Before swearing my fealty to the Jolly Wrencher, I wrote for several other sites, creating more or less the same sort of content I do now. In fact, the topical overlap was enough that occasionally ...

We usually think of the RTL-SDR as a low-cost alternative to a “real” radio, but this incredible project spearheaded by [Rodrigo Freire] shows that the two classes of devices don’t have to be mutually ...

Traditionally, working with RTL-SDR required a deep understanding of radio frequency (RF) principles and a significant investment in sourcing compatible components. This complexity often posed a ...

We’ve all used walkie-talkies at one point or another, or seen a cop do it on some movie. Short-hand radio has been around forever, but creating your own radio to listen in can cost hundreds of ...

Electronic enthusiasts searching for a way to listen to radio broadcasts via an Ethernet connection may be interested in a new piece of hardware created by developer Kazunori Miura in the form of the ...

There is a new breed of RF receivers known as software-defined radios, and they are revolutionizing the way in which people listen to shortwave (SW) radio, or indeed any form of radio broadcast. SDRs ...

Hierzulande darf man auch ohne Amateurfunklizenz allen öffentlichen Aussendungen zuhören, die den Äther so frequentieren. Am günstigsten und komfortabelsten kann man mit einem softwaregesteuerten ...