via the RSGB: RadCom Basics, No. 39, March 2024
We are pleased to announce the March 2024 edition of RadCom Basics is now available on the…
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via HACKADAY: Open HT Surgery Gives Cheap Transceiver All-Band Capabilities
Watch out, Baofeng; there’s a new kid on the cheap handy talkie market, and judging…
via HACKADAY: Breadboard SDR Doesn’t Need Much
built a simple Tayloe mixer and detector on a breadboard. He decided to…
via HACKADAY: The Hunt For Alien Radio Signals Began Sooner Than You Think
Every 26 months, Earth and Mars come tantalizingly close by virtue of their relative orbits….
Via the RAC: RAC Basic Qualification Amateur Radio Course: Spring 2024
Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Amateur Radio course so that…
via HACKADAY: RNODE: A Portable Unrestricted Digital Radio
RNode is an open source, unrestricted digital radio transceiver based on — but not limited to…
Via AMSAT: ANS-084 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
In this edition: AMSAT Prepares for Hamvention 2024 AMSAT VP-Engineering Reviews GOLF Satellite Development METEOR…
via HACKADAY: The Lunar Odyssey: Moon Landings From the 1960s to Today’s Attempts
With the recent string of lunar landing attempts, it’s interesting to consider how much things…
via HACKADAY: The Long Strange Trip to US Color TV
We are always fascinated when someone can take something and extend it in a clever…
via the RSGB: RSGB Planning Advisory Committee needs members
The RSGB Planning Advisory Committee would like additional volunteers to join its advisory panel. Volunteers deal…
via HACKADAY: Creating a Numbers Station Of Your Very Own
Numbers stations are a weird phenomenon where odd voices read out long strings of numbers…
via HACKADAY: The Perils of Return Path Gaps
The radio frequency world is full of mysteries, some of which seem to take a…
via HACKADAY: Arduino Turned Into Something Kinda Like A Pager
Video may have killed the radio star, but cell phones and smart phones all but…
via HACKADAY: CATS: A New Communication and Telemetry System
CATS is a new communication and telemetry standard intended to surpass the current Automatic Packet Reporting…
via HACKADAY: A Look Inside a 70-GHz Electromechanical Attenuator
It might not count as “DC to daylight,” but an electromechanical attenuator that covers up…
via HACKADAY: Stressless Shortwave Reviewed
picked up a shortwave receiver known as the “stressless” receiver kit. We aren’t sure…
via HACKADAY: Custom Library Rescues Good LoRa Hardware from Bad Firmware
The range of hardware that comes on some dev boards these days is truly staggering….
via the RSGB: 4 March 2024 – VHF National Field Day challenges and fun
The presentation Have you wondered what happens at a VHF National Field Day (VHF NFD)?…
via HACKADAY: Making a Crystodyne Radio With Zinc Oxide and Cat’s Whiskers
During the first half of the 20th century radio technology was booming, albeit restricted by…
via HACKADAY: Inside America’s Last Morse Code Station
The Titanic famously (or infamously) used Morse code to call out in distress at the…
via HACKADAY: Retro Gadgets: Pay TV in the 1960s
These days, paying for TV programming is a fact of life. You pay your cable…
Via the RAC: RAC “Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day” special event
On Thursday, April 18, 2024, Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again organizing a special…
via HACKADAY: GPS Antenna Mods Make Starlink Terminal Immune To Jammers
The Starlink receivers need positioning and precise timing information to function, and currently the best…
Via the RAC: World Amateur Radio Day 2024: A Century of Connections
Every April 18, Radio Amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur…
via HACKADAY: Pager Lives Again Thanks to Python And Mastodon
Pagers were a big deal for a while there, even if they never quite made…