What if you could broadcast signals across the globe using just a credit-card-sized computer and a handful of components? It might sound like a scene from a sci-fi novel, but with a Raspberry Pi and ...
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Reviving teletext for ham radio

Hack the airwaves with some of the best tech of the 1980s ...
Although ham radio offers a wide array of bands to transmit on, not to mention plenty of modes to communicate with, not everyone wants or needs to use all of this capability. For those needing simple ...
Officially, ham radio refers to the use of the amateur radio frequency spectrum by enthusiasts for non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, ...
Rick Bressler leaned over a laptop with flashing radio frequencies and a list of communications with far-flung countries — Wales, Bosnia-Herzegovina and dozens of others — his ham radio setup in ...
Allan Palmer, an amateur radio enthusiast based in Rochester, met Pfaffenbach over the radio airwaves during one of the RARC ...