Applying solder paste to a new custom PCB is always a little nerve-racking. One slip of the hand, and you...
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Imagine this. A young person comes to you wanting to get started in the electronic hobby. They ask what five...
Occasionally, we find fun new electronic instruments in the wild and can’t resist sharing them with our readers. The item...
Sometimes you need to create a satellite navigation tracking device that communicates via a low-power mesh network. was in just...
If you’re passionate about signal processing and retro tech, you’ll want to check out the Createc SC 01, a quirky...
Need to do some real fine power consumption measurements? was in that exact situation, and wasn’t happy with the expensive...
The 19th Annual ARRL Online Auction sponsored by RT Systems Inc. opened on Friday, October 18, at 10 AM EDT....
A disclaimer: Not a single cable tie was harmed in the making of this backpack cyberdeck, and considering that we...
Like many people who solder regularly, I decided years ago to upgrade from a basic iron and invest in a...
Recently Raspberry Pi released the 2GB version of the Raspberry Pi 5 with a new BCM2712 SoC featuring the D0...
One of the things that we love about the modern era of computing is the increasing ease by which you...
JVC Kenwood Corporation exhibited a new 144/430MHz band car transceiver (compatible with APRS/D-STAR) at the Ham Fair 2024, which began...
It is one of Murphy’s laws, we think, that you can’t get great things when you need them. Back in...
picked up a shortwave receiver known as the “stressless” receiver kit. We aren’t sure if the stress is from building a...
had previously built a frequency counter using an Arduino, with a useful range up to 6 MHz. Now, they’ve implemented...
What’s as fast as two Raspberry Pi 4s? The brand-new Raspberry Pi 5, that’s what. And for only a $5 upcharge...
If you’ve been making up for lost years of travel in 2023, you might have seen a fellow traveler in...
has been curious about the innards of Tivoli Audio’s Model One radio, but was reluctant to shell out $200 just...
Decades ago, electronic components were not as easy to acquire as they are today. Sure, you could get some things...
There was a time when buying a new radio was something many hams could never afford to do. Then came...
Multimeters are indispensable tools when working on electronics. It’s almost impossible to build any but the most basic of circuits...
As any radio amateur will tell you, the world of radio abounds with exciting possibilities. Probably the simplest pursuit of...
When it comes to SDR, you can usually find cheap products that receive and expensive products that can also transmit....
ON THE NIGHT of September 11, 1997, the phone lines on the Coast to Coast AM radio show were open and unscreened,...
There are many ways to test HF antennas ranging from simulation to various antenna analyzers and bridges. However, nothing can...
