Tag: Satellite
THE AMATEUR RADIO OBSESSIVES WHO SEND MESSAGES FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
In 1993, Bob Allphin and a team of 11 other men took a boat to remote Howland Island, an uninhabited slip of coral that is officially part of a group called United States Minor Outlying Islands located in the Pacific Ocean. It’s not a place where tourists tend to gather, Read More …
New technology keys ‘ham’ radio revival
Even in these days of incessant tweets, texts and Facebook posts, a century-old form of social media is drawing new enthusiasts by embracing the latest technology. Members of amateur, or ham, radio clubs in the area may use everything from a telegraph key and Morse code to satellites to transmit Read More …