Still, designing and operating a ham radio station in space is no small feat, but it has been done many times with each generation of satellite becoming more and more sophisticated. While it is ...

He was working to ping his ham radio signal off the International Space Station and find other ham operators doing the same thing. “Every time I make contact with a new person, I put a pin in ...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague with the International Space Station's amateur or ham radio equipment during his current mission ...

While not exactly a hack, it is definitely a neat exercise in ham radio operation. We can imagine slinging data packets off the space station would be an exciting experience for any budding ...

For more than a month, ham radio operators ferried food and supplies to relief stations in Pleasant Grove ... and even communicate with astronauts in space. Many astronauts are hams, and several have ...

The ham radio station is also researching space weather. “We receive all this energy from the sun. It affects these radios in ...

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Students have used ham radios to talk to astronauts since November 1983, when Space Shuttle Columbia orbited Earth.

"How can I contact an astronaut on the International Space Station?" Zeke recalled asking. His dad didn't know. Neither did his mom. "So, they went online and saw that there is a ham radio on the ...

A century-old technology has been added to Petersburg's fire hall for emergency communication when all else fails. Amateur ...

"How can I contact an astronaut on the International Space Station?" Zeke recalled asking. His dad didn't know. Neither did his mom. "So, they went online and saw that there is a ham radio on the ...