A ZiLOG microcomputer comprises the Ham Radio Repeater Locator which has flash memory used to store the frequencies and locations of several thousand repeaters. The distance to the nearest 8 repeaters ...

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 ...

So far in this series, we’ve covered the absolute basics of getting on the air as a radio amateur – getting licensed, and getting a transceiver. Both have been very low-cost exercises, at least in ...

Just when one might think there's nothing new in the world of ham radios, along comes digital, and it's being embraced due to its flexibility and is less bulky. Ham radio is a popular term for ...

The circuit was designed to create an automatic repeater that would retransmit a received signal over the amateur radio frequency band. Repeater – a device that regenerates information at a higher ...

What are ham radios? In short, ham radio operators are amateur radio enthusiasts who communicate with one another via radio frequencies assigned specifically to this community by the Federal ...

Courtesy of Cory Sickles Cory Sickles, public information coordinator for the Uniontown Amateur Radio Club’s, is seen with the club’s vintage radio museum. In January the club added a repeater to ...

WINTER HAVEN - Former Tampa Bay radio host Paul Toth hopes to be on the air soon in Polk County with unrivaled sound quality - at least if future hurricane seasons are as bad as the last one. Locally, ...

ALLOUEZ, Mich. – At first glance, the excitement of the ham radio contest that William LaBell was taking part in wasn’t obvious. There was much attentive sitting. The occasional twist of a knob. A bit ...