Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit. The scheme was outlined at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin. The project’s organisers said the Hackerspace Global Grid will also involve developing a grid of ground stations to track and communicate with the satellites.…
Amateur Radio Balloon crosses the Atlantic but but potentially dangerous for international flights. Yesterday evening an amateur radio APRS balloon, call sign K6RPT-11, succeeded in its crossing of the United States and the Atlantic ocean. Launched from California, the balloon transmitted on the APRS frequency of 144.390 MHz FM that is used in the Americas.…
The DXCC Desk Clarifies Russian Prefixes Which Count for European Russia For the purposes of the DXCC and WAC awards, the following Russian prefixes count as European Russia: Any call with the prefixes UA through UI and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Any call with the prefix U and the numbers…
Cool idea: Top YAESU “FT-9000DX” Gear & Top Art. If you don’t have a Top Gear in your HAM Shack, don’t worry. No problem. You can build it yourself 🙂 Alex DJ7GI decided to re-design his HAM shack. Here’s what came out of it : Photo by DJ7GI Photo by DJ7GI Photo by DJ7GI Photo…
The station is WWJ in Detroit, a contemporary to KDKA as one of the country’s first radio stations. We are in the transmitter room in the Detroit News Building in early 1922. The broadcast studio is located in a separate room.Photo from the Detroit News Archives The rig seen beyond the operator’s desk is actually…