Global Times, 13 July 2026 I have a Google News Alert for both “Amateur Radio“ and “Ham Radio”. Each day I get sent a brief list of stories featuring both phrases, as identified by Google, and it’s mostly stories on operators, new equipment, deployments and, sadly, obituaries for “Silent Keys”. One story in particular caught… Continue reading Fascinating story of how China is using amateur ham radio in its territorial claim over the South China Sea
QSO Director QSO Director is an app for Mac, Windows and Linux for rig control and logging. It promotes itself as “QSO Director is a modern ham radio logging software platform designed to replace multiple tools with one seamless experience”. It’s not yet available for iOS or iPadOS. It’s a good looking app with lots… Continue reading What’s new in Apple Mac, iOS, iPad and the web based worlds for amateur radio operators – July 2026 #amateurradio #hamradio
I’m trying out a new antenna and base today (Thu 9 July 26) … a 5m whip to a mag mount and grounding mat. I know Thursday afternoons aren’t normally great but no harm in trying. I’ll be on 40and 15 until 0400/15 ish UTC. I’ll post on POTA dot app and PNP when going.… Continue reading Midweek #POTA spot – Bellinger River AU-10464, Thursday 9 July 0330 UTC
I have upped my Mac game this week with the arrival of a new M4 Mac Mini from the Apple Refurbished Store in Australia. I picked up a 16/256 for USD600 including Sales Tax. It's for my amateur radio operators and I've written up a post on it. SDR Play says iOS and Android apps… Continue reading What’s new in Apple Mac, iOS, iPad and the web based worlds for amateur radio operators – June 2026 (Second update for June) #amateurradio #hamradio