MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND JUNE 5TH – 7TH All Aboard for 2026 Museum Ships Weekend! The historic U.S.S. Lucid is the setting for SDARC Museum Ships Weekend – this weekend! We are running a 3 station set up including CW, SSB Voice and Digital to make worldwide contacts. Over 100 ships around the world are participatingContinue reading “Museum Ships Weekend”
Category Archives: History
Spies Still Use HF
A new coded numbers station began transmitting on HF from Persia just before Iran cut off internet access.
First Gen SigInt Sat Declassified
The NRO has declassified JUMPSEAT, the U.S.’s first-generation signals-collection satellite, which operated from 1971 to 1987. Developed under Project EARPOP, it collected critical electronic emissions and intelligence during the Cold War. The data supported national security agencies, showcasing the NRO’s ongoing commitment to innovation in space for national safety.
History of Phonetics
Prior to World War I and the development and widespread adoption of two-way radio that supported voice, wire telephone spelling alphabets were developed to improve communication on low-quality and long-distance telephone circuits. Bell Systems lead the way. In June 1915 the world’s first air-to-ground voice transmission took place at Brooklands (England) over about 20miles (ground-to-airContinue reading “History of Phonetics”
Coos County Radio Club 