Tuesday brings a tidy mix of CW craft and clever radios: John VE3IPS tackles the leap from copying to sending while Hackaday coaxes SDR out of a WiFi router. There's shortwave nostalgia from the Eifel and Imaginary Stations, plus a space-saving antenna and fresh content hubs for the perpetually curious.

In today’s roundup

• LHS Episode #634: The Weekender CXLIV — AmateurRadio.com
  The 144th Weekender from Linux in the Ham Shack rolls around with its usual blend of news and open-source shack chatter to carry you into the week.
• VE3IPS: Chelegance JKEYER-CPO16 Review — From Practice to Real QSOs — QRPer
  VE3IPS reviews the Chelegance JKEYER-CPO16 as a tool for the hardest CW transition—building the timing and spacing that practice apps can't, so your sending sounds clean on the air.
• New DX Engineering Facebook Show Features the Best of Amateur Radio Content Creators — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  DX Engineering launches a Facebook show curating the best amateur radio creators, handy if you're drowning in grounding, coax, and pileup tutorials and want the signal from the noise.
• Radio Time Travel: Eifeler Radiotage Returns to Shortwave October 16, 2026 — The SWLing Post
  The Eifeler Radiotage returns October 16–18 with three days of special programming from Germany's Eifel region, a treat for SWLs who savor shortwave's living heritage.
• TV on shortwave radio — The SWLing Post
  Imaginary Stations teases TV on shortwave, with a new episode October 14 at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz for your SDR listening pleasure.
• WiFi Router Does Software-Defined Radio — Hackaday · Radio
  In the grand tradition of the RTL-SDR's accidental genius, this hack turns an ordinary WiFi router into a software-defined radio—proof that cheap hardware still hides capable I/Q inside.
• The Morgain 40/80-Meter Antenna for Limited Space Installations — The DXZone
  Remo documents building and testing a shortened Morgain dual-band wire for 40 and 80 meters, welcome reading for anyone fighting the eternal battle of big bands on a small lot.

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