Today on the Bands — Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Field season energy is still humming as we track a Xiegu X6200 back into the woods for some QRP CW, then swing indoors for amplifier shopping and antenna...
Today on the Bands — Monday, September 21, 2026
Monday brings a globe-spanning mix: a 20-op DXpedition setting up shop on a Cambodian island, a chat about FreeDV and the RADE voice codec, and a typhoon-...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, September 20, 2026
Sunday's mix leans hands-on, from POTA plans gone sideways to the quiet science of why antennas fail and how a bandpass filter can save an overloaded front...
Today on the Bands — Saturday, September 19, 2026
We open today on a somber note, remembering QRP champion Doug Hendricks (KI6DS), whose passion shaped the low-power community many of us call home....
Today on the Bands — Friday, September 18, 2026
Quiet sun, quiet bands — with solar activity loafing near the floor, this Friday is a study in making do, from one-watt CW under a dying battery to a...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, September 17, 2026
Today's digest wanders from a POTA operator chasing family and parks across the West to a regulatory storm brewing over LoRa mesh in the ISM bands. We've...
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Field radio takes center stage today, from Thomas's philosophy on operating without textbook perfection to the perennial puzzle of grounding when you're...
Today on the Bands — Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Fresh reveals from both Dayton and Tokyo bookend today's digest, with Alpha Antenna courting the HOA-bound crowd and Icom finally naming the long-teased...
Today on the Bands — Monday, September 14, 2026
A quiet sun greets us this Monday, with only isolated C-class flares to stir the bands, so patience and good planning will earn today's contacts. Fittingly,...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, September 13, 2026
Sunday's mix leans human: a new op agonizing over QSL cards, panels on keeping clubs alive, and Elmering when the mentor lives on the other side of a screen....
Today on the Bands — Saturday, September 12, 2026
Saturday brings a strong thread of remembrance, with a quarter-century since 9/11 echoing from HAARP's ionosphere to NHK's shortwave airwaves. Elsewhere it's...
Today on the Bands — Friday, September 11, 2026
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we open with ARRL's remembrance of amateur radio's role that day, then head afield for hilltop adventures and youth voices...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, September 10, 2026
Thursday's lineup leans into the tools and people that keep us on the air, from DX Engineering's take on what makes a ham "active" to a 3D-printed paddle...
Today on the Bands — Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Wednesday brings a satisfying spread across the hobby, from GNU Radio migrating into your browser tab to a busy September DXpedition calendar and a barefoot...
Today on the Bands — Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Tuesday brings a satisfying spread of the practical and the curious: a long-running state parks contest that proves format ideas aren't exhausted, another...
Today on the Bands — Monday, September 7, 2026
Monday brings a satisfying mix of lightweight field radio, budget receivers, and log-wrangling software to start the week. From a minimalist SOTA climb in...
Today on the Bands — Sunday, September 6, 2026
Sunday brings a satisfying mix of learning and listening today, from a three-year ham wrestling CW into submission to clever tricks for bridging language...
Today on the Bands — Saturday, September 5, 2026
Wet weather never stops a determined CW op, and this Saturday's lineup proves the hobby thrives rain or shine. From a fresh Icom rig turning heads at Tokyo...
Today on the Bands — Friday, September 4, 2026
Friday brings a headline-grabbing Newsline slate—WRTC scores overturned, a cave rescue by rock-penetrating radio, and Earth-Moon comms by laser—alongside...
Today on the Bands — Thursday, September 3, 2026
Thursday brings a fitting mix of building and remembering: a minimalist homebrew transceiver and fresh SSTV software for the bench, WRTC and POTA milestones...
