, DL1DN, is an Amateur Radio enthusiast with a penchant for low-power (QRP) portable operations. Recently he was out and about,...
Hackaday
If you are a certain age, it is hard to wrap your head around the fact that an old radio...
Even though not every Hackaday reader is likely to be a radio enthusiast, it’s a fair guess that many of...
With music consumption having long ago moved to a streaming model in many parts of the world, it sometimes feels...
A metrology geek will go to extreme lengths to ensure that their measurements are the best, their instruments the most...
It’s fair to say that right now is probably the worst possible time you could choose to design a new...
Do you know what the IODC word in GPS data means? If so, great! If not, head over to see...
On astronomical telescopes of even middling power, a small “finderscope” is often mounted in parallel to the main optics to...
South Korea’s domestically developed KSLV-2 “Nuri” rocket successfully placed six payloads into low Earth orbit Tuesday, after lifting off from from Naro...
It’s true that this TRS-80 Model 4P “luggable” was in better shape than many of the vintage machines that pass...
The tech news channels were recently abuzz with stories about strange signals coming back from Voyager 1. While the usual suspects jumped...
It was a melancholy Monday this week in the Big Apple as the last public payphone was uprooted from midtown Manhattan near...
When one mulls the possibility of detecting pulsars, to the degree that one does, thoughts turn to large dish antennas...
Affordable and reliable cell phones have revolutionized the way we communicate over the last two decades or so, and this...
It’s not uncommon for a radio enthusiast to have multiple antennas for the same radio, so as you might expect...
At one point or another, we’ve probably all wished we had a VR headset that would allow us to fly...
Artificial satellites have transformed the world in many ways, not only in terms of relaying communication and for observing the...
We always enjoy videos, although many of them aren’t much about technology. However, when he does cover tech topics, he...
It is with sadness that we note the passing of John Birkett, proprietor of the legendary eponymous surplus radio and electronics store on...
Despite what it looks like in the movies, it is hard to communicate with astronauts from Earth. There are delays,...
Calling all hams! Hamvention 2022 is underway and runs through the weekend at the Greene County Fair and Expo Center in Xenia,...
If you were asked to name the coldest spot in the solar system, chances are pretty good you’d think it...
Drones have revolutionized the world of videography in perhaps the biggest way since the advent of digital hardware. They’re used...
Most crystal radio receivers have a decidedly “field expedient” look to them. Fashioned as they often are from a few...
84 years ago, a teenager built a TV set in a basement in Hammond, Indiana. The teen was a radio...