There are many facets to being a radio hobbyist, but if you’ve ever had the urge to dabble in radio...
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Following the introduction in February of the new Ofcom amateur radio licence conditions, the RSGB has continued to provide information...
If you read the December 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, you’d be treated to ’s crystal radio build. He called out...
Nigel Limb, M7FFU, had a motorbike accident in 2015 that left him with permanent brain damage and partially blind in...
The RSGB Board has met for the first time since the Society’s AGM, where three Directors were endorsed to serve...
In this edition: Nine US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process AMSAT Thanks First Quarter 2024 President’s Club Members...
Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know many people who use it...
AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin ANS-103 April 12, 2024 In this edition: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Hamvention to be Held...
On Monday 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse gripped North America as radio amateurs worldwide looked on to see...
They say that if you love something, you should set it free. That doesn’t mean that you should spend any...
The world of amateur radio is like many other fields in that there has been a move underway from analogue...
World Amateur Radio Day is celebrated each year on the 18 April. The theme for 2024 is A Century of Connections:...
During May, the RSGB Photo Friday feature on social media will highlight radio amateurs who are taking advantage of the new...
On 11 April, BBC Radio 4 Feedback presenter Andrea Catherwood looked at why the Long Wave frequency is being shut...
Conceptually, radar is pretty simple: send out a radio wave and time how long it takes to get back via...
In this edition: * NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return from ISS * 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Be Held Friday,...
When you hear about a switching power supply, you think of a system that uses an inductor and a switch...
Many interesting phenomena can be observed in the high frequency radio band including aurora reflections, meteor trail reflections, radio blackouts,...
The modern cellular network is a marvel of technological advancement that we often take for granted now. With 5G service...
When we think of a spark gap radio transmitter, most of us immediately imagine an early twentieth century ship’s radio...
In this edition: * AMSAT Seeks Volunteers to Assist with 2024 Hamvention AMSAT Booth * AMSAT AO-109 (Fox-1E) Satellite Sets...
On Sunday April 21, Amateur Radio operators from the province of Québec will be in the spotlight. Join us for...
Are you making the most of the new amateur radio licence conditions already? Or are you still discovering what has...
In the past few years we’ve seen the rise of low-power mesh networking devices for everything from IoT devices, weather...
Amateur radio license exams typically have a question about the bandwidths taken up by various modulation types. The concept behind...