HOLLAND, Pa., (CBS) — With a fancy antenna, at least four science teachers, Ham radio technology and sheer determination, students at Council Rock High School South in Holland, Bucks County reached out and touched someone, far, far away. Two hundred twenty-four miles ABOVE the earth — not across it. The classroom came to life Thursday…
The airband radios FTA-550L and FTA-750L are ideal companions for pilots and flying sports fans. Both radios allow communication and navigation in the airband with up to 5W transmit power. The clear menu system allows a fast and easy operation of the radio, 200 memory channels are provided to organize your most frequently used…
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Emergency Telecommunications Guide is now available for download from the IARU website. The guide was developed to provide the IARU member-societies with materials suitable for training radio amateurs to participate in emergencies. It also was designed to provide guidance to individual Amateur Radio operators with little or no experience…
Colibri DDC SDR is a direct sampling HF receiver (direct down conversion, DDC) with a frequency range from 0 to 55 MHz. The AD converter has 14 bit word length, the sample rate is 125MS/s. This makes the Colibri SDR suitable for demanding shortwave listeners (SWL), radio amateurs and professional monitoring applications. The receiver of the…
Meet Fogo, the only gadget that includes GPS, bluetooth, digital voice messaging, USB backup battery, and a powerful LED flashlight. Whether you’re biking or hiking, fishing or hunting, navigating or camping, the Fogo keeps you safe and lightens your load! Engadget: “Ordinarily, the term ‘smart flashlight’ would make me cringe as much as the…