The small room near the top of the USS Kidd is tight, with just about enough room for a ham radio and, at a stretch, four people. For ham operators Pam and Jeff Welsh, it's all the space they need. On ...
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 ...
When Helene swept across the Southeast on Sept. 27, including Western North Carolina, cell phones and internet-based communication became unusable. People still needed a way to talk — to check on ...
The basement of Zeke Wheeler’s house in Southwest Portland is a young scientist’s dream. The 13-year-old has computers, soldering irons, magnifying glasses, remote-controlled airplanes, a 3D printer ...
On the December edition of First Person, we start with a couple of creative ventures with interesting backstories - how a statue of John Lennon in Havana inspired an Ottawa singer-songwriter; and how ...
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1253022/1253023" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Neal ...
DANVERS — On Wednesday, the president of the Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association, will deliver a presentation on and give a demonstration of HAM radio in Danvers. Brandon Hockle, NQ1W, will present ...
The International Space Station cost more than $100 billion. A ham radio set can be had for a few hundred bucks. Perhaps that explains, in part, the appeal of having one of humankind’s greatest ...
CADILLAC — Despite his busy schedule Wednesday, Santa Claus took time to chat with children in Wexford County. Cadillac’s ham ...
On Wednesday morning, students at Coastal Community School in Satellite Beach sat eagerly, watching two large screens showing the International Space Station as a pinpoint as it flew around the globe.
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