Today on the Bands — Sunday, August 30, 2026
Sunday's mix runs from the classroom to the Arctic: Dan shares his hard-won tricks for teaching a Tech license in a single day, while Nils hauls CW gear up Sweden's Kungsleden under the midnight sun. We've also got clever text-to-speech tools for pinning down foreign DX, an illustrated NHK listening report, and this week's AMSAT satellite bulletin.
- 01 My one-day Tech class “bag of tricks”
If you've ever tried cramming the entire Technician syllabus into one day, KB6NU's collection of teaching shortcuts is your magic bag of tricks.
Read at source ↗ - 02 Eight Parks, One Missing Mast, and the Midnight Sun: A CW-Only POTA Trek Along Sweden’s Kungsleden
Eight parks, a lost mast, and CW under the midnight sun make DF7CW's arctic Kungsleden trek essential reading for anyone dreaming of a serious POTA expedition.
Read at source ↗ - 03 How Do They Say That? Using Text-to-Speech for Foreign Language DX Identification
Don Moore explains how text-to-speech can help you decode how foreign stations pronounce their own IDs, a neat trick for the serious DXer.
Read at source ↗ - 04 Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of NHK (August 29, 2026)
Carlos Latuff pairs his cartoonist's eye with an NHK reception report, proving a good listening log can be as much art as documentation.
Read at source ↗ - 05 ANS-242 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
The latest ANS bulletin rounds up the week's amateur-radio-in-space news, your standing Sunday appointment if you work the birds.
Read at source ↗
The HamDaily digest — five minutes, the whole band.