by Radio Man | Mar 13, 2022 | General News
Can you imagine how large an image is, which has dimensions of 86400 pixels wide and 43200 pixels high? Off hand it is probably difficult for your inner eye to imagine how big that is in reality. To put these wild dimensions into perspective they can be...
by Radio Man | Mar 13, 2021 | General News
Source by Gino Berno Given the passion of Hams, regarding their “hobby”, even the definition of Amateur Radio may generate debate. Wikipedia’s definition of Amateur Radio (also known as Ham Radio) is “the use of the designated radio frequency...
by Radio Man | Jan 19, 2021 | General News, Misc, Radios
WARNING: AMATEUR AND PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES LICENSEES AND OPERATORS MAY NOT USE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT OR FACILITATE CRIMINAL ACTS Click...
by Radio Man | Jan 1, 2021 | General News
Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In this Report and Order, we adopt a new application fee schedule that significantly updates the Commission’s previous fee schedule in both types of applications and other processes covered by the fee...
by Radio Man | Dec 2, 2020 | Antenna, General News, Radios
Arecibo telescope collapses, ending 57-year run The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of Puerto Rico, collapsed this morning, at about 8 a.m. local time, says Ramon Lugo, director of the Florida...
by Radio Man | Nov 20, 2020 | Antenna, General News, Radios
Second cable breaks at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo telescope The already battered Arecibo Observatory was hit with another blow on 7 November when one of its 12 main support cables snapped and tore through the radio telescope’s main dish. The incident comes just...
