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Amateur radio in the news: Use WSPR to find crashed plane?, BBC’s Time to Transmit

December 23, 2024 By Dan KB6NU Leave a Comment

How ghost radio signals could hold the key to finding missing flight MH370

Transmissions from amateur radio enthusiasts may hold the key to locating the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines jet that vanished a decade ago in one of the greatest aviation mysteries.

…read more


BBC: Time to Transmit

BBC reporter Stephen Coates travels to Tunisia to meet contestants in the International Morse Code championships in Tunisia. For a week, they will face each other off tapping at tiny Morse machines so fast that it sounds almost like a sung language.

The Belarusians are the team to beat. But the Romanians are hot on their heels. And you never know what the Albanians might pull off at the last minute. Or the competitor who has just arrived from Tokyo.

…listen to the report


Amateur radio is one of the options mentioned in this article…..Dan

Communication technology: Options for staying connected for next year’s storm season

With the end of hurricane season having just passed, Floridians look back at the flurry of severe storms that hit Florida’s Gulf Coast and anticipate the potential strength and frequency of storms to come. While many people know to get non-perishable food and clean water before a hurricane, not as many people consider how they can be technologically prepared for the storm and the days the follow.
…read more or listen to the report

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Filed Under: Amateur Radio in the News, CW, Emergency Communications / Public Service Tagged With: FL, Morse Code Championship, WSPR

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