Collaborate Disseminate
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
If you’re one of the more than 180,000 subscribers to [Alan Wolke]’s YouTube channel W2AEW, you’ll know he’s a lover of old test gear and ham radio hardware. You may …read more Continue reading VCF East 2023: Alan Wolke on His Passion for Tech
Crystals are key to a lot of radio designs. They act as a stable frequency source and ensure you’re listening to (or transmitting on) exactly the right bit of the …read more Continue reading Building a Receiver With The ProgRock2 Programmable Crystal
If you enjoy old military hardware, you probably know that Harris made quite a few heavy-duty pieces of radio gear. [K6YIC] picked up a nice example: the Harris RF-130 URT-23. …read more Continue reading Reactivating a Harris RF-130 URT-23 Transmitter
Some of the daily normalities of life in the Cold War seem a little surreal from our perspective in 2023, when nuclear bombers no longer come in to land just …read more Continue reading Info Sought On a Forgotten Cuban Radio
It might seem antiquated, but Morse code still has a number of advantages compared to other modes of communication, especially over radio waves. It’s low bandwidth compared to voice or …read more Continue reading Morse Code Clock For Training Hams
NASA’s been recruiting citizen scientists lately, and their latest call is looking for help from ham radio operators. They want you to make and report radio contacts during the 2023 …read more Continue reading NASA Help Wanted: Ham Radio Operators Please Apply
Having a big bookshelf of ham radio books and magazines used to be a point of bragging right for hams. These days, you are more likely to just browse the …read more Continue reading Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications is a Treasure Trove
Sometimes when you need a component, the best way to get it is by building it yourself. [North Carolina Prepper] did just that, creating his own trombone-style variable capacitor by …read more Continue reading Making Variable Capacitors By Stretching Aluminium Cans
There are two ways to deal with improving ham radio receivers, or — for that matter — any sort of receiver. You can filter and modify the radio frequency including …read more Continue reading Ham Radio Hacking: Thinking Inside the Box