for hams wanting multi-band HF without a tuner.

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