Jan. 31 marks the day Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket to ...

Engineered in the U.S. heartland, the pending Magnum k1 antenna, Information Station Specialists said, will offer AM station operators a path for an affordable antenna with a “fly under the radar” ...

The society originated from local "hams" who provided backup communications for Wellesley during World War II. A vibrant amateur radio club has been serving Wellesley and surrounding areas since 1951.

Alan Higbie signed up for the Army to avoid the infantry; he ended up talking to a revolution. It all started with a crystal ...

Amateur ham radio operators from the Warren Amateur Radio Association come together for two field day events each year, with ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, ...

This story originally appeared in the Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, e-edition of The Tribune Chronicle. No Monday print ...

The local Alachua County Emergency Management-affiliated ham radio team earned a high ranking in the annual Winter Field Day ...

During the Space Race, two Italian brothers intercepted Soviet transmissions that sounded like cries for help from orbit, fueling decades of speculation about hidden cosmonaut deaths. Using homemade ...

There’s an interesting development in amateur ballooning: using so-called superpressure balloons, which float high in the ...

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) created history by successfully releasing its second nanosatellite, UiTMSAT-2, into orbit ...

Roland Steadham, a longtime meteorologist for multiple South Florida news stations and experienced pilot, was one of two people killed in a small plane crash last week in Idaho.