via Hackaday: Few Things Are Cheaper than This Antenna
As far as hobbies go, ham radio tends to be on the more expensive side….
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via Hackaday: Flirting With Kessler: why Space Debris Physics Make it Such an Orbital Pain
Picture in your mind a big parking lot with 131 million cars on it. Now…
via Hackaday: Amazon Receives FAA Approval for MK30 Delivery Drone
It’s been about a decade since Amazon began to fly its delivery drones, aiming to…
via Amateur Radio Daily: Special Event Celebrates Father of Wireless Communication, Jagadish Chandra Bose
Special event station AU2JCB will be paying homage to the Indian scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose…
via Hackaday: Solve: An ESP32-Based Equation Solving Calculator
We’re suckers for good-looking old-school calculators, so this interesting numerical equation-solving calculator by caught…
via Hackaday: Turning a Quansheng Handheld Into A Neat Desktop Transceiver
The Quansheng UV-K5 is a popular handheld radio. It’s useful out of the box, but…
Meet the ham radio enthusiasts who help keep the New York Marathon running smoothly
‘If the phones are down, the hams are up.’
via Hackaday: PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Corporation Prolok
In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whether as-in-beer…
via Hackaday: KolibriOS: The Operating System That Fits on a 1.44 MB 3.5″ Floppy Disk
While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure…
via Hackaday: The Piezoelectric Glitching Attack
Many readers will be familiar with the idea of a glitching attack, introducing electrical noise…
Internet Archive Update – 2 Nov 2024
Access to Internet Archive has been restored and the past editions are available. However, new…
via Hackaday: On the Nature of Electricity: Recreating the Early Experiments
Bits of material levitating against gravity, a stream of water deflected by invisible means, sparks…
via Hackaday: The Nixie Tube Multimeter That Almost Made a Comeback
In a world of digital monotony, the Avo DA14 digital multimeter, with its vintage J…
via the ARRL: ARRL Members Raise $47,000 for STEM Education in Online Auction
Read more at ARRL.org
Via AMSAT: ANS-308 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org
via Hackaday: Libre Space Foundation Aims to Improve Satellite Tech
There’s no shortage of movies, TV shows, and books that show a dystopian future with…
Hello Earth? Space Calling
How it started versus how it’s going for astronaut Nick Hague with ISS Ham Radio on the…
Via the RSGB: RSGB President honoured with RAYNET-UK award
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via Hackaday: Video Provides Rare Look Inside China’s Space Station
China has a space station — it’s called Tiangong, the first module was launched in…
Radio network group’s Preparation Day draws interest in shadow of recent disasters (West Virginia)
Morgan County’s independent backup emergency communications network has been busy making the most of their…
Via the RSGB: GB2RS News Script for 3 November 2024
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Ham radio system donated and installed at the fire hall (Alaska)
A century-old technology has been added to Petersburg’s fire hall for emergency communication when all…
via Hackaday: Heathkit Signal Generator Gets an Update
correctly intuits that if you are interested in an old Heathkit signal generator, you…
Watch the RSGB November Tonight @ 8 live webinar
The latest RSGB Tonight @ 8 webinar is on Monday 4 November. Mike Griffiths will present ‘Listening to the...
RSGB President honoured with RAYNET-UK award
At the recent RAYNET-UK AGM, the Brian Tindill Shield was awarded to RSGB President John McCullagh MBE, GI4BWM for...