There is a long history of spacecraft carrying ham radio gear, as the Space Shuttle ... The repeater has a 2 meter uplink and a 70 centimeter downlink. While you can use a garden variety dual ...

The FCC is circulating a proposal for new rules pertaining to amateur radio ... sounds like 2.8 kHz is the answer. For the VLF bands, they are asking for suggestions. The 2200 meter band isn ...

The first ham radio operator in space, NASA astronaut Owen Garriott (W5LFL), used a 2-meter radio to chat with King Hussein of Jordan, senator Barry Goldwater and, of course, his mother.

After a few months of beating the bushes via eBay auctions, placing ads in ham classifieds and checking ... the Grundig AN-200. Amateur radio operators note that this particular levelmeter includes ...

“Through an arrangement with our local EOC, I have a 2-meter ham radio set and antenna at my desk, which can be patched into our FM transmitter during emergencies,” he said. “If regular ...

Want to talk to an astronaut in space? Thanks to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, you may be able to. There's a ham radio on board the space station, and about ...