The first World’s astronaut Yuri Gagarin, visits club’s radio station U5ARTEK and operates as U5ARTEK/KEDR. (“KEDR” was his call sign in Space.). Unfortunately the rumor that Yurij Gagarin was a Ham with the call sign UA1LO was not true. Additional amazing fact (1956): To everybody?s surprise, the Soviet amateurs are allowed to work the West…
DetailsThe Royal Commonwealth Society recently invited Mrs Bharathi VU2RBI, Chief Coordinator of the National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) to present a testimony on the eve of Commonwealth Observance Day. At the event, which took place on the 8th March 2010 in Westminster Abbey, London in the presence of Her Majesty Queen of England, the…
DetailsThe Russian Woodpecker was a notorious Soviet signal that could be heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between July 1976 and December 1989. It sounded like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise, at 10 Hz, giving rise to the “Woodpecker” name. The random frequency hops disrupted legitimate broadcast, amateur radio, and utility transmissions and resulted…
DetailsВ далеком 1974 году на страницах журнала “РАДИО” появилась статья “Радиоспорт будущего”. Некоторые выдержки из нее я помню до сих пор. Спустя 36 лет, хотел бы вместе с вами посмотреть на нее глазами современника. IMHO весьма занятные рассуждения радиолюбителей – поколения 70х. Обратите внимание, Интернета тогда еще не существовало. (Для прочтения статьи кликните на картинку)…
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