A local university radio station is turning 65 years old on Wednesday and we’ve spoken with past and current station ...

October is the time of the year we need to think about capital purchases for the following year. Transmitters are one of the most expensive of capital items, so I’ll outline the new and updated ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The 47-year-old ...

A piezo disk transducer is a handy part for reproducing beeps and boops, and can also function as a rudimentary microphone. Being a piezoelectric element, it can also generate usable power. Enough to ...

It turns out that disassembling, moving and then reassembling two whole radio stations in a month's time is no small feat.

On July 22, 2025, Radio World republished one of my articles from October 25, 2011. The title was, “Rebuild That Relic of an AM Transmitter.” The idea of the article is to keep an old tube-type AM ...

A software glitch is making NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft act a little bit haunted this Halloween season. On October 17, Voyager 1 switched its main radio transmitter to a different frequency, leaving ...

The 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in touch with NASA — but not out of the woods — after a technical issue caused a days-long communications blackout with the historic mission, which is ...