HAMRADIO Girl 1992
Veronica Harrington on Letterman, March 26, 1992. Six-year-old Veronica Harrington displays her ham radio skills.
Russia-Ukraine “Radio War” Trying Patience of IARU Region 1 Monitoring System
The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports in the September issue of the IARUMS newsletter that the Russian-Ukrainian “radio war” on and around 7055 kHz continues to be a major source of frustration. IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Peter Jost, HB9CET, said the on-the-air conflict “has been bothering us to an unbearable…
SDR receiver RX-888 MKII
RX888 mkII is the new generation of RX888 with the following improvements and enhancements: 1.Add a tunable Attention in the HF path, which can tune from 0 to -31.5dB. 2.Change the fixed LNA of RX888 to a VGA, which gives the -10dB to +33dB range. VGA applies to both HF and VHF. 3.Use the newer…
The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio
Software-defined radio and cheap hardware are shaking up a hobby long associated with engineering By Julianne Pepitone Will the amateur airwaves fall silent? Since the dawn of radio, amateur operators—hams—have transmitted on tenaciously guarded slices of spectrum. Electronic engineering has benefited tremendously from their activity, from the level of the individual engineer to the entire field.…
The SDR.hu project has been finished
“I’d like to say a big thanks to everyone who joined my journey with this project! I hope you had a good time listening on the site, and learnt some things about SDR. The purpose of this site was to provide a technological demonstration for amateur radio operators about Software Defined Radio, and I hope…