US8AR 13 element 144MHz LFA Yagi

Nobeyama Radio Observatory - Japan

12-tube, dual-conversion radio receiver produced in the early 1960s, designed for AM, CW, and SSB modes on the 160-6 meter bands, with a 2-meter converter. The Hammarlund HQ-110A

“The Twins” Yaesu FRDX-400 receiver and the FLDX-400 transmitter. Released around 1971, these two units were designed to work together as a matched HF station.

Installed on the blockhouse at Dover Heights in February 1947, this two-Yagi antenna array operated at 100 MHz and played a key role in early radio astronomy. It was initially used by Ruby Payne-Scott, Yabsley, and John Bolton to study solar radio emissions, and was later employed by Bolton, Stanley

The Heathkit HW-101 & SB-610 Monitor Scope

Using the J-38 key during Army training in 1947, operators were taught Morse code much like an instrument, developing muscle memory, cadence, and an ear for nuance. Skill emerged through repetition, listening, and an intuitive sense of flow.

The Collins S/Line Station - 1958

IZ8GGF (Moonbounce) EME Antenna 23cm

Build This Novice CW Transmitter | Popular Electronics February 1955

Originally created to make computer science accessible and affordable, it has evolved into a versatile platform embraced not only by educators and hobbyists, but also by RF enthusiasts. The Raspberry Pi 5

The Yagi–Uda antenna, more commonly known as the Yagi antenna. This antenna design was first developed in 1926 by Shintaro Uda at Tohoku Imperial University in Japan, with Hidetsugu Yagi contributing to its dissemination and refinement.

The January 1933 issue of Radio-Craft provides a compelling glimpse into hands-on engineering at a time when innovation was driven by necessity. Edited by Hugo Gernsback, this magazine focused on teaching readers how to build, repair, and understand radio technology.

The Boys' First Book Of Radio And Electronics, Designed for young readers, the book introduces the fundamentals of electricity, radio waves, vacuum tubes, receivers, and transmitters. Published By Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1st Edition, 1948

Laser communications in space, also known as free-space optical communication, use tightly focused beams of light to transmit data through the vacuum of space. These systems can operate between satellites or link spacecraft directly with Earth for both uplink and downlink communication.

YU3CST/3 VHF/UHF Contest, circa 1979

Radio repair service in the self-help exchange. Washington, D.C. January 1942

Wardenclyffe Tower (1901–1917), also known as the Tesla Tower, was an experimental wireless transmission tower designed by Nikola Tesla in Shoreham, New York. It was intended to demonstrate long-distance wireless communication, including transatlantic signaling and broadcasting...

The Hi-Mound HSK-910 is a hand-crafted telegraph key made in Japan by Hi-Mound in the late 1970s

DP1POL "Neumayer Station III" Antarctica

High above the Arctic Circle, where temperatures crush steel and silence feels absolute, one man sits at a radio set. His callsign is RAEM. Through crackling static and shifting ice, Ernst T. Krenkel keeps humanity connected to a drifting speck of life at the top of the Earth. Every contact is hope.

Introduced just after World War II, the S-38 brought shortwave and CW. A promise that shortwave signals could carry listeners beyond borders, at a time when the world was rebuilding.

IK5RP Antenna

IU0PXG Hamshack

Botkyrka Radio Amateurs (BRA) was founded on January 18, 1974, originally operating under the name Botkyrka Sändare Amatörer. Over the years, the club’s name evolved with municipal reorganizations and moves between clubhouses, but one thing has remained constant on the bands: the callsign SKØHB

DG1ROD EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) Antenna

QSL cards are often said to be the final courtesy of a contact. Used since the early 1900s, they record call signs, dates, frequencies, and signal reports. Many feature unique artwork or station photos, making them prized keepsakes and a lasting tradition among radio operators.

QSL cards are often said to be the final courtesy of a contact. Used since the early 1900s, they record call signs, dates, frequencies, and signal reports. Many feature unique artwork or station photos, making them prized keepsakes and a lasting tradition among radio operators.

DL1BI, German Amateur Radio Station

SM5EIE, Heathkit SB Line Station, circa 1970s

Earth–Moon–Earth communication (EME) on 144 MHz by EA6VQ. In this technique two amateur radio operators on different sides of the world talk to each other by reflecting radio waves off the Moon.

JA2YBE Operator during the 1974 Japanese Field Day Contest.

SCARC Field Day 1967

Built in the late 1950s and inspired by earlier work with the Würzburg radar dish, the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope became one of the most important instruments in early radio astronomy. Dwingeloo Radio Telescope (1956)

F4JJY Antenna

"3 Resolutions You Should Make For The New Year" | CQ Magazine, January 1965. Happy New Year!

DB3ZY Antenna

JY1, King Hussein of Jordan visiting Sweden 1984.

North Hollywood Junior Optimist radio hams go on the air. December 29, 1962.

JW5E, Svalbard Amateur Radio Club - QTH

The December, 1922 issue of Radio Age magazine. “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!”

Collins S-Line | QST December 1958

GM8JBJ EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) Antenna

Grote Reber, American pioneer in radio astronomy, a field that merged his passions for amateur radio and astronomy. In 1937, he built a radio antenna that became the second ever used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to function as a radio telescope.

F6KFI Radio Club

UT7UT CW Training, circa 1985 🇺🇦

Electrical engineer Edwin Howard Armstrong (born December 18, 1890, in Chelsea, New York City) explaining the principles of his latest invention, “superregeneration,” at a meeting of the Radio Club of America held at Columbia University in New York City, 1922.

M0JMV Hamshack

DL7ZBV Radio Station

The Very Large Array (VLA) near Socorro, New Mexico