My participation in Cycle25 Radio Hub has provided an opportunity to meet a whole bunch of fascinating radio people and learn many new things. Read more
Category: Radio
SDR Intermodulation Products
Let’s look at SDR intermodulation products, and also how these are different from analog receivers. These phantom signals are a problem for low HF and higher MF listening. Read more
Cold Weather Loop Performance
Now that I have been through most of a Calgary winter, I thought a few comments were in order about cold weather loop performance. Read more
Contour ShuttleXpress SDR Tuning
Contour ShuttleXpress SDR tuning works well with SDRplay, but not so well with other radio control software. Routing keystrokes properly is tricky. Read more
Wideband Loop Compendium Update
Feel free to click the links and enjoy the details presented in my wideband loop compendium update covering my experiments and learnings over the past two years. Read more
RFI Spectrum Hunter Loop
By combining TinySA with my direction finder, I may be able to create a lightweight RFI spectrum hunter loop. Just the ticket for tracking down noisy neighbors. Read more
RA0SMS X-Phase Arrives from Irkutsk
Time to try some more analog devices for noise reduction and antenna phasing, starting with the RA0SMS X-Phase QRM Eliminator kit. Read more
Discover LOFAR – Low Frequency Universe
Discover LOFAR and learn about how to search the universe for signals using digital beamforming with simple antennas and computers. Read more
Year in Review 2020 Diversity Reception
I have been playing with dual channel SDR for a few years. But in 2020 diversity reception took a major leap forwards with RSPduo and phased array. Read more
Year in Review 2020 Active Loop Antennas
During 2020 active loop antennas were my primary focus. Everything turned out pretty well with great performing wideband results. Read more