News and advocacy
What the Alliance is doing — filings with the FCC, statements, new resources and the work behind them.
Club Week is a week away — put your club on the map
Club Week runs November 1 to 8. Signing up takes a minute, puts your club on the national participants list, and gives you a week of ready-made reasons to invite people in.
NARA at Hamvention for the first time
The Alliance took a stand at Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio in May 2026 — our first appearance at the largest amateur radio gathering in the United States.
NARA at Hamcation for the first time
The Alliance set up at Orlando Hamcation — our first time at the show — to meet operators, clubs and vendors face to face.
NARA attends one of the largest emcomm events in the Midwest
A week at the Central States Communications Association Red River Bootcamp in Oklahoma — 100+ students from 13 states, four days of COMT, COML, ITSL, INTD and AUXCOMM training and a full disaster exercise.
NARA attends Spark-Con and teams up with Mo-Kan
A great weekend in Sedalia at the ARRL® Midwest Division convention — and NARA is backing the Mo-Kan Regional Council of Amateur Radio Organizations.
NARA announces Club Week, our first annual on-air event
Not a contest: a relaxed nine days on the air for clubs, running November 1 to 8, built around conversation, QSL cards and bringing new operators on the air.
From around the hobby
Headlines from the amateur radio press. Each one opens on the publisher's own site. Read more of them.
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Modular, 3D Printed Train Whistles For Everyone
Hackaday · Nov 11, 2026
If the word “train” didn’t grab your attention, you’re probably not the target audience for this project. If it did, then there is no need to explain why [AeroKoi] has …read more
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FT8 at 3.2 watts, QMX+ with FT8 on a TAB5
With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings · Nov 11, 2026
I’ll have a more comprehensive how-to write-up later, but this mini-setup is so fun that I wanted to share. The TAB5 arrived by FedEx from DigiKey and after supper I thought I would look it over. Installing the Firmware was easy, and well I just had to give it a try. I picked FT8 to […]
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Interview with VE6SH, President of the IARU at the ITU PP-26 Conference
EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity · Nov 11, 2026
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Making QSOs with the QMX+ and QMX
With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings · Nov 11, 2026
After a broke a wire on the Pebble HF kit build, I was a bit frustrated. Dragged out the QRP-Labs transceivers to knock out a few QSOs. Started with the QMX+, which is the bigger “desktop version” that has more bands. I rather like this QMX+, as my “K9ZW” signal to the POAT stations I […]
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CHIP 8: The Pong Game’s Afoot!
Hackaday · Nov 11, 2026
Writing a computer game has always been hard. It is only the nature of the difficulty that changes. A modern game is as much about graphics, sound, and storytelling as …read more
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The Hidden Woodsmen 2026 Holiday Sale: Great Pouches for Field-Portable Shortwave Radios
The SWLing Post Blog · Nov 11, 2026
A quick note for SWLing Post readers: this article has been re-posted from our sister site, QRPer.com. Although the field kits I mention below are amateur radio kits, these pouches and packs could just as easily hold any number of portable shortwave radios. For scale, I’ve taken a couple of photos o…
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Ham Radio Holiday Gift Guide 2026 Part 2–POTA Presents: Transceivers, Batteries, Books & More
OnAllBands · Nov 11, 2026
There are legions of ham radio operators who feel Parks on the Air® (POTA) has been a true gift to the amateur radio community. If you’d like to introduce a […] The post Ham Radio Holiday Gift Guide 2026 Part 2–POTA Presents: Transceivers, Batteries, Books & More appeared first on OnAllBands.
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The Hidden Woodsmen 2026 Holiday Sale: Deals on Some of My Favorite Pouches and Packs
QRPer · Nov 11, 2026
by Thomas (K4SWL) Our friends at The Hidden Woodsmen are having a sale on many of their pouches. They’re all made in the USA and are very high-quality. The sale prices are an incredible value. Click here to check out the sale. I’m a big fan of several of these pouches and packs. The Possible … Conti…
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Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of Radio 10 (November 9, 2026)
The SWLing Post Blog · Nov 11, 2026
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares the following illustrated radio listening report. Carlos notes: …”Foreign press focused Pope Leo XIV’s speeches on the government’s economy. Media outlets in the United States and Europe interpreted his p…
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KI5OEB: My First Walk-In Parks on the Air Activation
QRPer · Nov 11, 2026
by James (KI5OEB) I am about to describe my first walk-in park activation. I was at Roaring River State Park (US-1780) all week, but there was a park inside it: Roaring River Cove Hardwoods State Conservation Area (US-13161). Accessing this location required a hike. Decisions, decisions, decisions o…
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The Double Bazooka coax dipole antenna
Ham Radio Outside the Box · Nov 11, 2026
The Double Bazooka antenna is a very old idea first developed in 1944 for radar that has been modified for amateur radio use. I was alerted to its advantages by Ham Radio Outside the Box reader “Trippy” Brown AC8S who lives in the state of Michigan across mighty Lake Huron from my home town in … Con…
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BinKeep: See Inside Any EXE, ELF or Mach-O Binary in Your Browser
QRZ NOW · Nov 10, 2026
BinKeep analyzes any EXE, ELF or Mach-O binary in your browser. Headers, functions, xrefs, YARA, packer detection, no upload, free and open source. The post BinKeep: See Inside Any EXE, ELF or Mach-O Binary in Your Browser appeared on HamRadio.my - Amateur Radio, Tech Insights and Reviews by 9M2PJU.