Learn how you can build high performance portable antennas for POTA, SOTA, Emergency Communications and HOA Deployments during KJ6ER’s Zoom presentation at the January RRRA Meeting.
In this episode of ARRL’s monthly On The Air podcast: “This year ARRL is celebrating America’s 250th birthday by holding an all-year operating event called America 250 Worked All States. It has already started, so listen to the January 2026 On the Air podcast to learn how to jump right in. ARRL Radiosport and Regulatory Information Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, explains the rules and awards, and offers some operating strategies.”1
How many times have you heard an old-timer complain that it was harder to become a “real” ham back in the day? You know the type — the ones who roll their eyes at today’s newcomers, convinced that the hobby used to be “legitimate” only if you worked harder for it. Well, I am here to say they have it wrong. Becoming a ham today is much more difficult than it ever was 65 years ago.
Even in today’s world we still need people that … know morsecode. Because when all things fail we will go back to the basics. Morsecode is that basic thing in communication. You can do it with very simple equipment or no equipment at all as long as you know the language.
This video—from the NSA Youtube Channel—shows a great antenna and a way of direction finding from the cold war era. It also features the importance of morsecode in the military, even today. Although the video is 5 years old it still is relevant.
KB9VBR counts down his ten most watched ham radio videos of 2025. Did your favorite make the list?
Amateur Radio Weekly is an e-mail newsletter featuring links to the most relevant news, projects, technology, videos, and events happening in Ham Radio.
At the end of each year Cale K4HCK—the editor—takes a look back at all the previous issues of Amateur Radio Weekly and determines which links were most popular among its readers.
