Through Dec. 24, children can talk to Santa — all they need is access to amateur radio equipment. Children, also known as “little harmonics” in amateur radio lingo, can call “the North Pole” through ...
Ham radio operator Frank Krizan of Texas, who spends his summers in Scarborough, performs "Hunt and Pounce," a method of scanning the radio band for stations waiting for a turn to call them, during ...
This is an exciting day for me — we finally get to build some ham radio gear! To me, building gear is the big attraction of amateur radio as a hobby. Sure, it’s cool to buy a radio, even a cheap one, ...
Dr. Nathaniel Frissell with students Veronica Romanek and Simal Sami at the University of Scranton W3USR ham radio station. Credit: Byron Maldonado While people across the country don eclipse glasses ...
In this day and age, there are countless methods of communication, but let's not leave radios in the past. Although smartphones offer similar functions, radios are still a trusted form of ...
No one's keeping score, or so they say. But by the end of the day, it's a sure bet the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club will be comparing its tally of contacts to other clubs throughout North America.