claims he’s not a radio repair guy, but he agreed to look at a malfunctioning Hallicrafters S-120 shortwave receiver. He...
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For those of us who lived through the early 8-bit computing revolution — the tail end, in our case —...
Mysterious letters and numbers etched into the wall of a sealed-off, fifth-floor room in the Clayton University Center at Packer Hall are...
Like many of us, had a lot of electronic toys growing up. In a video you can watch below, he...
You have an old radio — in the case of , a Stromberg Carlson — and it needs new knobs....
Doing electronics in the 1910s was rather rough, with the radio probably the pinnacle of hi-tech. Despite this, with some...
The germanium point contact diode, and almost every semiconductor device using germanium, is now obsolete. There was a time when...
You have an hour to kill, and you like old communication technology. If you happen to be in Windsor, Connecticut,...
If you read the December 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, you’d be treated to ’s crystal radio build. He called out...
Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know many people who use it...
When you hear about a switching power supply, you think of a system that uses an inductor and a switch...
If necessity is the mother of invention, nostalgia must be its stepmother, or its aunt at the very least. The...
The Iron County Historical & Museum Society (ICHMS) will have two new exhibits this summer thanks to a collaboration with...
Radio Shack had a long history of buying things overseas, having their name slapped on them, and selling them in...
We are spoiled with multimeters today. Even the cheapest meter you will get these days is almost surely digital with...
Release Date: January 6, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
This beautiful little radio may look like an art deco relic from a hundred years ago, but it is actually...
According to , the Blaupunkt Sultan 24300 was one of the last tube radios made in the 1960s. He’s got one but...
It is hard to imagine experimenting with electronics without the ubiquitous solderless breadboard. We are sure you have a few...
I recently dropped in on one of the Vintage Computer Festival events, and it made me think about why people...
With the recent passing of Don Lancaster, I took a minute to reflect on how far things have come in a...
Here in 2023 the field of electronics covers a breathtaking variety of devices and applications, but if we were to...
Many of us will have found dusty forgotten pieces of electronics and nursed them back to health, but we were...
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1271 Release Date: July 8, 2023 Here is a summary of the news...
There was a time when those looking for tech bargains had to either try their luck at the local flea...
