When it comes to electronics, manufacturers strive to incorporate more modern elements into their products — casings become more lightweight, components become more streamlined, and designs become ...

Radio contact with Voyager 2. Setting up office background music with FM radio. Building a QRP ham radio. Radio is our oldest electronic technology. Spark gap got it going, but it was the vacuum tube ...

With an old radio and a spare phone, you can create a desktop music station that plays your own music around the clock with ...

Taking an old piece of gear and cramming it full of modern hardware is a very popular project. In fact, it’s one of the most common things we see here at Hackaday, especially in the Raspberry Pi era.

RadioShack is back from the grave. After going bankrupt in 2017, the brand was acquired by new owners in 2023, and the company is using its new lease on life to offer the usual assortment of ...

Digital radio may be relatively new in Ireland, but it’s getting a bit more interesting these days. Still under trial, the DAB service has a number of commercial and RTÉ stations available in parts of ...

Maybe it’s a hand-me-down from an elderly relative. Maybe you found it at a flea market, or it has been hidden in the attic for far too long. It could be an anonymous-looking black box with big dials ...

Elegant wood-encased tube radios that look like antique furniture. Plastic-encased transistors that mimic cigarette packs, Coke bottles, measuring tapes and spray cans of WD-40 along with so many ...