Art Bell - An Interview With A Legendary Talk Show Host
2/7/2019
Today, it's with great pleasure that we share with you a conversation I had with Art Bell, the inimitable host of "Coast-to-Coast AM." click here to read more.
A Quick Way to Start Listening to SSB
2/7/2019
Single Sideband is a comparatively unknown, interesting and important radio format that takes a special radio for listening and a little time to learn. click here to read more.
Why buy a C. Crane radio?
2/7/2019
C.Crane has been working hard at the drawing board for over 30 years now and it's all because of YOU! When our customers suggest to tweak something or add another component, we listen and produce exactly what you were looking for each and every time! click here to read more.
Who Invented Radio?
2/7/2019
Historical accounts of discovery and invention sometimes sidestep the truth. The development of radio provides a case in point. click here to read more.
What will I hear on the 2-Meter Amateur Radio Band
2/7/2019
While listening to the 2-meter ham band you can expect to hear normal conversations or "rag chew" as the hams call it. You may also hear a ham operator on his way home from work asking his wife if she needs anything from the store. click here to read more.
The Transistor
2/7/2019
It's been over 50 years since the transistor was invented and we rely on it for more of today's technology than you might expect. You could say that the transistor made the wonders of the twentieth century possible. click here to read more.
The Audion
2/7/2019
When thinking about the future of the Internet a lot of people make comparisons to radio. The consensus seems to be that currently the Internet is about equal to what radio was in the late 1920s and early 1930s. click here to read more.
Sky-Wave Radio
2/7/2019
If you listen to AM radio stations by night that are just impossible to pick up by day, chances are you're benefiting from sky-wave propagation. Propagation is just the technical word for how radio signals travel through the air. click here to read more.
Scanning the Airwaves
2/7/2019
There are a lot of reasons to have a scanner nearby. You can use a scanner to follow local police and fire activity, often times hearing about things well before they're reported on the news. You can also use a scanner to listen to ham radio, and get the benefits of traffic reports ham operators share with one another. You can even use a scanner for a good, if unfortunate, laugh every now and then. click here to read more.
Quiet Before the Storm, Distant Radio Sounds After
2/7/2019
Have you ever experienced the feeling of hearing a car drive past and, not by recognizing the engine or thinking someone needs new brakes or muffler work, but by feeling the bass before you even see the car. A loud bass can make you feel like your heart beats more than you'd want it to, and can puncture the silence you might be enjoying during a quiet evening or morning in your yard. Perhaps, without even realizing it, you've wished that a heavy rain would help filter the boom of the bass. Maybe you've just remembered that during a rainstorm your radio reception sometimes fades. It's like a reminder that sound waves, though invisible, have physical properties like we do. click here to read more.