Issue 395 August 23, 2025

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Apple Ham Radio Weekly
Controlling your Baofeng radio from your Apple device, the latest software updates, going digital with your Mac and learning about Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak and his Ham Radio roots.
Andrew Woodward

What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications — August 2025
DLARC added two late-1970s documents from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, documents that had never been available to the public before.
Zero Retries

Radio Catalog
An open-source project supporting the preservation and modernization of long-standing Amateur Radio software projects.
Radio Catalog

Demo LinHT M17 decode
Transmitting a reference M17 RF signal with the recently updated gr-m17.
M17 Project

ARRL Awards
ARRL honors the work of Amateur Radio operators who grow the hobby by advancing technology used within, and the operating culture, of the Amateur Radio Service.
ARRL

A chat about FreeDV
Some illustrations of the use of the FreeDV app.
marxy's musing on technology

Historical Sites On The Air
Join our community of Canadian Ham Radio operators and history enthusiasts as we activate iconic historic sites.
Historical Sites On The Air

A visit to “Shine 800 AM”
The site is said to have the largest AM transmitter in the Western Hemisphere. Seeing this high-power station was worth the effort.
Radio World

AllStarLink is definitely worth a donation of time or treasure
Four years ago, approximately 2,000 nodes were logged into our servers at any one time. We are now seeing more than 10,000 nodes.
KB6NU

Upcoming Events

International Dog Day Special Event
August 26, 2025

M17 Conference 2025
September 6, 2025

Zero Retries Digital Conference
September 13, 2025

Churches and Chapels on the Air 2025
September 13, 2025

Video

The biggest Ham Radio event in the south
Huntsville Hamfest 2025 walkthrough.
KM4ACK

The coil-making process
A top Japanese manufacturer driven by artisan spirit.
ProsessX