An oscilloscope is usually the most sensitive, and arguably most versatile, tool on a hacker’s workbench, often taking billions of...
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The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for the 2026 class of inductees. 3 nomination will be...
by Mark Derks, KC1RVQ, ARRL Headquarters Staff Richard Dean Straw (“Dean”), N6BV, died on July 9, 2025. Amateur radio was...
Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) geomagneticstorm levels on January 13 and 14, and then from January...
As an electromagnetic radiation phenomenon, it’s perhaps not so surprising that light is affected by a magnetic field. This Faraday...
This year's challenge consists of weekly exercises ranging from making a QSO on Echolink to eliminating a source of interference....
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® has awarded a $5,000 Colvin Award grant to the Delta-Xray Group, organizers of...
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® annouces four new Section Managers taking on the top volunteer leadership role in...
One of the major difficulties in studying electricity, especially when compared to many other physical phenomena, is that it cannot...
If you’ve seen a big air-variable capacitor, you may have noticed that some of the plates may have slots cut...
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® is launching a year-long celebration that puts the spotlight squarely where it belongs...
The January 2, 2026, report from Spaceweather.com has updateddetails about the Coronal Mass Ejections predicted to hit the Earthon January...
If you are a schoolkid of the right age, you can’t wait to lose a baby tooth. In many cultures,...
It may be an antiquated form of communication, but many Australians from all walks of life are helping to keep...
If you work on simple digital projects, just about any bench supply will offer the voltage and current you’re looking...
If you’ve got an old black and white TV, it’s probably not useful for much. There are precious few analog...
Time is running out to be part of two exciting opportunities to make an impact with the RSGB. The Society...
On a quiet shoreline in Southern Maryland, a simple sentence made history — and the world hasn’t stopped talking since....
It’s been twenty-three years since the day Phoenix was released, the web browser that eventually became Firefox. I downloaded it...
Seven-segment displays are one of the most ho-hum ways to display the time. They were cool for a little bit...
If you want to know when the train is coming, you could pull up a webpage on your phone, or...
Thirty-seven years after the devastating Lockerbie bombing, the extraordinary efforts of amateur radio enthusiasts who provided a crucial communication lifeline...
We’ve probably all had a few conversations with people who hold eccentric scientific ideas, and most of the time they...
takes us back to basics in a recent video explaining how magnets, coils, brushed DC motors, and brushless DC motors...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in October 2025 adopted a Report and Order to delete almost 400 obsolete rules pertaining...
