Electronics as a hobby
Back in the early 70’s, I was interested in constructing, based on what I had seen on American Tv shows and movies with all the gadgets people could buy and…
Become a Radio Amateur
Why should you become a Radio Amateur? How do you get a license? Where do you study for the exam? Is the exam easy? Is the equipment expensive? Why not…
Self-contained duplex MMDVM
DISCLAIMER: I am an electronics engineer with over 45 years of professional experience in the field of Computing (real computing – actually designing and making them not loading software), Radio…
Annoying missing features on radios fixed
DISCLAIMER: Modifying radios will invalidate the warranty, you will permanently damage your radio, you or your house if you attempt any of these modifications without taking precautions in your work…
Home made DSP HF Transceiver build
Back in late 2022, I had the opportunity to visit home in the UK (on holiday!) for a couple of weeks. My wife said, “Now that you’re here, what do…
Radioless AllStar node hardware build
This is just a blog of how I made the AllStar node into a desktop radio with a pleasing look. The actual software build of the Node isn’t covered here…