Diversity Reception in 2022

As we review Making It Up during the past year, let’s consider our use of modern diversity reception in 2022. Read more

Dual Channel Baseband Recording – Please

My Christmas wish list is dual channel baseband recording. A feature that would really bring DX to life for me. SDR developers, please! Read more

I am now up and running on the Mastodon Social Network, which promises to be a sane site for ham radio fans. And, maybe replace Twitter. Read more

My winters bring long hours of darkness. It’s time to discover my favorite medium wave DX station setup at home. Read more

One man’s ham radio ingenuity and desperation built the radios of Buchenwald and saved lives. Let’s look back. Read more

Building a receiver from an old ARRL Handbook presents legacy homebrew challenges, particularly in the parts department. More on my Junior Miser’s Dream receiver. Read more

I wanted to know how I would have done building a first receiver from scratch. So, fifty years later, I found out. Read more

I don’t really do contests anymore. But, if I did, I think my contest station would feature my classic Yaesu FT1000D. Read more

I am afraid today’s post will be disturbing to some readers. We are going to destroy several myths about loop antenna polarization. Read more

When you compare Yagi versus loop antenna patterns, you won’t find as much difference as you may have expected. Read more