Collaborate Disseminate
Listening to police and fire calls used to be a pretty simple proposition: buy a scanner, punch in some frequencies — or if you’re old enough, buy the right crystals …read more Continue reading Pi 5 and SDR Team Up for a Digital Scanner You Can Actually Afford
Back in the 1980s, printers were expensive things. Scanners were rare, particularly for the home market, because home computers could barely handle basic graphics anyway. Back in these halcyon days, …read more Continue reading ThunderScan: The Wild 1980s Product That Turned a Printer Into a Scanner
If there’s anything people hate more than being locked into a printer manufacturer’s replacement cartridges, it’s proprietary batteries. Cordless power tools are the obvious example in this space, but there …read more Continue reading LiPo Replacement Keeps Portable Scanner in the Action
Perhaps no words fill me with more dread than, “I hear there’s something going around.” In my experience, you hear this when some nasty bug has worked its way into …read more Continue reading Hands on with Boondock Echo
What in the world could possibly justify charging $129 for a USB cable? And is such a cable any better than a $10 Amazon Basics cable? To answer that question, …read more Continue reading Using Industrial CT to Examine a $129 USB Cable
The megapixel wars of a decade ago saw cameras aggressively marketed on the resolution of their sensors, but as we progressed into the tens of megapixels it became obvious even …read more Continue reading A 489 Megapixel Camera For Not a Lot
It may be hard to believe, but it’s time for the Hackaday Prize again! The 2023 Hackaday Prize was announced last weekend at Hackaday Berlin, and entries are already pouring …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 2, 2023
In the old days, scanners would listen to a bunch of channels in a round-robin fashion. If a signal breaks the squelch, the scanner stops and scanning continues scanning after …read more Continue reading SDR Scanner Listens to Everything
In the 1970s, 8-track audio players were very popular, especially in cars. For a couple of bucks, you could have the latest album, and you didn’t have to flip the …read more Continue reading Retro Gadgets: Tired of the Beatles on 8 Track? Try the Police
Time is of the essence in almost every emergency situation, especially when it comes to wildfires. A wind-driven fire can roar across a fuel-rich landscape like a freight train, except …read more Continue reading Citizen-Driven Network Monitors Public Service Radio for Natural Disaster Alerts