The Internet Archive has been hacked. This is an ongoing story, but it looks like this started at least as...
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One of the most universal experiences of any Linux or Unix user is working through a guide or handbook and...
A disclaimer: Not a single cable tie was harmed in the making of this backpack cyberdeck, and considering that we...
latest endeavor, the B4 Thinker, offers a captivating glimpse into microcontroller architecture through a modular approach. This proof-of-concept project is...
Since the very beginning, solid-propellants have been the cornerstone of amateur rocketry. From the little Estes rocket picked up from...
Drive along nearly any major road in the United States and it won’t be long before you see evidence of...
I try not to go off on security rants in the newsletter, but this week I’m unable to hold back....
Recently Canada’s Canadarm2 caught its 50th spacecraft in the form of a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo vessel since 2009. Although...
Anyone who has done an electronic engineering qualification will at some point have had to get to grips with transmission...
Hurricanes can cause widespread destruction, so early forecasting of their strength is important to protect people and their homes. The...
There’s an old saying in the amateur radio community that when it comes to antennas all you need is a...
It is one of Murphy’s laws, we think, that you can’t get great things when you need them. Back in...
Between World War II and Y2K, shortwave listening was quite an education. With a simple receiver, you could listen to...
Among the 8-bit home micro boom from the late 1970s through early 1980s, the introduction to computing for many wasn’t...
Unless you hold a First Degree RF Wizard rating, chances are good that coax stubs seem a bit baffling to...
had a Unelco shortwave receiver as a kid. This was a typical simple radio for the 1960s using germanium and silicon transistors....
For a long time, a Morse code proficiency was required to obtain an amateur radio license in many jurisdictions around...
You might think of the smartwatch era as beginning with Apple, relatively recently. Or, you might think back to those...
Navigating aircraft today isn’t like the old days. No more arrows painted on a barn roof or rotating airway beacons....
had a project in mind: replacing a common vacuum tube with a solid-state equivalent. The tube in question was an EABC80...
If amateur radio has a problem, it’s that shaking off an image of being the exclusive preserve of old men...
The good old fashioned game of football used to be a simple affair. Two teams of eleven, plus a few...
Reverse-engineered schematics are de rigeur around these parts, largely because they’re often the key to very cool hardware hacks. We don’t get...
We’ve often thought that while going to the moon in the 1960s was audacious, it was just the flashiest of...
We’ve all been there. You are on a flight, there’s WiFi, but you hate to pay the few bucks just...
