It was the type of surprise not felt since a few decades back when Crayola had the bright idea to...
Offbeat
When the first radios and telegraph lines were put into service, essentially the only way to communicate was to use...
When tried painting aluminum for electronic projects, he found it didn’t tend to stay painted. It would easily scratch off...
The RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park is looking to create a new wall display, illustrating some simple radio set-ups, to...
If you’ve ever wanted to work for NASA, here’s your chance. Well, don’t expect a paycheck or any benefits, but...
TWO amateur radio operators helped to bring a search-and-rescue mission to an end after an old maritime distress beacon destined...
Sometimes, you just need an easy win, right? This is one of those projects. A couple months back, I was...
Software-defined radio is all the rage these days, and for good reason. It eliminates or drastically reduces the amount of...
A Los Angeles Sheriff's deputy is under investigation after being heard over her radio possibly engaged in sexual activities when...
Up until about a decade ago, an average of 80 to 100 satellites per year were launched into varying orbits....
Hacks that bring a vintage flair to modern electronics never get old, and delivers with his Project Clean Slate inspired by vintage...
Car makers have been phasing out AM radios in their cars for quite some time. Let’s face it, there isn’t...
Humans have left a lot of stuff in space. There is so much stuff that space junk has become a serious problem....
ON THE NIGHT of September 11, 1997, the phone lines on the Coast to Coast AM radio show were open and unscreened,...
There was a time when, if you were handy with a soldering iron, you could pretty easily open up a...
Plugging in something like an antique radio to see if it works is a good way to have a bad...
With the rise in voice-driven virtual assistants over the years, the sight of people talking to various electrical devices in...
Throughout the 80s and 90s, you couldn’t swing a stapler around any size office without hitting a fax machine. But...
Open-source technology brings a world that laws and regulations are not quite prepared for. As a result, every now and...
We imagine that if told us he was listening to the HF bands, we might ask him which one? His...
As we returned from Supercon 2022, we noticed many airlines offer free in-flight messaging. While the messages are handy for...
Martin Rothfield] and other amateur radio operators from San Francisco High Altitude Ballooning (SF-HAB) treated conference attendees to the 2022 Hackaday Supercon to the...
I don’t think there was ever a correspondence school called the “Close Cover Before Striking School” but since book matches...
As far as interesting problems go, few can really compete with the perennial question: “Are we alone?” The need to...
It’s a skill that radio amateurs pick up over years but which it sometimes comes as a surprise to find...
