One of the great things about ham radio is that isn’t just one hobby. Some people like to chit chat, some like to work foreign countries, some prepare for emergencies, and there are several ...

How would you like to talk to someone on another continent by bouncing your voice off the moon? Yes, you can do that, and many of your fellow Wired Science readers and @wiredscience followers entered ...

If the moon is up, there’s a good chance Joseph Taylor is on his ham radio, using a homemade antenna in his backyard to bounce signals off the moon’s pockmarked face. It’s a skill Taylor began ...

Moon bounces came about in the 1950s; they began as a simple, inflatable platform but have evolved over time to the air-filled castles, houses and slides that are common today. Known under a variety ...