Kristen Haring

Jul 27, 2024 | popsci.com | Kristen Haring

Don Schmidt at his ham radio in Strongsville, Ohio, August 3, 1977. Credit: The U.S. National Archives/Public Domain This article was originally featured on MIT Press Reader.

Jul 22, 2024 | thereader.mitpress.mit.edu | Kristen Haring |Adolfo Plasencia |Karen Bakker |John Downer

BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently. Every night thousands of men retreat to radio stations elaborately outfitted in suburban basements or tucked into closets of city apartments to talk to local friends or to strangers on the other side of the world. They communicate by speaking into a microphone, tapping out Morse code on a telegraph key, or typing at the keyboard of a teletypewriter.