Today is World Radio Day 2018. This year’s event celebrates sports broadcasting on the radio, something that continues to be very popular over 100 years. Read more
Category: Radio
Legacy AM Receivers – How Envelope Detection Works
Before we explore synchronous detection, let’s make sure we understand how envelope detection works. After all, it’s been around for a century. Read more
Enjoy Synchronous Detection on your Shortwave Radio
Most new shortwave receivers let you enjoy synchronous detection. It is an important and very useful feature if you listen to AM broadcasting on medium and short waves. Let’s find out more. Read more
Define Hobby – What it Means to Me
How do you define hobby? Interestingly, the concept of a hobby is very loosely defined. So I will take a crack at it. Read more
Hawaii Alert Confusion – Templates and Hearings
Let’s take a look at the types of automation templates used to create the recent Hawaii alert confusion, and find out more about WEA and EAS in action. Read more
Millennial Hams – Today’s Generation Steps Up
Ham radio will look much different fifty hears from now. How different? The activity of millennial hams today might provide some clues. Read more
Hawaii Missile Alert – Fully Integrated Screwup
Don’t blame the employee for the recent false Hawaii Missile Alert. Sounds like a bad implementation of a decent system that caught everyone with their pants down. Read more
Creating Frequency Modulation in GNURadio
Let’s experiment with creating frequency modulation in GNURadio. Along the way, we will learn about deviation and voltage controlled oscillators. Read more
Creating Amplitude Modulation in GNURadio
Let’s have some fun creating amplitude modulation in GNURadio. This little experiment teaches the basics about modulation and is an easy way to learn more about GNURadio. Read more
GNURadio SCA Receiver – Signals within Signals
Take a look at my GNURadio SCA Receiver. It’s a neat way to use your RTL-SDR to explore hidden signals in your community. Read more