Today on the Bands — Saturday, October 3, 2026
Saturday brings a weekend packed with on-air action, from the Collegiate QSO Party lighting up campus clubs to fresh POTA outings testing gear and old keys. We've also got DX legend tales, a new WSJT-X mode, and headlines spanning RFI safeguards to AI in orbit — a proper mix of field, bench, and ionosphere.
- 01 Tims Ford State Park: Proving New Gear in the Field
KV4AN heads to Tennessee's Tims Ford State Park, where a field activation doubles as the proving ground for untested gear — always the honest test.
Read at source ↗ - 02 Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 441
K1JT and the WSJT team drop WSJT-X 3.2.0-rc1 with JTTY, a clock-free weak-signal mode aimed squarely at RTTY contesters.
Read at source ↗ - 03 2026 Collegiate QSO Party is October 3 – 4
This weekend's Collegiate QSO Party puts college and university clubs on the air, so swing the dial and work some students, faculty, and staff.
Read at source ↗ - 04 Wrapping Up the Lewis & Clark Trail
Joyce/K0JJW and company close out their POTA journey along the Lewis and Clark Trail, from Lemhi Pass to the Pacific shore.
Read at source ↗ - 05 Bug Fist Practice: Pairing the Bug Emulator and Begali Traveler for a Morning POTA Session!
K4SWL squeezes in a morning POTA session to practice his bug fist, pairing a bug emulator with the Begali Traveler for CW fun.
Read at source ↗ - 06 Legendary DXer Bob Locher, W9KNI, Presents Tales from a Serial Sniper Part 4: My Bouvet Island QRP QSO with 3Y0C
DXing legend W9KNI recounts building the Elecraft K2 kit and landing a QRP contact with Bouvet's 3Y0C — the ultimate low-power trophy.
Read at source ↗ - 07 Shortwave Memories — Richard E. Wood
A warm remembrance of Richard E. Wood, remembered as perhaps the best-known DXer ever, from the shortwave listening community.
Read at source ↗ - 08 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2553 for Friday, October 2nd, 2026
Newsline covers UN pleas for stronger RFI safeguards, an AI data center in orbit, and signals detected from another world.
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The HamDaily digest — five minutes, the whole band.