via Hackaday: A Lightweight Balloon Tracker For High Altitude Missions
It’s pretty easy to take a balloon, fill it up with helium, and send it…
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via Amateur Radio Daily: ARISS asks Educators for Proposals for ISS Contact Opportunity
ARISS is requesting US educators to submit proposals for upcoming amateur radio contact opportunities with…
via Hackaday: What’s Your SWR? Are You Sure?
If you are involved in any sort of radio transmission, you probably have at least…
via Amateur Radio Daily: RSGB Convention and AMSAT-UK Colloquium Livestream
The RSGB Convention taking place this weekend has a livestream of presentations and interviews available…
Via AMSAT: ANS-287 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org
Amateur radio volunteers provide and maintain crucial communication links when hurricanes strike (Texas)
Volunteer amateur radio operators have played a crucial role in communications in the wake of…
Via the RSGB: Propagation News – 13 October 2024
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Via the RSGB: GB2RS News Script for 13 October 2024
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Internet Archive Offline, Podcasts temporarily unavailable
Due to the cyberattack on Internet Archive, all TWIAR podcast files are temporarily unavailable. Below…
via Hackaday: This Week in Security: The Internet Archive, Glitching With a Lighter, and Firefox In-the-wild
The Internet Archive has been hacked. This is an ongoing story, but it looks like…
via Hackaday: The Internet Archive Has Been Hacked
There are a great many organizations out there, all with their own intentions—some selfish, some…
via Amateur Radio Daily: Jamboree On The Air EME Event October 18-19
An earth-moon-earth (EME) event will take place during the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree On…
via Hackaday: British Commuters Get Their WiFi Hacked
As if there weren’t enough worrying global news stories already, today the British press and…
Edmund Fitzgerald Anniversary-Special Event Ham Radio Station at Dossin Museum (Michigan)
W8F – Edmund Fitzgerald Special Event Amateur Radio Station,Saturday., November 9, 2024, 11:00 AM –…
via Amateur Radio Daily: Special Event Celebrates Sasquatch Awareness Day
The Radio Club of Tacoma is celebrating National Sasquatch Awareness Day with a series of…
via Amateur Radio Daily: POTA Activity Weekend is October 19-20
The weekend of October 19th is Parks On the Air (POTA) autumn activity weekend. Four…
Via the RSGB: 7 October – Aircraft Scatter, the Hitch-Hikers Guide by Ian White, GM3SEK
Read more at RSGB.co.uk
VoIP Hurricane Net Will Activate Wednesday 10/9/24 1 PM EDT Through Early Thursday Afternoon 10/10/24 for Major Hurricane Milton and Impacts to Florida
Hello to all.. **The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 1 PM EDT Wednesday Afternoon…
Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails
The morning after Hurricane Helene pummeled the eastern seaboard of the US, Thomas Witherspoon inspected…
Ham Radio Operators Assemble Ahead of Hurricane Milton
Across the country, amateur radio operators are lending a hand to emergency responders
via the ARRL: Amateur Radio and Robot Play Ball!
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Helene trapped Asheville broadcasters in their station. They’ve stayed on air ever since (North Carolina)
Trapped in the station by fallen trees, offline, with no power, no water and negligible…
Amateur radio operators vital as Florida braces for Hurricane Milton
The aftermath seen from hurricane Helene across five states left people without power and cell…
via Hackaday: A Space Walk Through ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) might not be breaking news, but this February, National Geographic…
via Hackaday: Voyager 2’s Plasma Spectrometer Turned Off in Power-Saving Measure
The Voyager 2 spacecraft’s energy budget keeps dropping by about 4 Watt/year, as the plutonium…