The Hobbyists Guide to RTL-SDR: Really Cheap Software Defined Radio. The Book Description A comprehensive guide to the RTL2832U RTL-SDR software defined radio by RTL-SDR.com. The RTL-SDR is a super cheap software defined radio based on DVB-T TV dongles that can be found for under $20. This book is about tips and tutorials that show…
LONGMONT, Colo.- May 9, 2014 – Announcing today the merger of Longmont, Colorado -based RF Concepts LLC / Alpha Amplifiers and Sevierville, Tenn.-based TEN-TEC Inc., RF Concepts Chairman Michael Seedman, AA6DY, declared the union the perfect combination of amateur radio brands. The merger creates a multi-million-dollar company with products that span QRP transceivers to full-legal-limit…
Somehow it makes little sense that amateur “ham” radio continues to thrive in the age of Twitter, Facebook and iPhones. Yet the century-old communications technology — which demands such commitment that you must generally pass an exam to receive a licence — currently attracts around 350,000 practitioners in Europe, and a further 700,000 in the…
Since the final module was attached to the International Space Station in 2000, amateur radio enthusiasts have been able to listen in on the daily lives of its crew via ham radio signals. But now the station is set to begin broadcasting in the 21st century with Ham TV, making its first transmission last month.…
Kyle Seaman, 13, of Monroe, demonstrates his “Raspberry Pi” computer controller system at the Sky Valley Education Science and Art Fair Thursday. The tiny, modular computer, at left behind the red wires, is about the size of a paperback book. It is built from components and programmed in the Python Programming Language to translate what…