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via HACKADAY: Farewell MFJ
We were sad to hear that after 52 years in operation, iconic ham radio supplier…
Read morevia HACKADAY: Reverse Engineering the Quansheng Hardware
In the world of cheap amateur radio transceivers, the Quansheng UV-K5 can’t be beaten for…
Read morevia HACKADAY: Downloading Satellite Imagery With a Wi-Fi Antenna
Over the past century or so we’ve come up with some clever ways of manipulating…
Read morevia HACKADAY: Radio Frequency Burns, Flying a Kite, and You
Most hams can tell you that it’s possible to get a nasty RF burn if…
Read morevia HACKADAY: AM Radio Broadcast Uses Phasor To Let Eight Towers Spray One Big Signal
If you’re in the commercial AM radio business, you want to send your signal as…
Read morevia HACKADAY: The Hunt for MH370 Goes On With Barnacles As A Lead
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished. The crash site was never found,…
Read morevia HACKADAY: Measuring An Unknown Velocity Factor
When is the speed of light not the speed of light? Of course, that’s a…
Read morevia HACKADAY: Getting Started with Radio Astronomy
There are many facets to being a radio hobbyist, but if you’ve ever had the…
Read morevia HACKADAY: Crystal Radio Kit from the 1970s
If you read the December 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, you’d be treated to [Len Buckwalter]’s…
Read morevia HACKADAY: Voice Control for a Vintage Heathkit Radio
Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know…
Read morevia HACKADAY: WSPR To The Wind With A Pi Pico High Altitiude Balloon
They say that if you love something, you should set it free. That doesn’t mean…
Read morevia HACKADAY: M17 Digital Communications Go From Strength To Strength
The world of amateur radio is like many other fields in that there has been…
Read morevia HACKADAY: DIY 6 GHZ Pulse Compression Radar
Conceptually, radar is pretty simple: send out a radio wave and time how long it…
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