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Amateur Radio has literally changed my world view
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I went for a walk, I know, shock-horror, outside, daylight, nature, the whole thing, in a local national park, for the first time in too many years. Almost…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
How small is small?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
I've owned a Yaesu FT-857d radio since becoming an amateur and at the time I was absolutely blown away by how much radio fits inside the box. It's smaller than most of t…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Bald Yak 12, getting raw data from a remote receiver
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Over the past nine months or so I've been working on a project that I've called Bald Yak. If you're unfamiliar, the Bald Yak project aims to create a modular, bidirectio…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Using an SDR as measuring equipment
Foundations of Amateur Radio
The other day I stumbled on a random post by Gary N8DMT which caused me to view the world in a different way. The post outlined combining a PlutoSDR and an application c…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Listening to local RF via a web browser
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I discussed the idea of listening to the radio spectrum across the internet for the purposes of getting signal into your shack when radios, or in my case, anten…
Published on 3 months ago
Decoding distant signals over the web?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
One of the many challenges associated with being a radio amateur is actually being able to listen to weak signals. If you're like me and more than half the planet, you l…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
What can we activate today?
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Every single radio amateur has come to this hobby with an itch to scratch. Time and again I've seen amateurs around me pursue that particular purpose, only to come out t…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Using Amateur Bands for other purposes
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I came across a series of strident posts about the injustice associated with a non-amateur service using the 70cm band. Complete with links to discussions, spec…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
There's promotion .. and then there's Amateur Radio
Foundations of Amateur Radio
In the community of radio amateurs scattered around the planet we have a habit of getting together with others to have fun in whatever shape that takes. The obvious ones…
Published on 4 months ago
Decoding a signal ...
Foundations of Amateur Radio
Recently I was given some radio data captured on the 40m band. Using a piece of software called "Universal Radio Hacker", I attempted to decode it. At the time I thought…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago