Direction-finding, or fox hunting, is a popular activity in ham radio circles where a group of people armed with radios...
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A casual understanding of how AM radio works is pretty easy to come by, and standard FM is only a...
The third and final round of the 2022 Supercon talks announcements brings us closer to a complete picture of the...
For years the Internet Archive has provided the online community with a breathtaking collection of resources, out of print books,...
First, it was the WiFi router: my ancient WRT54G that had given me nearly two decades service. Something finally gave out in...
To call a vintage computing enthusiast would be an understatement. Who else would add the ability to control and address multiple VGA monitors...
As part of a move to reach out to the Maker community Switzerland's national amateur radio society USKA is holding...
With an ever-growing constellation of Starlink satellites whizzing around over our heads, you might be getting the urge to start...
After decades of delays and false starts, NASA is finally returning to the Moon. The world is eagerly awaiting the launch of...
Sometimes when you need a component, the best way to get it is by building it yourself. did just that,...
specializes in making textile based, electronic instruments and sculptures using embroidery, and this little hoop packs some serious sound (Nitter). The circuit...
It stands to reason, that should you wish to communicate with a satellite, whatever antenna you use should point at...
A lot of people had a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I. This was a “home computer” built into a keyboard...
In the “old” days, people were used to the idea that radio communication isn’t always perfect. AM radio had cracks...
Running a radio station is, on the face of it, a straightforward technical challenge. Build a studio, hook it up...
PCB design starts off being a relatively easy affair — you create a rectangular outline, assign some component footprints, run...
There is always some hype surrounding an Apple product announcement, and while maybe it’s not in the same league as...
When Frank Drake began his astronomy career in the late 1950s, this was an incredibly exciting time for the field....
QRPer.com readers know that I'm a big fan of the venerable Yaesu FT-817 and FT-818 series transceiver - So much...
One of the global news stories this week has been the passing of the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Since...
The advent of cheap software-defined radio hardware means that what would have once been an exotic expensive undertaking can now...
The Puget Sound Repeater Group membership includes a large contingent of Seattle tech workers — engineers, coders, product designers and...
One of the best ways to learn about radios is to build your own, even in the age of cheap...
In the old days, a shortwave radio was a major desk fixture. These days, you can get truly diminutive radios....
Amateur radio operators have played a longstanding game of “Will It Antenna?” If there’s something even marginally conductive and remotely...
