Senate committee passes bill to require AM radio remains in vehicle dashboards
Senate committee passes bill to require AM radio remains in vehicle dashboards
https://drgnews.com/2023/07/28/am-fm-radio-in-vehicles-a-pay-to-play-feature/
JULY 28, 2023: With near-unanimous bipartisan support, a bill that would help ensure AM radio remains in vehic...
Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ in Encrypted Police and Military Radios
Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ in Encrypted Police and Military Radios
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3n3j/backdoor-in-police-radios-tetra-burst
The TETRA standard is used in radios worldwide. Security researchers have found multiple vulnerabilities in the underlying cryptography and its implementation, including issues that allow for the decryption of traffic.
WiFi routers can see people through walls
WiFi routers can see people through walls. Here's how it works
https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/technology-articles/computer-science/wifi-router-sees-people-through-walls/
With the help of AI, the researchers were able to detect the movement of human bodies in a room using Wi-Fi routers -- even through walls.
Solar activity is ramping up faster than scientists predicted. Does it mean an "internet apocalypse" is near?
Solar activity is ramping up faster than scientists predicted. Does it mean an "internet apocalypse" is near?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solar-activity-is-ramping-up-faster-than-scientists-predicted-does-it-mean-an-internet-apocalypse-is-near/
When a major solar storm hit in 1859, "telegraph systems worldwide went haywire." Here's what to know if such an event were to hit today – and how likely it is to happen.
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-days-ago-6844cb12
Underwater microphones designed to detect enemy submarines first detected Titan tragedy.
No-Radial HF Vertical?
Has anyone had luck with any of the marketed no-radial required HF vertical antennae? Specifically for 10? and 6m
https://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-helps-air-show-fly-high
Ham Almost Cooks ‘Dog
https://hackaday.com/2023/06/14/ham-almost-cooks-dog/
For those of us licensed in other countries it comes as something of a surprise to find that American radio amateurs now have to run RF exposure calculations as part of their licence requirements. …
Mobile man charged with using ‘sophisticated’ jamming device to block police communications
Mobile man charged with using ‘sophisticated’ jamming device to block police communications
https://www.fox10tv.com/2023/06/12/mobile-man-charged-with-using-sophisticated-jamming-device-block-police-communications/
Jamming from expensive “highly sophisticated” black market devices disrupted Mobile County police and emergency services transmissions for much of last week, according to law enforcement authorities.
