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For all their supposed benefits, homeowner’s associations (HOAs) have a reputation of quickly turning otherwise quaint neighborhoods into a sort of Stanford prison experiment, as those who get even the …read more Continue reading Antenna Hidden in Holiday Lights Skirts HOA Rules
Ever since the first artificial satellite was launched into orbit, radio operators around the world have been tuning in to their space-based transmissions. Sputnik 1 only sent back pulses of …read more Continue reading Hunting for Space Pirates
Antennas are a key component to any RF gadget. But antennas often only perform well over a narrow band of frequencies. For some applications, this is acceptable, but often you …read more Continue reading Electromagnetic Mechanism Makes Reconfigurable Antenna
Software-defined radio is all the rage these days, and for good reason. It eliminates or drastically reduces the amount of otherwise pricey equipment needed to transmit or even just receive, …read more Continue reading Antenna Mount Designed For On-The-Go SDR
It stands to reason, that should you wish to communicate with a satellite, whatever antenna you use should point at that satellite. Some of us have done this by hand, …read more Continue reading AntRunner Is The Satellite Antenna Mount You Need To Take With You
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 has a built-in WiFi antenna, but that doesn’t mean it will work well for you – the physical properties of the carrier board impact …read more Continue reading Design Your CM4 Carrier With WiFi Performance In Mind
Electromagnetic interference problems can be a real headache to debug. If you need to prove what causes your WiFi to slow down or your digital TV signal to drop, then …read more Continue reading Measuring Electromagnetic Fields With Just an Arduino and a Piece of Wire
If there’s one thing that amateur radio operators are good at, it’s turning just about anything into an antenna. And hams have a long history of portable operations, too, where …read more Continue reading Wind-Up Tape Measure Transformed into Portable Ham Antenna
It may come as a shock to some, but TV used to be a big deal — a very big deal. Sitting down in front of the glowing tube for …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Measuring TV Audiences with the “Poll-O-Meter”
Modern ham radio operators often face restrictions on antennas. This has made small antennas more popular, despite some limitations. [Tech Minds] reviews the GA-450 indoor active HF loop antenna and …read more Continue reading Affordable HF Loop Antenna Reviewed