via Amateur Radio Daily: Special Event Celebrates First Trans-Global Two-Way Radio Communication
To commemorate the centenary of this historic contact made by Goyder and Bell, Mill Hill…
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WKHS Makes International Contact With Amateur Radio
“It was really cool seeing the students’ faces light up when they each made their first contact”
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…
ICOM Investigating Radios Targeted in Lebanon Blasts
The Japanese electronics manufacturer Icom said it stopped making the walkie-talkie model in 2014 and has warned about fake...
VOA Is Shuttering Its Marianas Shortwave Site
Operational costs, minimal audience and lingering damage from 2018 typhoon contributed to the decision
BBC legend quits after 50 years as devastated co-stars praise ‘remarkable’ career (UK)
BBC veteran Laurie Margolis, 74, has announced he will be leaving the corporation after five decades….
via Hackaday: The First New Long Wave Radio Station Of This Millennium
The decline of AM broadcast radio is a slow but inexorable process over much of…
via HACKADAY: An Antenna to Throw You for a Loop
It is one of Murphy’s laws, we think, that you can’t get great things when…
The Rich History of Ham Radio Culture
Drawing on a wealth of personal accounts found in magazines, newsletters, and trade journals, historian…
FCC Hits 13 Landlords in NYC Metro Area With Pirate Letters
The FCC Enforcement Bureau’s New York Office has sent 13 different landlords in New York City, Rockland…
New Law for Old Tech: Congress Pushes Law Requiring New Cars to Receive AM Radio
In mid-2023, Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.), 77, sponsored a bill called the AM Radio for Every Vehicle…
via HACKADAY: AM Radio Broadcast Uses Phasor To Let Eight Towers Spray One Big Signal
If you’re in the commercial AM radio business, you want to send your signal as…
AM car radios seem quaint. But when the twister comes, you’ll want that dial (Kansas)
When I read the Kansas House had overwhelmingly voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution…
via the RSGB: PSC member Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL interviewed by the BBC
On Monday 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse gripped North America as radio amateurs…
Famous Pittsburgh Inventor (You Probably Haven’t Heard Of) Celebrates 150th Birthday (Pennsylvania)
The National Museum of Broadcasting will be honoring Pittsburgh inventor and broadcasting pioneer Frank Conrad…
The Vital Role of Ham Radio and Communication Radios in Modern Life
In an era dominated by instant messaging and social media, the art and science of…
via HACKADAY: A Practical Guide To Understanding How Radios Work
How may radios do you own? Forget the AM/FM, GMRS/FRS radios you listen to or…
via HACKADAY: Creating a Numbers Station Of Your Very Own
Numbers stations are a weird phenomenon where odd voices read out long strings of numbers…
Fifty things you can do with a Software Defined Radio
The electromagnetic spectrum is like an invisible world that always surrounds us, and allows us…
Stay tuned — new radio station coming to Wilmington (Ohio)
A new radio station — WIOH-LP 95.9 FM — is coming to Wilmington. The project…
via HACKADAY: Making a Crystodyne Radio With Zinc Oxide and Cat’s Whiskers
During the first half of the 20th century radio technology was booming, albeit restricted by…
via HACKADAY: Inside America’s Last Morse Code Station
The Titanic famously (or infamously) used Morse code to call out in distress at the…
Solar flare temporarily disrupts radio signals in Australia
An intense solar event occurred in the early hours of February 6, as a sunspot…
FCC Plans to Fine Five Radio Pirates in Florida
The Federal Communications Commission is ramping up its pressure on a person it describes as…
via HACKADAY: FM Radio is Discriminating
AM radios were easy to understand. The strength of the signal goes up and down,…