In the not-so-distant past, satellites had to be worked with the use of cumbersome equipment such as satellite dishes and so forth. Fast forward into the future and now the military can access satellites with only a handheld. Satellite communication ((SATCOM)) with the handheld transmitter is now a reality. Communications satellites are used for military […]
If you were listening to HF radio on September 10, 2014, you would have discovered that the bands dropped out completely for several minutes. At 1:45 p.m. EDT (1745 GMT) on Wednesday, a major solar flare disrupted radio communications. Aurora watchers in the northern U.S. should be looking for possible activity both Thursday and Friday […]