Grote Reber listens to space. Grote Reber was an American original born in Wheaton, Illinois, in 1911. When he graduated with a degree in electrical engineering in 1933, Reber was already an amateur radio operator with an interest in Karl Jansky’s pioneering use of a radio antenna to detect radiation coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Reber couldn’t get a job with Jansky at Bell Labs, which was not hiring when Reber graduated at the height of the Depression. Instead, he took a job with a radio manufacturer and built his own radio telescope in his backyard in Wheaton.
Ham radio operators spread the word about Battle of Vimy Ridge. Four Island amateur radio operators spent hours at the start of January spreading the word about the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Industry Canada created a special call sign to mark the anniversary: VE100VIMY.
Property owner wants to remove ham radio towers from atop Islandia hotel. There is controversy about a plan to take down ham radio towers from an Islandia (NY) hotel that’s set to become Long Island’s first casino. On top of the Island Marriott, the site where the controversial casino will be built, sits an antenna and amateur radio repeater used in emergency situations to help with communication. It has been there for nearly 30 years. The property’s new owner, Delaware North, wants to take down the repeater site due to what it calls safety and security concerns. The news is sparking outrage among amateur ham radio operators.
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