When I first began tinkering with the device, it was just a dream. A long shot, really. I’d spent years studying RF engineering, working in a field where every frequency was carefully controlled, every signal tightly regulated. But outside of work, in my small home lab, I’d started to experiment with something different. Something that, […]
Ava Harper had always been intrigued by the idea of amateur radio, the notion that you could send your voice across the airwaves to connect with strangers from distant places. After months of studying, she had finally passed her technician amateur radio license exam. As a 29-year-old systems analyst, she spent her weeks in front […]
There’s nothing unusual about a ham operator contacting other radio enthusiasts. Unless he’s been dead for five years. When Harrie McKinsey and Ginger Vaughn decide to study for their ham radio licenses, they get pulled into this mystery and find a trail leading to a long-lost treasure somewhere in New Mexico. Before it’s over, there’s […]
Overexploitation of resources has left the planet teetering on the edge of ecological collapse. As natural disasters become more frequent and severe, humanity’s hope for survival dwindles. Amidst the chaos, a forgotten technology holds a glimmer of hope: ham radio. In a small, isolated village, fifty-year-old Lucas Harmon, a veteran ham radio operator, lived with […]
In the 22nd century, humanity reached the pinnacle of technological advancement with the creation of the Centralized AI Network (CAIN). Designed to facilitate seamless global communication, CAIN became the backbone of all information exchange, from personal conversations to international diplomacy. Its ability to process, filter, and distribute data instantaneously rendered previous methods of communication obsolete. […]
In a future where Earth had become a silent and uninhabited world, a lone antenna stood atop a desolate hill. This antenna was more than just a relic; it was the last hope for humanity’s survival. The Great Silence had descended upon Earth, a cataclysmic event that had wiped out all electronic signals and communication. […]
In 1961, Gene Senti and others started designing the new generation of Collins Ham Gear. It was known by various name: KWM-5000, The Prestige Line, and the “Cadillac” Radio. This is the only prototype built before Art Collins cancelled the project as it didn’t offer an advancement in the state of the art. The transceiver […]
This radio was top of the line when it came out, because it was one of the first HTs to have built in PL tones, and to run directly off of a 12 volt input. By todays standards it is a pretty large HT, but it is built like a tank. This one is a […]
An Old CW Operator (Morse Code continuous wave) and a New CW Op were out in a fishing boat one day. The New CW Op said, “I wish I could operate CW as well as you.” Not saying a thing, The Old CW Op scratched his chin, set down his fishing pole and grabbed the […]
Ham radio 🐖📻🐷 Amateur radio was the internet of the 1950s… a way to communicate with people instantaneously over great distances. Here we have some equipment that would have been typical for a radio operator in the mid-1950s. There’s a number of stories about this equipment that we could tell here, and maybe we will […]