Q: I need an indoor AM/FM antenna for my 30 year-old Technics receiver. It works well enough for the most part, but I have trouble receiving radio on either band. I purchased a TERK PIB amplified ...

"Whip" antennas—those long metal rods that used to extend from our cars—look pretty cool in a Smokey and the Bandit kind of way. But for military vehicles, they're not such a great solution. Troops in ...

If you’re a regular reader of Hackaday, you may have noticed a certain fondness for Meshtastic devices, and the LoRa protocol ...

We found an interesting tip that might just improve the performance of those small affordable handheld ham radios called a “Handy Talky” or HT for short in ham vernacular. [RadioHamGuy] posted an ...

In our increasingly connected world staying in contact is crucial. When venturing out into the wild the need for a reliable communication device becomes exponentially greater. Citizen Band, or CB for ...

The signal comes in loud and clear, but Houston police officers using new portable radios that cost the city millions of dollars say the antennas can literally be a pain. The new and stiffer antennas ...

When broadcasting was in its infancy, amplitude modulation (AM) was the principal modulation system being researched and developed. Once efficient generation of useful RF signals was discovered and ...