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A Software-Defined Radio on a Shoestring: In the beginning was the crystal set - the first practical broadcast radio receiver. But it needed a long aerial and could only receive local stations. When valves came along (tubes, for our American friends) they made it possible to build much more…

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The Automated Packet Reporting Service is a digital real time communications system to share tactical information and messages. The most common activity in APRS is to plot the location of moving objects using GPS information, but APRS can also be used for short messaging, weather station telemetry, announcements, and displaying objects on a map. The […]

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In my article I talked about why you should, and shouldn’t upgrade to your General Class Amateur Radio license. That video generated a fair amount of comments and discussion, and I what I saw for the most part was really positive. Like I mentioned previously, the exams are nothing more than a framework and are […]

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If you have gone through our articles on amateur radio such as the complete guide to the ham radio hobby, you should now be in the process of obtaining a license for operations. A license is required to transmit on any of the amateur bands but to acquire the license you have to take a test for each amateur class depending on how far you are willing to go and how prepared you are for the tests.

This Biophone-inspired* ham radio "go box" was a long-planned and often-delayed project. The box contains a small two-way radio and a battery, and by flipping a couple of switches, attaching a quick-connect antenna, and releasing a velcro strap on the microphone, I can be on the air in seconds. It first saw service during the 2018 Honolulu Marathon, operating for 13 hours at Net Control. I had it hooked up to an external battery and antenna. It worked very well. The box is a Nanuk 905. The…

Like many hams, my first radio was a used purchase. Way back in 1999 I bought a dual band Alinco DJ-G5T handheld radio off of eBay. I didn’t know what I was doing (radio wise) so fortunately the transaction was a good one and that radio served me well for a few years as I […]