Guide to May 2026 Ham Radio Contests—CW Edition
Today, OnAllBands turns its attention to Continuous Wave in celebration of the CQ WW WPX CW Contest at the...
Monthly Archives: May 2026
Paul Modifies the Chameleon CHA PRV 2.0 for Backpack Portability
by Paul Patsis (W7CPP) There are certain situations where a vertical antenna makes a lot of sense for portable...
E1736: (REPLAY) We’re BACK from Moore Expo! What Happened
Recap of our trip to Moore Expo 2026 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ham-radio-2-0–2042782/support. Go to Source
HRWB 262 – ARRL Technical Editor Conrad Trautmann N2YCH
In this episode we meet Conrad Trautmann, N2YCH, Technical Editor at the ARRL. Conrad had a distinguished career as...
Technical issue on RSGB website
There is currently a technical issue with a web server which means that some of our online services are...
The Adventure Begins in Xenia: Hamvention 2026
By Michael Kalter (W8CI) Xenia, Ohio The World’s Greatest Amateur Radio Event Returns to Ohio Every May, tens of...
It’s All in the Cards—May the 4th Be with You on the Air!
Welcome to the OnAllBands May 4th edition of “It’s All in the Cards.” From all of us here, May...
POTA with Friends: Zach’s First CW Activation, New Gear, and Tough Bands!
by Thomas (K4SWL) On Friday, April 10, 2026, my friends Zach (AI4ZD) and his daughter Maggie (KR4FTN) were in...
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1418
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1418 – Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release...
E1735: When Infrastructure Fails Offgrid Radio in the Iran Crisis
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LHS Episode #615: The Weekender CXXXIX
It’s time for The Weekender! This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions (well, not...
LHS Episode #615: The Weekender CXXXIX
It’s time for The Weekender! This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions (well, not...
Across Lake Michigan on 146.52 MHz
Here’s a post from way back in 2005. It falls into the category of “notable VHF contacts,” so I...
K3ES: Activating the Allegheny National Wild & Scenic River
by Brian (K3ES) If I had Looked, I would not have Tried! I was puttering around the house on...
ICQPodcast Episode 482 – AMSAT President Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA
In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie...
Johnston Mill State Nature Preserve (US-3859) – A Pedestrian Mobile Slog with a Surprise Finish!
by Thomas (K4SWL) Yesterday—Friday, May 1, 2026—my wife and I had a full day in the Raleigh–Durham area of...
Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 419
Linux kernel drops AX.25 and Amateur Radio subsystem support Unmaintained code under scrutiny by AI generated bug reports. Phoronix...
Visitors, Geese, and a Busted Activation
This was supposed to be a post about how I made a bazillion POTA/WWFF contacts in an hour. Yeah,...
E1734: Battlbox March Madness Box Unboxing – First Look
Get 15% off of your first @Battlbox with this link – https://www.battlbox.com/HAMRADIO Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ham-radio-2-0–2042782/support....
RARSfest Road Trip + A Spontaneous POTA Activation with Vlado
by Thomas (K4SWL) The first weekend of April 2026 was the RARSfest in Raleigh. Even though I had just...
Ticket sales open for RSGB 2026 Convention
You can now buy tickets for the RSGB 2026 Convention being held in Milton Keynes. The event takes place...
RSGB appoints new Accessibility Champion
RSGB Board Director Nathan Nuttall, MM9OCC has announced that Jane Joyce, M8WVJ, has been appointed as the new RSGB...
FCC authorizes commercial satellite constellation use in 70cm band
In the USA the FCC has authorized AST-SpaceMobile to launch its full constellation of 248 large satellites that includes...
Ham Radio Portable Insights: Reasons to Consider an End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna
Plus, WG8X takes a look at a couple of great POTA antenna options— the Spooltenna Parks EFHW4010 and the...