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Reading RFID cards from afar easily20 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 days ago: RFID hacking has been around for years, but so far all the builds to sniff data out of someone … more →

Tags: security hacks, RFID, Security

FTA dish used to receive L-band amateur radio11 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 week ago: [David Prutchi] has an FTA (free-to-air) satellite dish. This means he can tune and watch freely ava … more →

Tags: Dish, FTA, ku-band, l-band, Satellite

Controlling robots with a TRS-8011 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 weeks ago: [DJ Sures], mastermind behind the EZ-B Bluetooth Robot controller, sent in a really interesting buil … more →

Tags: classic hacks, bluetooth, ez-builder, TRS-80, TRS-80 Model 100

Improving a software defined radio with a few bits of wire20 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 weeks ago: Impressed by the recent advances in the software defined radio scene, [Jason] picked up a $20 USB TV … more →

Tags: Antenna, DISCONE, Software Defined Radio

Putting a software defined radio on a mac12 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 weeks ago: A few months ago [Antti Palosaari] discovered cheap USB TV tuners could be used as a software-define … more →

Tags: Hardware, RTL-SDR, sdr, Software Defined Radio

Build your own radar system15 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 1 month ago: How we missed this one is anybody’s guess, but one of the presentations at DEFCON last year co … more →

Tags: cons, Cantenna, defcon, radar

Using a touch sensor as a telegraph key13 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 1 month ago: [Sebastian] is learning Morse code and CW radio, and of course he needed a telegraph key. Instead of … more →

Tags: microcontrollers, attiny45, CW, Ham Radio, iambic, telegraph key

Communicating from anywhere with a SPOT Connect10 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 1 month ago: [Nate] over at Sparkfun put up a great tutorial for using the SPOT personal satellite communicator w … more →

Tags: tool-hacks, bluetooth, Satellite, Satellite Communication, Spot

Playing air traffic controller with software defined radio18 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 1 month ago: Being an air traffic controller is a very cool career path – you get to see planes flying arou … more →

Tags: Air Traffic Controller, sdr, Software Defined Radio, TV Tuner

The RC transmitter that does everything23 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 months ago: [Demetris] sent in a project he’s been working on over the last year. It’s called the Op … more →

Tags: toy hacks, osrc, RC, Remote Control, Transmitter

Working software-defined radio with a TV tuner card.63 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 months ago: [Balint Seeber] just sent in a small yet timely project he’s been working on: a software radio … more →

Tags: Ham, radio, sdr, Software Defined Radio

Software defined radio from a USB TV capture card40 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 2 months ago: With a simple digital TV USB capture card, you can build your own software defined radio or spectrum … more →

Tags: peripherals hacks, Ham, radio, Software Defined Radio, usb

Wardriving for Zigbee9 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 2 months ago: Wardriving started out as a search for unprotected WiFi access points before hot spots were prevalen … more →

Tags: 802.15.4, N9, Nokia, packet sniffing, rf, telosb, travis goodspeed, Zigbee

Passive Filters, Data Transmission and Equalization Oh My!17 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 3 months ago: [Shahriar] is back with a new “The Signal Path” video. It has been a few months but it is okay becau … more →

Tags: Misc Hacks, Filters, microwave

Designing a Smarter RF transceiver3 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 3 months ago: Two  months ago we featured a transceiver based on the Microchip MRF49XA, and a lot of feedback was … more →

Tags: atusb, microchip, mrf49xa, rf, TRANSCEIVER

[Sprite_tm]'s three-component FM transmitter50 comments

Brian Benchoff wrote 4 months ago: When the Regency TR-1 transistor radio came out onto the market in the 1950s, it was hailed as a mod … more →

Tags: ATtiny hacks, radio, FM Transmitter, sprite_tm, attiny45

Hide your repeater and gain a radio41 comments

Kevin Dady wrote 4 months ago: [Bradley]‘s workplace was recently put into a position where they needed to install a WIFI net … more →

Tags: Wii hacks, radio, Hidden wifi

Hellduino: Hellschreiber radio transmissions from an Arduino board11 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 4 months ago: [Mark VandeWettering] was experimenting with a simple transmitting circuit and an Arduino. The circu … more →

Tags: Amateur Radio, Arduino, Ham Radio, Hellschreiber

Matchbox launcher reacts to emergency band radio dispatcher15 comments

Mike Szczys wrote 4 months ago: [Jeff] and his wife put together a firefighter themed birthday celebration for their son. As he … more →

Tags: toy hacks, Arduino, MatchBox, Fire Truck


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