From 2009-2010, Make: had the pleasure of hosting a series of ham radio articles by fashion designer, hardware hacker, and ham radio enthusiast, Diana Eng. You may also remember Diana from season 2 ofProject Runway. Besides writing ham radio how-tos, she also wrote about the ham scene in general, high-tech fashion, and even how to make a Bluetooth-based Star Trek Communicator. Here are five of Diana’s best radio project posts. Some of the technology may have changed in the past five years, but the amateur radio
world doesn’t move nearly as fast as the computers,
so these pieces are still relevant to today’s budding ham.…READ MORE
Antenna
RCS-12 Automatic Remote Antenna Switch
The RCS-12 is an automatic remote antenna switch. It reads information from the transceiver and selects the pre-programmed antenna autom... Read more
Amateur Radio Tower Stand – KG0ZZ’s
A close up view of my ham radio tower and tower stand. The tower is five sections of Rohn 25-G tower. The top section is 8 feet long making the... Read more
The $4.00 Ham Radio Satellite Antenna
Ham Radio Satellite Antenna Simple, inexpensive and lots of fun! Here is an easy to make home brew antenna that can get you on the air working... Read more
Little Tarheel II | Mobile HF 80-6 Meter Ham Radio Antenna
The Little Tarheel (TH-1L), when properly installed on your vehicle, will provide continuous coverage from 7.0 to 54 MHz with the supplied whip. The L... Read more
SUPER SKYRIDER™ 9400 Mobile HF NVIS Magnetic Loop Antenna
SUPER SKYRIDER™ 9400 Mobile HF NVIS Magnetic Loop Antenna Stealth 9400 Mobile HF NVIS Magnetic Loop Antenna has been developed to address the e... Read more
VHF
Icom IC-DV6010 and IC-DV60S3 – 260MHz
Icom, to meet the new standard start released the 260MHz band municipal disaster prevention administrative radio system. Icom Co., Ltd. (Headquarters:... Read more
IP Radio – Icom IP100H
Icom IP100H Overview Icom’s IP100H WLAN or IP radio is a compact, yet powerful device.Measuring only 95 mm high (~3.7 inches) and weighing 205 grams (... Read more
New linear satellite HO-113 and its issues
Watch John Brier KG4AKV work new linear satellite HO-113 / XW-3 and talk about some of its issues so you can learn how to work it successful... Read more
BCH-220 Handheld Radio
BCH-220 Handheld Radio Introducing the new BCH-220 Handheld Radio for 1.25m 220 MHz. It’s just what you need in a 220 MHz portable. The BCH-220... Read more
News
Use your Privileges Properly – Ham Radio
Due to some inquiry by Eric, KB0YDN, I decided to make this video discussing the incident of the Ham Firefighting Interference in Idaho Last year. Thi... Read more
ISM Packet Decoder Plugin For SDR Sharp – RTL 433
Here we take a look at the RTL433 Plugin for SDR Sharp, making it easy to decode ISM RF Packets. https://github.com/marco402/plugin-Rtl433-for-SdrShar... Read more
Increase in unidentified intruders
IARUMS newsletter IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 newsletter reports an increase in unidentified intruders in the amateur radio bands followi... Read more
I’m an Intern at ARRL Headquarters!
“I’m Jherica Goodgame, KI5HTA, and I’m a 2022 summer intern at ARRL HQ. Join me while I show you around some of my favorite parts of... Read more
Antenna on Sloping Ground – What happens?
“Various terrain and Antennas: You can make the slope work to your advantage. I know your next question already. Hang on. I’ll make a vide... Read more