Back in 1978, the world was a bit different. There was no Raspberry Pi, no Internet, and not even an...
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Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from Earth, is sending back a repetitive jumble of 1s and 0s that...
Over the past years, fitness trackers have gone from fairly unobtrusive bands that relied mostly on smartphone apps for interaction...
For those who grew up with a cell phone in their hand, it might be difficult to imagine a time...
How do you convert an old cockpit instrument into a clock? Easy: just build a circuit that convinces it it’s...
When 10 meters is open, amazing things can happen. Lu Romero, W4LT, knows that well. He said, “When 10 is...
In a world increasingly reliant on technology, a pressing question arises: can our dependence on gadgets, particularly mobile phones, be...
Like many people spent a lot of time in the 1970s listening to shortwave radio. While you often think of...
It wasn’t quite a Christmas miracle, but it was totally unexpected. Take one radio humorist with Playboy credentials, pair him with a...
Should police communications be allowed to become encrypted and no longer immediately available to the press and the public? The New...
If you’d have asked us for odds on whether you could successfully turn a canned ham into an amateur radio...
You never know when you’ll be called upon to your way out of an emergency. We can’t imagine what kind...
Ceiling clocks were a bit of a thing back in the days when clock radios were a fixture of nightstands....
If you have a fondness for old and unusual ham gear, has a great video (see below) about a Robot slow...
Playing chess using amateur radio? The concept may have begun in 1912 when a group of college students from Case...
The founder and Chief Executive Officer of a network operator for television stations offering a 5G broadcasting solution, which differs...
Ham radio enthusiasts, some say, are a different breed. Whereas many people spend their free time reading or watching TV...
Here’s a question for you: if you’re the commander of a submarine full of nuclear missiles, how can you be...
What was once called radio is now referred to as audio. RF is being replaced by the internet. The delivery...
If there’s something more tedious than winding coils, we’re not sure what it is — possibly rolling and wrapping coins;...
In an inspiring show of camaraderie, a tight-knit ham radio community of YouTubers rallied around Ranae Six (KR5SIX) on August...
Members of the Champlain Valley Amateur Radio Club gathered last weekend at the Atlas F Missile Silo in Champlain to...
There’s a common critique in science fiction series like Star Trek about the extraterrestrial species not looking ‘alien’ enough, as...
The 433 MHz spectrum is a little bit of an oddball. It’s one of the few areas of the radio spectrum...
We like to think that most common electronic components are essentially commodity items. We don´t buy premium wire or resistors....
