Amateur Radio Buffs’ Quest to Connect Quake-Ravaged Nepal
How amateur radio buffs distributing gear aided earthquake recovery in Nepal.
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Before and After: Vintage Radio with Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi has truly opened up all kinds of possibilities in custom entertainment. One of the most fascinating possibilities lies in replacing the guts of a vintage radio or other media device and enhancing its abilities while keeping the aesthetics of yesterday. Gordon, who studied computer science and works in the semiconductor industry, decided […]
A Maker’s Introduction to Ham Radio
You may have heard about amateur or “ham” radio from a friend or maybe one of the members in your Makerspace is a ham. What is ham radio and what does it offer you? First, you’re a Maker, so you already have a lot in common with the ham radio community. Hams are tinkerers, builders, […]
Turn a Vintage Radio into a Stylish Home Theater PC
Media center PCs are usually something that you try to hide inside an entertainment center, or possibly behind a subwoofer. If you’d rather display your HTPC proudly as a work of retro futuristic art, look no further than this 40s-era radio converted into a Raspberry Pi media center. This project was originally envisioned as being […]
How To Achieve Radio Silence In A Box
A little background: I’ve designed what is, among other things, a little tiny VHF radio modem for goTenna, a Brooklyn hardware startup. It’s a very demanding design, with tight limits on battery life, size, shape, range, power — everything you can think of is at the edge of what can be done. The point of […]
Vintage Internet Connected Radio
This retro radio project brings back old to meet the new. A trendy old radio that plays any music you want, not just the boring stuff that you can get through the radio waves! Using the credit card sized computer, Raspberry Pi–the sky is the limit. To get the best streaming music experience for this […]
How-To: Vintage Raspberry Pi Internet-Radio
Embrace the internet through a vintage interface with this amazing vintage Raspberry Pi internet-radio project.