There is a long history of spacecraft carrying ham radio gear, as the Space Shuttle, Mir, and the ISS have all had hams aboard with gear capable of talking to the Earth. However, this month, the ISS ...

Little known fact about me -- I am an amateur radio operator and have been dabbling in radio technology for about a decade now. I picked up the hobby when I lived in a rural part of Vermont with no ...

An assessment report on portable radio repeaters PDF used in areas with degraded radio coverage (e.g., indoor, subterranean and rural environments) has been published by the National Urban Security ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is seeking solutions to the communications challenge of encountering weak radio or cellular coverage while conducting ...

Two years ago, in my home state of Kentucky, we had a devastating tornado that traveled nearly 200 miles, leveled towns, killed scores of people, and left widespread devastation. When emergency ...

“Hi! I’m Rud, Kilo Five Romeo Uniform Delta.” That’s me introducing myself at a ham meeting. Ham radio operators kid that we don’t have last names, we have call signs. Becoming an Amateur Radio ...

Back in the 1960’s, the entry level amateur radio license was called the novice license. To earn this license, you needed to ...

Well before the days of the tweet and the status update, people communicated with each other over sweeping distances by quite literally harnessing the earth's magnetic field to send messages via radio ...

MATTOON — A new state-of-the-art repeater ham radio antenna was installed on Friday more than 160 feet above Mattoon on behalf of the Moultrie Amateur Radio Klub. A crew from Griffin Tower Connections ...

Doug Rice connects to satellites using an antenna he made from coat hangers, leftover screws, a furring strip and a camera tripod he found in the trash. Now, the 46-year-old Lancaster man uses the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) operators XM Radio, Inc. and Sirius have found they ...