Most hams can tell you that it’s possible to get a nasty RF burn if you accidentally touch an antenna...
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On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished. The crash site was never found, nor was the plane. It...
As part of my reporting for a story last week about the new NJR Media Group podcast, “MOVIES WITH…,” I...
Sources report a site for Amateur Operators to show pics and videos of their stations is coming soon: OnlyHams will...
Every 26 months, Earth and Mars come tantalizingly close by virtue of their relative orbits. The closest they’ve been in...
With the recent string of lunar landing attempts, it’s interesting to consider how much things have changed – or stayed...
Numbers stations are a weird phenomenon where odd voices read out long strings of numbers or random codewords to the...
Last month, many Americans woke up to an unexpected problem. No cell service. No text messages, phone calls, or data...
During the first half of the 20th century radio technology was booming, albeit restricted by the vacuum tube technology of...
These days, paying for TV programming is a fact of life. You pay your cable company or some streaming service...
A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted by police after he recited...
The Starlink receivers need positioning and precise timing information to function, and currently the best way to get that information...
Pagers were a big deal for a while there, even if they never quite made it into the pantheon of...
Sometimes, you can’t help but wonder how some things got their name. Porcupines. Balloons. Ham radio. What do you even...
The speculation was fast and furious when AT&T’s cellular network went down recently. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) indicated that it...
A homeowner has been left baffled after he came across a mysterious electrical box in a brickwork crawl space under his...
When you think of a big rig truck driver going down the road, how do you picture him? If you...
Crafton Hills College (CHC) Theatre Department will perform “HAM,” an original play written by Chris Coon and directed by CHC Theatre...
About two decades ago there was a quiet revolution in electronics which went unnoticed by many, but which overturned a...
A new threat to privacy has emerged, as scientists in the US have found a way to spy on video...
We always admire when companies produce useful tools or documentation that aren’t specific to their products. For example, consider LTSpice....
The Federal Communications Commission is making it illegal for robocalls to use AI-generated voices. The ruling, issued on Thursday, gives state...
...Back in 1970, a man named Hugo Doyle Owens was at a crossroads. Born and raised in Scottsboro, Owens had...
From behind-the-scenes videos to just-released set photos, it’s apparent that in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, iconic film props such as the Proton...
We love a good deal, especially when it comes to scavenging parts for projects. Cheap outdoor solar lights are more...
