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The federal government is investigating mysterious signals coming from Havana that are jamming popular frequencies. Continue reading FCC Investigating Whether Cuban Government Is Jamming HAM Radio
Dipoles are a classic builder’s antenna, after all they are usually little more than two pieces of wire and a feedline. But as [Rob] shows us in the video below, …read more Continue reading A Cheap Dipole Antenna from an Extension Cord
AM radios are relatively simple devices, and building one is a good way to start exploring the world of radio communications. [GreatScott] does exactly this in the video after the …read more Continue reading Some of The Many Ways To Build AM Transmitters And Receivers
What do you do with floral wire and balloons from Dollar Tree? If you are [Ham Radio Crash Course], you make a ham radio antenna. Floral wire is conductive, and …read more Continue reading Balloon Antenna Doesn’t Need a Tower
A Baofeng radio is often one of the first purchases a new ham radio operator makes these days due to the decent features and low price tag. They are far …read more Continue reading Ham Radio Traffic Logger Using A Bug In Baofeng Electronics
LoRa is great for sending short data packets over long ranges but is not normally suitable for voice communications. [Dan Fay] is looking to change this with QMesh, a synchronized, …read more Continue reading QMESH: LoRa Mesh Networked Voice Communications
You don’t normally think of a 3D printer as a necessity for an antenna project. However, if you are interested in making a handy portable antenna, you might want to melt some plastic. [N2MXX] has an end fed antenna winder …read more
Hackaday has among its staff a significant number of writers who also hold amateur radio licenses. We’re hardware folks at heart, so we like our radios homebrew, and we’re never happier than when we’re working at high frequencies.
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What attracts a lot of people to amateur radio is that it gives you the ability to make your own gear. Scratch-building hams usually start by making their own antennas, but eventually, the itch to build one’s own radio must …read more
Continue reading A One-Transistor Ham Transmitter Anyone Can Build
If there’s anything about amateur radio that has more witchcraft in it than the design and implementation of antennas, we don’t know what it would be. On the face of it, hanging out a chunk of wire doesn’t seem like …read more
Continue reading Manual Antenna Tuner Shows How Homebrewing is Done