An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass closer to Earth than the many geostationary satellites that orbit our planet. The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research site in Gakona will transmit radio signals to asteroid […]
Alaska State Troopers say that they, as well as Bethel-Based Civil Air Patrol and the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center have been searching for the origin of an Emergency Locator signal since Sunday night without any results. At 8:59, Troopers were notified of the activated beacon emitting from 38 miles northwest of St. Marys and CAP […]
Commercial fishermen in Southeast Alaska say there is a critical breakdown in reliability of the Coast Guard channel they rely upon for updated weather reports and mayday calls, and they want it fixed. “We have a crisis in Coast Guard coverage of channel 16 here in Southeast (Alaska) with 35 percent of stations down and […]
WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump’s administration wants to shut down U.S. government radio stations that announce official time, a service in operation since World War II. WWV and WWVB in the state of Colorado and WWVH on the island of Kauai in the mid-Pacific state of Hawaii, send out signals that allow millions of clocks […]