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This is one in a series about trends in radio consoles and related infrastructure. Luca La Rosa is senior project manager, R&D for Telos Alliance and lead designer on the Axia Quasar console line.

Feb. 16—PENDLETON — As several students huddled around him, Mike Cook strained to hear a clear voice through crackling static coming from the speaker of his ham radio console. "Some people can't hear ...