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The 6GHz Band Opens in the US

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Al Williams

On December 11th, the FCC announced that the band around 6GHz would be open to “very low-power devices.” The new allocation shares space with other devices already using these frequencies. …read more Continue reading The 6GHz Band Opens in the US→

Posted in 6ghz, fcc, license free, News, wireless hacks | Tagged Radio

Pico Logic Analyzer Gets New Version

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Al Williams

[Happy Little Diodes] built a Pi Pico logic analyzer designed by [El Dr. Gusman] using the original design. But he recently had a chance to test the newest version of …read more Continue reading Pico Logic Analyzer Gets New Version→

Posted in logic analyzer, pi pico, Raspberry Pi

It’s Remotely Ham Radio

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Al Williams

Have you ever considered running your ham radio remotely? It has been feasible for years but not always easy. Recently, I realized that most of the pieces you need to …read more Continue reading It’s Remotely Ham Radio→

Posted in FT8, Hackaday Columns, ham radio, Network Hacks, radio hacks

Cheap FPGA PCIe Development

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Al Williams

Typically, if you want to build an FPGA project inside a PC, you’d need a fairly expensive development board that plugs into the bus. However, [CircuitValley] found some IBM RS-485 …read more Continue reading Cheap FPGA PCIe Development→

Posted in FPGA, PCIe

Microchess Remembered

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Al Williams

Playing chess has always been a bellwether for computers. The game isn’t trivial, but the rules are managably simple. However, the game is too complex to be easily solved entirely, …read more Continue reading Microchess Remembered→

Posted in chess, kim-1, Microchess, peter jennings, retrocomputing | Tagged Interviews

Antenna Measurement in Theory and Practice

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Al Williams

If you want to analyze an antenna, you can use simulation software or you can build an antenna and make measurements. [All Electroncs Channel] does both and show you how …read more Continue reading Antenna Measurement in Theory and Practice→

Posted in 4nec2, NEC, radio hacks, vna | Tagged Antenna

VNAs and Crystals

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Al Williams

Oscillators may use crystals as precise tuned circuits. If you have a vector network analyzer (VNA) — or even some basic test equipment — you can use it to learn …read more Continue reading VNAs and Crystals→

Posted in crystal, oscillator, parts, tool hacks, vna

How Corroded Can a Motherboard Be?

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Al Williams

We will admit it. If we found a 386 motherboard as badly corroded as the one [Bits und Bolts] did, we would trash it—not him, though. In fact, we were …read more Continue reading How Corroded Can a Motherboard Be?→

Posted in 386, motherboard, repair hacks, retrocomputing

A Brief History of Teleportation

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Al Williams

OK, I know. We don’t have practical teleportation. But that hasn’t stopped generations of science fiction authors and movie makers from building stories around it. If you ask most ordinary …read more Continue reading A Brief History of Teleportation→

Posted in Featured, Interest, Original Art, science fiction, teleportation, transporters

LongChat for Ham Radio

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Al Williams

There was a time when ham radio operators were known for having long conversations over the radio — rag chewing, as they called it. A new program, LongChat, is a …read more Continue reading LongChat for Ham Radio→

Posted in ham radio, longchat, radio hacks

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