I had just posted my security warning for amateur radio BBS users recently. Ultimately, many amateur radio applications are built on older programming languages. Using languages that aren’t memory safe is not necessarily a bad thing. But when we don’t incorporate modern practices and compilation options like those that enable ASLR(Address space layout randomization) and SAFE SEH (Safe Exception Handlers) […]
A user over on the forum QRZ has posted a thread with a video of what sounds like a mass jamming of the ham radio bands in Cuba. The user reported that he was relaying conversation over the radio on SSB (Single Side Band) with another operator about the situation in the country when the frequency he was using was […]
Honestly, I’m not sure why we didn’t see it sooner. A company called TIDRADIO has came out with a device and smart phone app to wireless program your Baofeng radio (and several others) with Bluetooth. The best part of all of this is no more weird driver issues, and you don’t need to lug a laptop around just to program […]
A few weeks ago the FCC issued a notice warning users about using Radios illegally. The intent was to combat the mass use in protests and other rumors suggesting they were used to coordinate attacks. Amazon has moved to crackdown on unlicensed and uncertified “RF Devices” within their website. You can view their post on the amazon seller forums here:https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/t/action-required-for-radio-frequency-device-listings-on-amazon-com/781188New […]
If you follow my YouTube, you know we like to save money. We’ve tried the $20 power supply I used on my HF radio here: https://youtu.be/0C6lu_oomn0, but now were going to try something a little different. Why not convert an old ATX PSU into a ham radio power supply? I’ll start off by saying this isn’t optimal, as computer PSUs […]