It’s a common scene: a dedicated radio amateur wakes up early in the morning, ambles over to their shack, and sits in the glow of vacuum tubes as they call CQ DX, trying to contact hams in time zones ...

One problem with ham radio these days is that most hams live where you can’t put a big old antenna up due to city laws and homeowner covenants. If you’re just working local stations on VHF or UHF, ...

The author is tech editor of RW Engineering Extra. Remote control systems have come a long way in my 45-year broadcast engineering career. I have had the pleasure — and sometimes frustration — of ...

If you were to name a piece of broadcast equipment that is neglected, forgotten or taken for granted, the transmitter remote control would probably be high on the list. Nevertheless, remote controls ...

The growth in the popularity of radio remote controls continues, even if application areas are shifting. Christian Shelton reports The evolving ways of industry are having an influence on application ...

UK-based foundations engineering contractor Bachy Soletanche and Italian equipment manufacturer Soilmec have developed a remote control system for loading and unloading piling rigs from trailers.

John Hays Hammond Jr earned the title of father of radio control by developing the radio remote control capabilities now used for modern missile guidance systems. He worked at the US Patent Office to ...

In Madison Square Garden, at the Electrical Exhibition of 1898, Tesla staged a scientific tour de force, a demonstration completely beyond the generally accepted limits of technology. His invention, ...