A busy bench day today: new gear hits the DX Engineering shelves while homebrewers reach for coax and GitHub to squeeze more from their rigs. We've also got a shortwave lineup worth logging, a hard-won Oregon POTA tale, and a peek at the Meshtastic world living just outside the ham bands.

In today’s roundup

• Jam, TV and Records — The SWLing Post
  Imaginary Stations returns Wednesday at 0200 UTC on 9395 kHz, giving SWLs and SDR listeners a fresh themed program to chase this week.
• New Manufacturer Spotlight: AALogic Rotator Controller, Mic Control Interface & More — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  A new manufacturer, AALogic, joins DX Engineering's roster with a rotator controller and mic control interface worth a look if you're upgrading the shack.
• KB2PIZ: Victory in Oregon at Last! — QRPer
  Mark's whale-watching trip to Depoe Bay turned into a POTA activation at Boiler Bay, proving the parks are always within reach even when the whales aren't.
• Kenwood TS-590SG Desktop control panel for macOS and Linux — The DXZone
  The 590Ctrl project brings USB desktop control of the Kenwood TS-590SG to macOS and Linux, a welcome open-source option for non-Windows operators.
• Meshtastic Sniffer for DragonOS — Hackaday · Radio
  A Meshtastic sniffer for DragonOS highlights how this cheap, license-free mesh keeps growing just beyond our bands and worth understanding.
• Build a 9 dB, 70cm Collinear Antenna from Coax — The DXZone
  A weekend homebrew project: turn a length of RG58/U into a 9 dB 70cm collinear for better UHF reach on the cheap.

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