via HACKADAY: Decoding Meshtastic with GNU Radio
Meshtastic is a way to build mesh networks using LoRa that is independent of cell…
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via HACKADAY: UV-K5 All-Band Mod, Part 2: Easier Install, Better Audio, and Two Antennas
OK, it’s official: the Quansheng UV-K5 is the king of hackable ham radios — especially…
via HACKADAY: Learning Morse Code with a DIY Trainer
Morse code, often referred to as continuous wave (CW) in radio circles, has been gradually…
via HACKADAY: A Super-Simple Standalone WSPR Beacon
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: being able to build your own…
via HACKADAY: Old Knobs with a Cast of Thousands
You have an old radio — in the case of , a Stromberg…
via HACKADAY: The Pi Pico, An SDR Receiver Front End
Making a software defined radio (SDR) receiver is a relatively straightforward process, given the right…
via HACKADAY: Ham Busts the Myth of Ground
Everyone who deals with electronics knows that grounding is important. Your house has a copper…
via HACKADAY: Building and Testing a 1912-style Radio
Doing electronics in the 1910s was rather rough, with the radio probably the pinnacle of…
via HACKADAY: The 6809 Lives On in an FPGA
At one point, the Motorola 6809 seemed like a great CPU. At the time it…
via HACKADAY: Printed Case Lets Pair of RTL-SDRs Go Mobile
We’ll admit to not fully knowing what has planned for the pair of…
via HACKADAY: How Do You Fill The 1N34 Void?
The germanium point contact diode, and almost every semiconductor device using germanium, is now obsolete….
via HACKADAY: The Long Road Towards Reverse Engineering The ESP32 Wi-Fi Driver
Although much of the software that runs on the ESP32 microcontroller is open source, the…
via HACKADAY: Orange FM Brings Radio to the GameBoy
We’ve all been there. You left your Walkman at home and only have your trusty…
via HACKADAY: Design Review: USB-C PD Input For Yaesu FRG7700
Today is another board from a friend, , who wants to convert a Yaesu FRG7700 radio to…
via HACKADAY: Grid Leak Radio Draws the Waves
found a schematic for a grid leak radio online and decided to…
via HACKADAY: Passive Diplexer Makes One Antenna Act Like Two
Stay in the amateur radio hobby long enough and you might end up with quite…
via HACKADAY: Peeking Underground With Giant Flying Antennas
Helicopters are perhaps at their coolest when they’re being used as flying cranes — from…
via HACKADAY: A Tiny Tuner For The Low Power Ham
Something that all radio amateurs encounter sooner or later is the subject of impedance matching….
via HACKADAY: Radio Caroline at 60
In the 1960s, if you were a teenager in the United States, a big…
via HACKADAY: The New Extremely Large Telescopes and The US’ Waning Influence In Astronomy
For many decades, the USA has been at the forefront of astronomy, whether with ground-based…
via HACKADAY: GitHub Hosts Ham Radio
has been busy creating version two of a homebrew all-band ham radio transceiver. The…
via HACKADAY: Spend an Hour in the Virtual Radio Museum
You have an hour to kill, and you like old communication technology. If you happen…
via HACKADAY: Matchbox Transceiver Pushes the Spy Radio Concept to Its Limits
The Altoids tin has long been the enclosure of choice for those seeking to show…
via HACKADAY: Ham Radio Paddles Cost Virtually Nothing
If you don’t know Morse code, you probably think of a radio operator using a…
via HACKADAY: Almost Making a Camera Sensor From Scratch
On our travels round the hardware world we’ve encountered more than one group pursuing the…