by Bert | Nov 20, 2020 | Antenna, General News, Radios
The world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope is officially open for business according to Xinhua, China’s official state-run media. The FAST Radio Telescope saw fist light in 2016 but has been undergoing testing and commissioning since then. FAST stands for...
by Bert | Nov 20, 2020 | Antenna, General News
Facing collapse, the famed Arecibo Observatory will be demolished The world-famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, known for helping scientists peer into deep space and listen for distant radio waves, is set to be decommissioned and demolished after engineers...
by Bert | Nov 4, 2020 | General News, Radios
The Amateur Radio Service has an almost unduplicated position for a recreational activity/leisure time pursuit because of its historically tight coupling to the wireless telecommunications, broadcasting, and military communications industries. Few other hobbies have...
by Bert | Nov 2, 2020 | General News
I recently contacted Astronaut Douglas Wheelock on board the International Space Station with a simple ham radio attached to a small magnet mounted antenna inside our home in Appleton, WI. While a ham radio license is required, it is not difficult to obtain. Ham radio...
by Bert | Oct 2, 2020 | General News
HAM radio, or amateur radio, is a unique way of connecting with people from all over the world with just a small radio. Some people use it to make new friends from around the world, while others tune in and listen for emergencies with which they can be of...
by Bert | Aug 25, 2020 | General News, Radios
Grundig is the software offered to you in Grundig SW Radio. These are the radios we listen to every day in our cars. But the specialty of Grundig software is that it enables your short wave radio to catch even the channels between FM and AM Band frequencies...
