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03/17/2023
Please join us next Wednesday March 23 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT for an online conversation about "Makers and...
11/06/2015
Here are five great ham radio projects from the Make: archive.
06/30/2015
You may have heard about amateur or “ham” radio from a friend or maybe one of the members in your...
06/21/2013
Every year on the fourth weekend in June, the largest amateur radio event in the US and Canada occurs. It's...
11/04/2011
November 5, 2011 is the 66th anniversary of the first FM transmission in 1935 from Yonkers, NY, by Carmen "Randy"...
08/01/2010
Diana Eng runs through the basics of how to set up a traditional HF amateur radio station at home.
06/21/2010
Whoo! In celebration of ARRL Field Day this weekend, NYC Resistor is having a ham radio party on Saturday! MAKE’s...
05/04/2010
Diana Eng posted a tutorial over on Make: Online for making your own collapsible fabric antenna for ham radio! It...
03/09/2010
Diana Eng shows how to make your own End-Fed Half-Wavelength Antenna (EFHWA) for portable radio operations.
02/22/2010
I am writing up a maker-a-day over at Lifehacker, check it out! Today’s maker: HAM radio enthusiast Diana Eng…
12/02/2009
It’s the holiday season, and if you’re stuck in an airport, this is a great opportunity to have some ham...
07/22/2009
My favorite ham activity is making contacts via satellites. Not only is there the romantic notion of sending messages into...
07/04/2009
After a fourth of July BBQ, I was tuning around on the radio and made contact with Vince, K4AOC (operating...
06/13/2009
Most makers probably already know of Diana Eng. She was one of the contestants, the so-called “fashion nerd”, on the...
12/26/2008
They usually work so well, it’s easy to forget about all the electronics crammed inside a compact fluorescent light bulb....
02/29/2008
Here’s a special MAKEZine.com article “This is not your grandfather’s HAM radio” – by Thomas Arey N2EI. Many folks who...
02/19/2006
SolderSmoke – a continuing discussion between a couple of ham radio operators about all things electronic and geeky. We have...
06/04/2010
Mobile radios are like DIY cellphones. They can communicate across the world without the infrastructure of cellphone carriers or the...
06/01/2010
I like to think of ham radio operators as some of the original makers and hackers. They called hacking “kinking,”...
12/12/2009
This neat video about “Radio Hams” from 1939 has recently been circulating on the ham email lists. It’s neat to...
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