Ham Radio Memes in the 1970s
If you have a fondness for old and unusual ham gear, [Saveitforparts] has a great video (see below) about a Robot slow scan receiver he found at a junk store. …read more Continue reading Ham Radio Memes in the 1970s
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If you have a fondness for old and unusual ham gear, [Saveitforparts] has a great video (see below) about a Robot slow scan receiver he found at a junk store. …read more Continue reading Ham Radio Memes in the 1970s
If you are a ham radio operator of a certain age, you probably remember ads for “The Instructograph,” a mechanical device for learning Morse code. [Our Own Devices] has an …read more Continue reading Machine Teaches Morse Code
The Earth’s ionosphere is the ionized upper part of the atmosphere, and it’s also the most dynamic as it swells and ebbs depending on whether it’s exposed to the Sun …read more Continue reading Ham Radio Operators’ Ionospheric Science During The Solar Eclipse
The FCC is circulating a proposal for new rules pertaining to amateur radio in the United States. In particular, they want to remove certain baud rate restrictions that have been …read more Continue reading Ham Radio May Speed Up Soon
The real action in the world of ham radio is generally in the high frequency bands. Despite the name, these are relatively low-frequency bands by modern standards and the antenna …read more Continue reading Antennas Can Be a Total Mystery
We’ve devoted a fair amount of virtual ink here to casting shade at self-driving vehicles, especially lately with all the robo-taxi fiascos that seem to keep cropping up in cities …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 1, 2023
Years ago, ham radio operators more often than not had land, and usually there weren’t any restrictions on what kind of antenna they could erect on that land. These days …read more Continue reading Ham Radio Mini Beam
Cyberdecks rock because their homebrewed nature lets them feature all kinds of nifty additional functionality. [Kaushlesh] has built his deck with an eye to ham radio use, and it’s a …read more Continue reading A Ham Radio CyberDeck
Digital modes are all the rage these days in amateur radio — hams are using protocols like WSPR to check propagation patterns, FT8 to get quick contacts on many bands …read more Continue reading Break Free from Proprietary Digital Radio
There was a time when buying a new radio was something many hams could never afford to do. Then came the super cheap — and super controversial — VHF and …read more Continue reading Cheap Ham Radio Improves the Low End UI If Not the RF