Kit Building
Building a simple crystal radio
A crystal radio is the distilled essence of a radio. It has very few parts, it needs no batteries or other power source, and it can be built in a short time out of things you can find around the house. The reason a crystal radio does not need any batteries is the amazing... »
Soldering Difficult Connections
Not a new thing and came up recently — problems soldering oxidized wire like coax shield and connections that are bright nickel plated and so on. »
USMC Antenna Book
I found a copy of the US Marine Corps. manual on antennas in PDF form. »
Capacitor Polarity is Important
Don’t think 15 volts can do damage? Watch this video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDsNe_bmtE »
Linux DStar Development
Here is a project / blog I came across where David (G4ULF) is trying “to see what can do with a supposed “closed” protocol, D-Star.” You can read his blog and see how far he has progressed. http://g4ulf.blogspot.com/2009/01/welcome-to-my-blog.html »
Need a signal generator?
KB6NU has an article on his blog about making signal generators from a kit. He also goes into making signal generators useing your computer and even iPod. Read the full article here: http://kb6nu.com/cheap-sig-gen-kits/ »
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