Collaborate Disseminate
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
Many of us will have found dusty forgotten pieces of electronics and nursed them back to health, but we were captivated by [Don]’s tale of electronic revival. Instead of perhaps …read more Continue reading A Dusty Boat Anchor Back From The Brink
The simplest way to look for meteors is to go outside at night and look up — but it’s not terribly effective. Fortunately, there’s a better way: radio. With a …read more Continue reading Detecting Meteors with SDR
Let’s be honest — there are some not very pleasant stereotypes associated with amateur radio, at least if you ask outsiders. Hams are often thought of as being in two …read more Continue reading Passionate Hams Make Their Mark On The Hack Chat