For those of us licensed in other countries it comes as something of a surprise to find that American radio...
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Like any hobby, amateur radio has no upper bounds on what you can spend getting geared up. Shacks worth tens...
and a team of partners has demonstrated a space-to-ground laser communication system operating at a record breaking 200 gigabit per...
Let’s be honest — there are some not very pleasant stereotypes associated with amateur radio, at least if you ask...
If you’ve been car shopping lately, or even if you’ve just been paying attention to the news, you’ll probably be...
We’re guessing that quite a few of our readers have a surprising amount of redundant test gear, and we ourselves...
Here at Hackaday, we love following along with projects as they progress. That’s especially true when a project makes a...
Sometimes antennas can seem like black magic. However, when you see things like a dish antenna, it sort of makes...
LTE networks have taken over from older technologies like GSM in much of the world. Outfitted with the right hardware,...
Astronauts will be testing the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) to transmit live, 4K ultra-high-definition video back to Earth from...
Something that probably unites many Hackaday readers is an idle pursuit of browsing AliExpress for new pieces of tech. Perhaps...
One of the more popular trends in the ham radio community right now is operating away from the shack. Parks...
Morse code might seem obsolete but for situations with extremely limited bandwidth it’s often still the best communications option available....
LoRa is a communications method that allows for long range radio contacts to be made using typically low-powered devices. This...
Dirty little secret time: although amateur radio operators talk a good game about relishing the technical challenge of building their...
A rite of passage in decades past for the electronics experimenter was the crystal radio. Using very few components and...
Fair warning: if you’re going to try to mold uranium glass in a microwave kiln, you might want to not later...
Most ham radio operators will build an antenna of some sort when they first start listening or transmitting, whether it’s...
Have you ever felt the options for Morse code communication were too limited? Well, look no further than ’s open source...
As NFC chips proliferate, so do the antennas they require for operation, and since many NFC-enabled items are single-use, this...
We’ve all picked up a radio and switched it on, only to hear an awful scratchy noise emitting from the...
In our surface-mount age, it’s easy to be jaded about miniaturization. We pretty much expect every circuit to be dimensionally...
In the 1980s, an oscilloscope was typically a bulky affair with a large CRT, and a heavy power supply. So...
Magnetic loop antennas are great if you are limited on space since they are just a potentially small loop of...
