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New Radio Wave Requires No Transmitter Power!

McMaster Professor Natalia Nikolova and her husband Robert Zimmerman

McMaster Professor Natalia Nikolova and her husband Robert Zimmerman

McMaster Professor Natalia Nikolova and her husband Robert ZimmermanMcMaster research engineer Professor Natalia Nikolova, and her husband Robert Zimmerman, have verified the existence of a new type of radio wave called the Vector Potential Wave. This wave was first predicted in 1880 by British mathematician [...]

Public Radio Coverage Map Posted by NPR Labs

On August 30th, NPR Labs posted an illustration depicting the coverage areas for public AM and FM radio stations nationwide. The data used to develop this map was last updated in June 2007. The downloadable map is available here. Be aware of slow download times due to the large file size (3.6MB).

Copper Theft on the Rise - Threatening Situation for an Alabama Engineer

Copper thefts from radio transmitters and towers have continued to rise, paralleling the increasing value of copper. Last Wednesday, one such theft became a threatening situation for “Lite 96.9″ WRSA-FM, Huntsville engineer John Macpherson and his teenage daughter. When the station went off the air around 4:45am that morning, Macpherson thought they were [...]