We’ve all got our favorite hand tools, and while the selection criteria are usually pretty subjective, it usually boils down...
Month: August 2024
The big three amateur radio transceiver manufacturers each featured new transceivers at Ham Fair in Japan this past week. Yaesu...
JVC Kenwood Corporation exhibited a new 144/430MHz band car transceiver (compatible with APRS/D-STAR) at the Ham Fair 2024, which began...
If you’re going to the National Hamfest on 27 and 28 September, why not try the RSGB Morse competency test?...
Release Date: August 24, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please...
The 42nd Annual AMSAT Space Symposium takes place October 25-26 in Tampa Florida. Registration as well as a call for...
On an x86 system the BIOS is the first part of the system to become active along with the basic...
Via Google Translate: Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd. exhibited the new portable radio "FTX-1F" that supports all modes (including C4FM digital)...
2024.08.24 The IC-7760, A New Innovative Shack StyleFull Control Head with Separate RF Deck Icom Inc. proudly announces the release...
In this edition: * ISRO Successfully Launches SSLV-D3, Deploys EOS-08 and SR-0 Demosat * SpaceX Transporter-11 Launches 116 Satellites, Including...
When you were five, you probably spotted your best friend running at “a million miles an hour” when they beat...
Forty-eight years ago, the Pennsylvania-based Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club “Pack Rats” were experimenting with the latest amateur radio technology,...
When thinking of the first PCs, most of us might imagine something like the Apple I or the TRS-80. But...
Today was our full final day, which we spent exploring Prague. Big thanks go to Klára, our excellent tour guide...
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) confirmed it paid a $1 million ransom to obtain a decryptor to restore systems...
Some old computer languages are destined to never die. They do, however, evolve. For example, Fortran, among the oldest of...
ARRL® has expanded member access to its rich archive of publications. The ARRL Periodicals Archive and Search now includes content...
Today, we had a full day of lectures and workshops. Last night I stayed up until about 4am working the...
Ten new sunspot groups appeared over this reporting week (August 15-21), but both solar flux and sunspot numbers were lower,...
The Alabama Contest Group will be operating the 9-11 Remembering Our Heroes special event September 8-11. The K4A special event...
I try not to go off on security rants in the newsletter, but this week I’m unable to hold back....
When the Raspberry Pi 5 SBC was released last year, it came in 4 and 8 GB RAM variants, which...
The Voice of America is shuttering its Robert E. Kamosa Transmitting Station in the Northern Mariana Islands. The move was reported...
North Korea is one of the most isolated and secretive countries in the world. Its 26 million residents are cut...
