Here’s a question for you: if you’re the commander of a submarine full of nuclear missiles, how can you be...
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Years ago, ham radio operators more often than not had land, and usually there weren’t any restrictions on what kind...
There’s a quirk of broadcasting in Europe left over from the earliest days of the medium, which our American readers...
The LoRa radio communication system is useful for low-bandwidth communication, and as many readers will be aware its special skill...
Even as music streaming services and podcast apps dominate most of our listening time, it’s still a great idea to...
For most people, the Wi-Fi hardware of today provides a perfectly satisfactory user experience. However, technology is ever-evolving, and as...
The humble transistor radio is one of those consumer devices that stubbornly refuses to go away, but it’s fair to...
If you’ve ever thought about launching a high-altitude balloon, there’s much to consider. One of the things is how do...
We suspect that if you want to write a blockbuster movie or novel, the wrong approach is to go to...
For all their talk of cooperation and shared interests, the nations of the world put an awful lot of effort...
Even though manufacturers of handheld ham radios have been busy adding all sorts of bells and whistles into their portable...
It is hard to imagine experimenting with electronics without the ubiquitous solderless breadboard. We are sure you have a few...
If there’s something more tedious than winding coils, we’re not sure what it is — possibly rolling and wrapping coins;...
Poland’s railways have recently come under a form of electronic attack, as reported by Wired. The attack has widely been called a...
Nearly three years after the rapid unplanned disassembly of the Arecibo radio telescope, we finally have a culprit in the collapse:...
Low-power radios, often referred to in the amateur radio community as QRP radios, have experienced a resurgence in popularity lately....
Dipole antennas are easy, right? Just follow the formula, cut two pieces of wire, attach your feedline, and you’re on...
Cyberdecks rock because their homebrewed nature lets them feature all kinds of nifty additional functionality. has built his deck with...
What exactly constitutes a cyberdeck is up for debate, but for us, one thing is clear: A cyberdeck needs to...
If you’ve been making up for lost years of travel in 2023, you might have seen a fellow traveler in...
I recently dropped in on one of the Vintage Computer Festival events, and it made me think about why people...
The new hotness in cheap radios this year has been the Quansheng UV-K5, a Chinese handheld transceiver with significant RF...
Digital modes are all the rage these days in amateur radio — hams are using protocols like WSPR to check...
There’s a common critique in science fiction series like Star Trek about the extraterrestrial species not looking ‘alien’ enough, as...
The 433 MHz spectrum is a little bit of an oddball. It’s one of the few areas of the radio spectrum...
