What color are the street lights in your town? While an unfortunate few still suffer under one of the awful...
Month: October 2024
Like many of us, has things he just can’t stop buying. In his case, it is portable satellite dishes. You’ve...
Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or...
Continuing the series on floppy copy protection, examines Electronic Arts’ Interlock system. This was used from 1984 to 1987 for...
Physicist John Archibald Wheeler made groundbreaking contributions to physics, and has a fantastic writeup about the man. He was undeniably...
After previously working out a suitable approach to create a period-correct paper tape reader for his tube-based, MC14500B processor-inspired computer,...
Have you wanted to get into GPU programming with CUDA but found the usual textbooks and guides a bit too...
Visualization of the Sun-Earth Lagrange points. Orbital mechanics is a fun subject, as it involves a lot of seemingly empty...
YOTA (Youngsters on the Air) Month is just around the corner, and the RSGB is looking for volunteers to host...
It’s pretty easy to take a balloon, fill it up with helium, and send it up in to the upper...
ARISS is requesting US educators to submit proposals for upcoming amateur radio contact opportunities with the International Space Station. Program...
Thanks to Carl, K9LA for contributing to this week's bulletin. "SUBJ: ASWFC GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING ISSUED AT 2220 UTC/10 OCTOBER...
The following is a press release from the HAARP Program Office Date: October 14, 2024 To: Amateur Radio & Radio...
Machines that automate the various tedious tasks that come with being a servant in a cat’s household — like feeding...
Jamboree on the Air, also known as JOTA, is taking place 18 – 20 October. The event promotes friendship and...
As we get older, our eyes get worse. That’s just a fact of life. It is a rite of passage...
If you are involved in any sort of radio transmission, you probably have at least heard of SWR or standing...
The RSGB Convention taking place this weekend has a livestream of presentations and interviews available through Sunday. In addition, AMSAT-UK...
AMSAT News Service ANS-287 October 13, 2024 In this edition: Status Note – 42nd Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual...
Release Date: October 12, 2024 ATTENTION: Due to the DDOS Cyberattack on Internet Archive, our host for files is offline...
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please...
For months before liftoff, the popular press had been hyping up the fact that the Polaris Dawn mission would include...
Although Linux runs almost every supercomputer, most of the web, the majority of smart phones, and a few writers’ ancient...
This week marks the centenary of the world’s very first trans-global two-way radio communication. On 18 October 1924 Frank Bell,...
Volunteer amateur radio operators have played a crucial role in communications in the wake of Hurricane Helene, and now Hurricane...
