via HACKADAY: You’ve Got The Portable Radio, Now What About The Antenna?
There’s an old saying in the amateur radio community that when it comes to antennas…
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via HACKADAY: An Antenna to Throw You for a Loop
It is one of Murphy’s laws, we think, that you can’t get great things when…
via HACKADAY: Ask Hackaday: Is Shortwave on Life Support?
Between World War II and Y2K, shortwave listening was quite an education. With a simple…
via HACKADAY: FauxTRS Is Definitely Not A Trash 80
Among the 8-bit home micro boom from the late 1970s through early 1980s, the introduction…
Via AMSAT: ANS-210 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
In this edition: * TEVEL Satellites Begin Atmospheric Reentry and Decommissioning * Ariane 6 Launches…
via HACKADAY: Coax Stub Filters Demystified
Unless you hold a First Degree RF Wizard rating, chances are good that coax stubs…
via HACKADAY: A Nostalgic Look at a Kid’s Shortwave Resistor
had a Unelco shortwave receiver as a kid. This was a typical simple radio for the…
via HACKADAY: CW Not Hard Enough? Try This Tiny Paddle
For a long time, a Morse code proficiency was required to obtain an amateur radio…
via HACKADAY: Seiko Had A Smartwatch In 1984
You might think of the smartwatch era as beginning with Apple, relatively recently. Or, you…
via HACKADAY: DME with a Twist of LimeSDR
Navigating aircraft today isn’t like the old days. No more arrows painted on a barn…
via HACKADAY: Making a Solid State 6AK8 Tube
had a project in mind: replacing a common vacuum tube with a solid-state equivalent….
via HACKADAY: Are Hackers The Future of Amateur Radio?
If amateur radio has a problem, it’s that shaking off an image of being the…
via HACKADAY: Smart Ball Technology Has Reached Football, But The Euros Show Us It’s Not Necessarily For The Better
The good old fashioned game of football used to be a simple affair. Two teams…
Via AMSAT: ANS-203 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service ANS-203 July 18, 2024 In this edition: AMSAT Board of Directors Election…
via the RSGB: ICQ podcast: new episode
ICQ Podcast has released episode 434 of their podcast, which includes a report from Ham Radio Friedrichshafen. The team…
via HACKADAY: Hackable Ham Radio Gives Up Its Mechanical Secrets
Reverse-engineered schematics are de rigeur around these parts, largely because they’re often the key to very cool…
via HACKADAY: How the Bell System Was Built
We’ve often thought that while going to the moon in the 1960s was audacious, it…
via HACKADAY: Hacking Airline WiFi the Hard Way
We’ve all been there. You are on a flight, there’s WiFi, but you hate to…
via HACKADAY: Tiny Transceiver Gets It Done with One Transistor
When we first spotted the article about a one-transistor amateur radio transceiver, we were sure it…
via HACKADAY: Going Ham Mobile on a Bicycle
It’s said that “Golf is a good walk spoiled,” so is attaching an amateur radio to…
via HACKADAY: Solar Dynamics Observatory: Our Solar Early Warning System
Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system…
via HACKADAY: PCB Design Review: HAB Tracker With ATMega328P
Welcome to the Design Review Central! sends us their board, and it’s a HAB…
via the RSGB: RSGB Planning Advisory Committee needs volunteers
The RSGB Planning Advisory Committee needs additional volunteers to join its advisory panel. Volunteers deal with queries…
Via the RAC: Call for Nominations of Candidates for Regional Director to serve on the Board of Directors of Radio Amateurs of Canada Inc. 2024
Notice to RAC members residing in the Atlantic, British Columbia / Yukon, Midwest and Ontario…
via HACKADAY: Meccano-based Hellschreiber Machine
has pulled off a true feat of Meccano engineering: building a Meccano Hellschreiber machine. The…