Dayton's echoes are still rattling around the shack, with FlexRadio's Aurora heading to DX Engineering shelves and ARDC recapping its Hamvention presence and grant findings. Elsewhere we've got a new mini mic for the field-radio crowd, clever QSL storage, and a pair of DX stories that remind us radio is about people as much as propagation.

In today’s roundup

• Learn About FlexRadio’s Aurora Transceiver from the Team that Developed It (Video) — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  DX Engineering picking up FlexRadio's new Aurora Series is big Hamvention news, and hearing directly from the development team beats any spec sheet.
• The New KM4CFT Mini Mic Kit — QRPer
  A PCB-based mini mic in the K6ARK size class is exactly the kind of tiny, packable upgrade SOTA and POTA operators love to homebrew.
• It’s All in the Cards: A Convenient Way to Store or Display Your QSL Cards — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  If your QSL cards are stuffed in a shoebox, here's a practical nudge to actually store and display the little works of art we chase QSOs for.
• Small receiver and its great story — Daily DX
  Alex, UT5UY, writing through nights of bombardment near Kyiv is a sobering reminder of what a small receiver can mean when the world falls apart.
• 4U1UN soon to be QRV — Daily DX
  KO8SCA laying radials for a new BigIR vertical means the coveted 4U1UN UN Headquarters station is inching back toward the air—start clearing a log slot.
• Findings from the 2026 Grants Evaluation Team (GET) — ARDC
  Now in its third year, ARDC's Grants Evaluation Team offers a rare look at whether funded projects actually deliver for the hobby.
• ARDC at Hamvention 2026 — ARDC
  Find ARDC at Booth #1302/#1402 in the Maxim building if you've got a project that could use funding or just want to talk priority areas.
• The End of POTS is Nigh. An Amateur’s Professional Perspective: COMMENTARY. — Off Grid Ham
  As the old copper phone network winds down, this insider commentary explores what its demise means for resilient, off-grid communications—a topic every EmComm ham should ponder.

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