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Random Wire 194: MeshCore, LoRa APRS, and more
August 7, 2026: Playing with MeshCore and LoRa APRS, and learning a lot. My PoC radio saved the day. And the Short Stack becomes a Long Stack this week!
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 193: A Buyer's Checklist for Push-to-Talk Over Cellular Radio
July 31, 2026: Last day of July issue! A little radio and lots of coding. New articles on EtherHam. APRS on the bench. M17 net notes. The Short Stack…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 192: Hands-On with a Modern PoC Radio
July 24, 2026: Part 3 of the push-to-talk over cellular series covers a detailed, hands-on review of a PoC radio I bought. I also stood up a MeshCore…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 191: A Series on DMR Begins
July 17, 2026: It's a full issue, with DMR radio, fixing a bug in my Arduino platform, some AI topics, CascadiaMesh, QSO One, an APRSdroid problem, and…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 190: Deep Dive into the Push-to-Talk Over Cellular Radio Space
July 10, 2026: Thank you, New on EtherHam, QSO One, Claude's model and pricing changes, AI price war, Retevis RA89R again, and EFHW fell.
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 189: A Node That Works, A Gateway That Doesn't...Yet
July 3, 2026: This U.S. Independence Day edition covers a lot of territory. I hope you and those close to you have a safe and enjoyable celebration!
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 188: AllStar on the Arduino UNO Q
June 26, 2026: Two ways to use the UNO Q for amateur radio. A code fix. Shack notes: WPSD, ToughBook, APRS digipeater, DAC, Linux USB dongle.
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 187: Keeping Every Ham at the Table
June 19, 2026: A thank you to Walter Cronkite KB2GSD (SK), four new EtherHam articles, a signature piece on accessibility and AI called Keeping Every…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
Random Wire 186: How will amateur radio and AI evolve?
June 12, 2026: AI and amateur radio; About the Random Wire and EtherHam; TD-H9 programming with RT Systems; Baofeng UV-5R Mini; B.B. Link Adapter…
 • Tom Salzer KJ7T
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