Via the RSGB: GB2RS News Script for 3 November 2024
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Starkville man ends reign as king of ham radio parts: ‘It was rough trying to say goodbye’ (Mississippi)
In 1972, Martin Jue was a young entrepreneur who decided to use his electrical engineering…
via Amateur Radio Daily: HamSCI Program Gets Boost from $1.8 Million NSF Grant
Nathaniel Frissell, Ph.D. (W2NAF), associate professor physics and engineering at The University of Scranton was…
How a Wayne principal saved an astronaut talk for students after school shut down (New Jersey)
For Sandra Giordano, failure was not an option. The longtime educator already lost her school…
via the ARRL: 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Accepting Applications through Jan 6, 2025
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via Hackaday: Will .IO Domain Names Survive A Geopolitical Rearrangement?
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a major functional component of the modern Internet. We…
via Hackaday: New Study Looks at the Potential Carcinogenicity of 3D Printing
We’ve all heard stories of the dangers of 3D printing, with fires from runaway hot…
via Hackaday: Save A Packet, Use Cheap Co-Ax!
Anyone who works with radio transmitters will know all about matching and impedance, and also…
via Hackaday: Silent Antenna Tuning
If you want to deliver the maximum power to a load — say from a…
via Amateur Radio Daily: Solar Eclipse QSO Party Contest Winners Announced
The Solar Eclipse QSO Party provided hams an opportunity to operate during both the 2023…
via Hackaday: “Click to Cancel” Coming Soon
If you’ve ever had to suffer through a call tree and a 9,000 hour wait…
via Hackaday: A VIC-20 with no VIC
has started a new video series to show his latest recreation of a Commodore…
via Hackaday: Pi Zero Power Optimization Leaves No Stone Unturned
If you’ve ever designed a battery-powered device with a Pi Zero, you have no doubt…
via Amateur Radio Daily: Opinion: It’s Time for Ham Clubs to Move Away from the PDF Newsletter
It’s time for ham radio clubs to move away from the PDF based newsletter as…
New tech enables 3D printing electronics without semiconductors
Researchers at MIT have unexpectedly stumbled upon a way to 3D print active electronics –…
via the ARRL: ARRL HQ Experiencing Local Power Outage
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Intelsat 33e breaks up in geostationary orbit
The Intelsat 33e satellite has broken up in geostationary orbit (GEO) and lost power, ceasing…
via Hackaday: Retro Gadgets: Things Your TV No Longer Needs
It is hard to imagine that a handful of decades ago, TV wasn’t a thing….
via Hackaday: Symbolic Nixie Tubes Become Useful For Artistic Purposes
When it comes to Nixie tubes, the most common usage these days seems to be…
via Hackaday: Winamp Taken Down: Too Good For This Open Source World
If you picked today in your hackerspace’s sweepstake on when Winamp would pull their code…
NASA/NOAA: Solar Max is Underway
In a joint statement on Oct. 15th, NASA and NOAA announced that Solar Maximum is…
ICOM Releases 60th Anniversary Video | 60 Years of History and Innovation, Icom’s Challenge Continues to the Future
Today, ICOM released a new video celebrating 60 years of business innovationof. This brand new…
via Hackaday: Fail of the Week: The Case of the Curiously Colored Streetlights
What color are the street lights in your town? While an unfortunate few still suffer…
via Hackaday: Static Electricity And The Machines That Make It
Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as…
via Hackaday: PC Floppy Copy Protection: Electronic Arts Interlock
Continuing the series on floppy copy protection, examines Electronic Arts’ Interlock system. This was…