#radiohacks — Public Fediverse posts

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: A Piezo Disk Powers A Transmitter https://hackaday.com/2025/11/02/2025-component-abuse-challenge-a-piezo-disk-powers-a-transmitter/ #transmitter #RadioHacks #piezodisk #contests #crystal

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: A Piezo Disk Powers A Transmitter - A piezo disk transducer is a handy part for reproducing beeps and boops, and can a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/11/02/2025-component-abuse-challenge-a-piezo-disk-powers-a-transmitter/ #transmitter #radiohacks #piezodisk #contests #crystal

Radio Apocalypse: Clearing the Air with SCATANA https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/radio-apocalypse-clearing-the-air-with-scatana/ #HackadayColumns #RadioApocalypse #radionavigation #RadioHacks #aviation #navaids #SCATANA #VORTAC #NORAD #TACAN #DME #faa #fcc #VOR

Radio Apocalypse: Clearing the Air with SCATANA - For the most part, the Radio Apocalypse series has focused on the radio systems de... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/radio-apocalypse-clearing-the-air-with-scatana/ #hackadaycolumns #radioapocalypse #radionavigation #radiohacks #aviation #navaids #scatana #vortac #norad #tacan #dme #faa #fcc #vor

A Solar-Only, Battery-Free Device That Harvests Energy from a BPW34 Photodiode https://hackaday.com/2025/08/10/a-solar-only-battery-free-device-that-harvests-energy-from-a-bpw34-photodiode/ #BQ25504ultra-low-powerboostconverter #BPW34SiliconPINphotodiode #bluetoothlowenergy #WirelessHacks #RadioHacks #SolarHacks #NordicnRF #hardware #mosfet

A Solar-Only, Battery-Free Device That Harvests Energy from a BPW34 Photodiode - Normally when you think solar projects, you think of big photovoltaic cells. But a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/10/a-solar-only-battery-free-device-that-harvests-energy-from-a-bpw34-photodiode/ #bq25504ultra-low-powerboostconverter #bpw34siliconpinphotodiode #bluetoothlowenergy #wirelesshacks #radiohacks #solarhacks #nordicnrf #hardware #mosfet

A Fast Rewind to the Era of Tapesponding - Imagine a time before Discord servers and cheap long-distance calls. Back in the 1... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/12/a-fast-rewind-to-the-era-of-tapesponding/ #homeentertainmenthacks #communication #classichacks #longdistance #magnetictape #tapesponding #tapesponding #radiohacks #cassette #social #tapes #reel #tape

A Fast Rewind to the Era of Tapesponding https://hackaday.com/2025/03/12/a-fast-rewind-to-the-era-of-tapesponding/ #homeentertainmenthacks #communication #classichacks #longdistance #magnetictape #tapesponding #tapesponding #RadioHacks #cassette #social #tapes #reel #tape

Passive Diplexer Makes One Antenna Act Like Two https://hackaday.com/2024/05/22/passive-diplexer-makes-one-antenna-act-like-two/ #automaticpacketreportingsystem #amateurradio #RadioHacks #diplexer #duplexer #discone #filter #APRS #LoRa #ham

Passive Diplexer Makes One Antenna Act Like Two - Stay in the amateur radio hobby long enough and you might end up with quite a coll... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/22/passive-diplexer-makes-one-antenna-act-like-two/ #automaticpacketreportingsystem #amateurradio #radiohacks #diplexer #duplexer #discone #filter #aprs #lora #ham

Measuring An Unknown Velocity Factor https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/measuring-an-unknown-velocity-factor/ #transmissionline #velocityfactor #tuningstubs #RadioHacks #Coax

Measuring An Unknown Velocity Factor - When is the speed of light not the speed of light? Of course, that’s a trick quest... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/19/measuring-an-unknown-velocity-factor/ #transmissionline #velocityfactor #tuningstubs #radiohacks #coax

WSPR To The Wind With A Pi Pico High Altitiude Balloon - They say that if you love something, you should set it free. That doesn’t mean tha... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/11/wspr-to-the-wind-with-a-pi-pico-high-altitiude-balloon/ #radiohacks #baloons #radio #wspr #gps

This Packable Ham Radio Antenna is Made from Nothing But Tape - On today’s episode of “Will It Antenna?”, [Ben Eadie (VE6SFX)] designs and tests a... - https://hackaday.com/2023/10/13/this-packable-ham-radio-antenna-is-made-from-nothing-but-tape/ #amateurradio #radiohacks #ducktape #antenna #2meter #copper #j-pole #duct #tape #ham

Radio Apocalypse: Hardening AM Radio Against Disasters - If you’ve been car shopping lately, or even if you’ve just been paying attention t... - https://hackaday.com/2023/06/06/radio-apocalypse-hardening-am-radio-against-disasters/ #primaryentrypoint #radioapocalypse #survivability #engineering #originalart #transmitter #radiohacks #hardened #backup #ipaws #fema #eas #ebs #am

Inspect the RF Realm with Augmented Reality - Intellectually, we all know that we exist in a complex soup of RF energy. Cellular... - https://hackaday.com/2023/03/04/inspect-the-rf-realm-with-augmented-reality/ #augmentedreality #spectrumanalyzer #virtualreality #radiohacks #fiducial #android #arcore #tinysa #rssi #ar #vr

3D Printing Antennas with Dielectric Resin - [Machining and Microwaves] has long wanted to use a 3D printer to print RF compone... - https://hackaday.com/2023/02/21/3d-printing-antennas-with-dielectric-resin/ #3dprintedantenna #3dprinterhacks #resin3dprinter #radiohacks #antennas

DIY Arduino Due TEA5767 FM Radio - Older hackers will remember that a crystal set radio receiver was often one of the... - https://hackaday.com/2022/10/08/diy-arduino-due-tea5767-fm-radio/ #arduinohacks #radiohacks #amplifier #receiver #arduino #pam8403 #tea5767 #lm4811 #sh1106 #radio #tuner #oled #diy #fm

Fail of the Week: Flipped Cable Leads to Fried Radio - [Doug]’s newly-installed Yaesu FT-891 mobile transceiver failed to power up despit... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/03/fail-of-the-week-flipped-cable-leads-to-fried-radio/ #reversepolarity #failoftheweek #radiohacks #mobile #yaesu