The University of Kent’s hackerspace, TinkerSoc, recently had a talk on software-defined radio using an incredibly inexpensive USB TV tuner. Of course this is nothing new to Hackaday readers, but they ...

Use the Yagi-enhanced, log-periodic pattern to build a homemade long-range tv antenna consisting of the element array the framework, and the mast. A few years ago, some friends of mine shed city life ...

All of us have experience in trying to explain to a confused store assistant exactly what type of kitchen implement you’re looking for, and why it is a perfectly suitable part for your autonomous ...

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Extremely sensitive radio telescopes can be made by hooking up arrays of individual antennas spread out over large areas – and the more antennas the better. However, sophisticated computer systems are ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The next generation of personal communications systems could be made using an unlikely tool -- a sewing machine, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at Ohio State ...

Believe it or not, this radio is marketed to be built by you, but still purchased. Not only do you have to spend money to be trendy, you have to put some work into it, also. This radio was designed by ...