https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:51:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://twiar.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-twiarlogo512px-32x32.jpg https://twiar.net 32 32 https://twiar.net/2025/11/14/john-telek-vk1jt-is-putting-lives-at-risk-australia/ https://twiar.net/2025/11/14/john-telek-vk1jt-is-putting-lives-at-risk-australia/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:51:26 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37220 John Telek, VK1JT, has been caught by fellow amateur ‘ham’ radio operators sending false data...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/14/john-telek-vk1jt-is-putting-lives-at-risk-australia/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/11/11/double-murderer-receives-life-sentence-plus-170-years-arkansas/ https://twiar.net/2025/11/11/double-murderer-receives-life-sentence-plus-170-years-arkansas/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:42:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=37162 The 2022 killer of a Jessieville resident’s daughter recently received a life sentence, plus 175...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/11/11/double-murderer-receives-life-sentence-plus-170-years-arkansas/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/08/25/man-extradited-back-to-alabama-after-17-years-on-child-sex-charges/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:31:17 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35002 [QRZ has an expired license listing for a Jay Kloss in Auburn, AL as N4CBK...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/28/alabama-fugitive-who-believed-he-was-scottish-robin-hoods-descendant-and-could-not-be-caught-nabbed-after-17-years/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:04:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34240 [QRZ lists his callsign as expired – ex-N4CBK – GW] An Alabama man who has been...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/21/political-prisoner-and-amateur-radio-enthusiast-vladimir-rumyantsev-is-free-he-served-2-5-years-for-spreading-fake-news-about-the-russian-army-on-his-pirate-radio/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 01:44:13 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28523 In December 2022, Vladimir Rumyantsev, a stoker from Vologda, was sentenced to three years in...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/01/09/fcc-issues-warning-for-illegal-pirate-radio-signal-using-wmlns-frequency-massachusetts/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:45:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27274 The Federal Communications Commission has issued a warning to a Dorchester man to shut down his...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/10/via-hackaday-check-your-clip-leads/ Sun, 10 Nov 2024 06:45:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25375 [Matthias] bought cheap clip leads online and, wisely, decided to check them. We’ve had the...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/05/via-hackaday-rf-detector-chip-helps-find-hidden-cameras-and-bugs/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:45:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25032 It’s a staple of spy thriller movies, that the protagonist has some kind of electronic...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/11/via-hackaday-this-week-in-security-the-internet-archive-glitching-with-a-lighter-and-firefox-in-the-wild/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:28:18 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24479 The Internet Archive has been hacked. This is an ongoing story, but it looks like...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/11/via-hackaday-the-internet-archive-has-been-hacked/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:19:56 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=24444 There are a great many organizations out there, all with their own intentions—some selfish, some...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/19/via-amateur-radio-daily-icom-amateur-radios-identified-as-explosive-devices-used-to-target-hezbollah/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23708 Icom IC-V82 handheld transceivers designed for amateur radio use have been identified as the latest...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/09/14/via-hackaday-this-week-in-security-malicious-rollback-whois-and-more/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 06:46:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23506 It’s time to talk about Microsoft’s patch Tuesday, and the odd vulnerability rollback that happened....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/06/08/sbe-website-recovered-after-malware-attack/ Sat, 08 Jun 2024 07:18:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21637 The Society of Broadcast Engineers’ website is offline after having experienced a malware attack on May 30....]]> https://twiar.net/2024/05/10/radio-silenced-ransacked-shed-has-cambridge-amateur-radio-club-off-air-ontario/ Fri, 10 May 2024 05:21:12 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21172 The Cambridge Amateur Radio Club is off the air, for now. The group noticed an...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/25/via-the-rac-update-on-phishing-attempts-and-cybersecurity-tips/ https://twiar.net/2024/02/25/via-the-rac-update-on-phishing-attempts-and-cybersecurity-tips/#comments Sun, 25 Feb 2024 17:12:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19853 There have been several recent reports from RAC members of phishing attempts by someone purporting to...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/02/25/via-the-rac-update-on-phishing-attempts-and-cybersecurity-tips/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/01/26/fcc-will-add-vehicles-for-pirate-radio-enforcement/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:48:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19376 To help fight pirate radio, the Federal Communications Commission hired four full-time people in fiscal...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/25/fcc-plans-to-fine-five-radio-pirates-in-florida/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:28:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19385 The Federal Communications Commission is ramping up its pressure on a person it describes as...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/11/25/police-scanners-to-go-dark-in-nyc/ https://twiar.net/2023/11/25/police-scanners-to-go-dark-in-nyc/#comments Sat, 25 Nov 2023 06:06:53 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18482 Should police communications be allowed to become encrypted and no longer immediately available to the...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/11/25/police-scanners-to-go-dark-in-nyc/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/11/02/michigan-man-made-racist-homophobic-slurs-in-radio-transmissions-to-coast-guard/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:38:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=18145 Earlier this year, the U.S. Coast Guard received numerous harassing radio transmissions. Falsely crying mayday...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/09/17/cambridge-amateur-radio-club-off-the-air-after-equipment-stolen-damaged-ontario/ Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:11:24 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17604 Cambridge’s amateur radio club is off the air for the time being after the shed...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/09/03/via-hackaday-polish-railways-fall-victim-to-cheap-radio-attack/ Sun, 03 Sep 2023 05:22:49 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17255 Poland’s railways have recently come under a form of electronic attack, as reported by Wired. The attack...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/08/30/two-men-held-in-custody-in-connection-with-radio-stop-rail-incidents-poland/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:38:50 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17264 A court in Bialystok, on Tuesday, granted a request from the prosecutor and agreed to...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/30/via-hackaday-this-week-in-security-zenbleed-web-integrity-and-more/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 02:22:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16859 Up first is Zenbleed, a particularly worrying speculative execution bug, that unfortunately happens to be really...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/25/fcc-pirate-radio-sweeps-turn-to-miami/ https://twiar.net/2023/07/25/fcc-pirate-radio-sweeps-turn-to-miami/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:06:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16819 The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has issued nine warnings to landowners and property managers in the...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/25/fcc-pirate-radio-sweeps-turn-to-miami/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/07/14/fcc-calls-out-more-pirate-radio-operators/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 05:02:29 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16645 The Enforcement Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is continuing its active efforts to curb...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/06/09/via-the-arrl-licensee-hit-with-24000-fine-for-jamming-net-failure-to-id-fcc/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:23:12 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16067 An investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) results in a large fine against a...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/06/09/motorola-ditched-cell-phones-and-found-a-lucrative-second-act-now-its-one-of-techs-biggest-turnaround-stories/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 06:17:29 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16090 Last August, not long after the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, officials in Houston—like...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/30/ham-operator-faces-fine-for-disruptions-to-warfa-net/ https://twiar.net/2023/05/30/ham-operator-faces-fine-for-disruptions-to-warfa-net/#comments Wed, 31 May 2023 01:57:35 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15996 A California man faces a possible $24,000 fine for allegedly playing recordings during an amateur...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/30/ham-operator-faces-fine-for-disruptions-to-warfa-net/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/01/25/stolen-wind-generator-hurts-amateur-radio-project-british-columbia/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14118 The recent theft of an alternative energy source dampened the festive spirits of the Yellowhead...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/01/17/gregory-lynn-police-reveal-case-against-alleged-high-country-campers-killer/ https://twiar.net/2023/01/17/gregory-lynn-police-reveal-case-against-alleged-high-country-campers-killer/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2023 04:50:11 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14022 The case against ex-pilot Gregory Lynn, accused of the murder of missing campers Russell Hill...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/01/17/gregory-lynn-police-reveal-case-against-alleged-high-country-campers-killer/feed/ 1