Today on the Bands — Monday, November 2, 2026
Happy Monday — we're kicking off November with a contesting recap, a QRP presentation you can catch live tonight, and a fresh batch of gear worth eyeing...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, November 1, 2026
Happy November, and welcome to a Sunday mix that spans the practical and the playful — AI's growing role in the hobby, a milestone 60 years of EmComm, and a...
Today on the Bands — Saturday, October 31, 2026
Happy Halloween from HamDaily, where the spookiest thing on the bands might be a decoded TETRA transmission from an unmodified radio. Today we've got...
Today on the Bands — Friday, October 30, 2026
Happy Friday from the HamDaily desk, where antennas get modified, traditions get honored, and the universe occasionally gets a radio call. Today we pair...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, October 29, 2026
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....
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Wednesday brings a satisfying mix of software victories and open-air operating, with a Linux logging breakthrough bookending stories about taking your...
Today on the Bands — Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Field season is in full swing, with QRP activators sweating the details of how their stations actually perform away from the shack. Elsewhere there's fresh...
Today on the Bands — Monday, October 26, 2026
Monday brings a pleasingly hands-on mix: recycled antennas and long-haul Bluetooth for the homebrewers, a national trail that quietly multiplied POTA...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, October 25, 2026
Sunday's bench feels pleasantly crowded, with RF remote control and Meshtastic collars sharing space with a tinySA deep-dive for the test-gear curious....
Today on the Bands — Saturday, October 24, 2026
Autumn's Support Your Parks weekend is still echoing through the logs, so we lead with field reports and a clever new planning tool for activators. Elsewhere...
Today on the Bands — Friday, October 23, 2026
Propagation stays generous even as a star performer sunspot region rotates out of view, so there's no excuse not to get on the air this weekend. We've got...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, October 22, 2026
Thursday brings a nicely mixed bag: a bit of sentimental shack talk, some open-source SDR and antenna homebrew, and a hard question about whether the ARRL is...
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Wednesday brings a satisfying spread of build-and-operate goodness, from the humble wire antenna to a from-scratch satellite ground station. There's self-...
Today on the Bands — Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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...
Today on the Bands — Monday, October 19, 2026
Monday brings a satisfying mix of looking back and reaching up: AmateurLogic.TV marks 21 years on the air, while the upper HF bands reward us with sunspot...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, October 18, 2026
A properly varied Sunday: the Worked All Germany contest filled the bands while POTA activators chased parks and speaker upgrades in North Carolina. Add...
Today on the Bands — Saturday, October 17, 2026
Saturday brings a regulatory ripple worth watching, as new FCC rules nudge eBay into restricting transmitter listings while sparing ham gear. Elsewhere, SDR...
Today on the Bands — Friday, October 16, 2026
Open-source software keeps lowering the barriers this Friday, from a MacOS TX-500 utility to hidden SDRs lurking in cheap wireless chips. We've also got...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, October 15, 2026
Thursday brings a satisfying mix of hacks and hardware, from unlocking hidden SDR tricks to Icom's freshly unveiled IC-7110. We also mark 80 years of...
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Wednesday leans portable and hands-on, with after-work POTA sessions and an Italian two-park escape proving that radio travel is half the fun. On the bench,...
