Collaborate Disseminate
Looks like it’s lights out on Mars for the InSight lander. The solar-powered lander’s last selfie, sent back in April, showed a thick layer of dust covering everything, including the …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: December 25, 2022
[Martin Rothfield] and other amateur radio operators from San Francisco High Altitude Ballooning (SF-HAB) treated conference attendees to the 2022 Hackaday Supercon to the launch of two High Altitude Balloons …read more Continue reading Supercon Balloon W6MRR-26 Continues its World Tour
In amateur radio circles, almost no single piece of equipment serves as more of a magnet for controversy than the humble Baofeng handheld transceiver. It’s understandable — the radio is …read more Continue reading Getting to the Heart of a Baofeng
For years the Internet Archive has provided the online community with a breathtaking collection of resources, out of print books, magazines, recordings, software, and any other imaginable digital asset in …read more Continue reading Building a Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications
The average person’s perception of a ham radio operator, assuming they even know what that means, is more than likely some graybeard huddled over the knobs of a war-surplus transmitter …read more Continue reading Helping Secure Amateur Radio’s Digital Future
The proliferation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology has been a godsend for RF hobbyists. SDR-based receivers and transmitters have gotten so cheap that you’ve probably got a stick or two …read more Continue reading Bringing Some Discipline to an SDR Transmitter
If there’s one thing that amateur radio operators are good at, it’s turning just about anything into an antenna. And hams have a long history of portable operations, too, where …read more Continue reading Wind-Up Tape Measure Transformed into Portable Ham Antenna
In the ham radio trade, gear such as the old Drake units [Dr. Scott M. Baker] has in his radio shack are often referred to as “boat anchors.” It refers …read more Continue reading Boat Anchor Twins Get a Little Digital Help Staying on Frequency
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: the best part about holding an amateur radio license is that it lets you build and use your own transmitting equipment. …read more Continue reading Retro and New Tech Combine in this Hybrid Ham Transmitter
Over the years the humble 555 timer has been used in so many unexpected places, but there’s a project from [Frank Latos] which we think may be a first. On …read more Continue reading Work The World On A 555