MB360 Wireless LED Spotlight with Motion Sensor and Photocell – Weatherproof – Battery Operated – 140 Lumens The MB360 from Mr Beams is a battery-powered, wireless, motion-sensor LED spotlight that requires no wiring. Simply insert batteries and attach to any surface. A built-in photocell activates the motion sensor only after the sun has set. These […]

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Planned Obsolescence This act to kill the incandescent light bulb is un-American and is not a fundamental American value. The objective is Planned obsolescence. The producer or manufacturer gains when the consumer is pressured (or conned) into buying another product prematurely, which may involve product engineering. It seems that we have become a throw-away society […]

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Microphone Shootout: Electro-Voice RE27 VS Transcontinental Studios Pro The name of this new microphone is what? The Transcontinental Studios Pro Vocal Microphone is sold at Amazon.com and the price is very affordable. Maybe I’m missing something, but I believe this is a dynamic microphone. There is plenty of discussion about this new mic and I […]

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Remote Transceiver Controlled By Cell Phone If a remote control station is desired and one has the financial resources available, the technology is there to choose from. With a typical handheld device such as the HT, cell phone, laptop, or tablet, a station can be routinely accessed with a touch of a button. A PC […]

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Will amateur radio operators in the U.S. get to use the newest frequency band allocated, which is the 600-meter band, also known as the 630 meters? This is a new arena for hams, being in that the band is in the Medium Frequency (MF) region. So how do I make the 600 meter dipole? Ham […]

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Software Defined Radio Tutorial For The Beginner This DVB-T dongle will turn a computer into an electronic listening device, which is basically a police scanner radio but even more. This may be the most fun a techie could have on the cheap! The NooElec TV28T v2 USB DVB-T & RTL-SDR Receiver R820T is the ticket […]

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Every survival kit needs this simple device that makes dirty water drinkable. Yes, this device will allow a camper or a stranded motorist to purify water that comes from the filthiest of nature’s swimming pools. The inventions that are currently being developed are impressive to say the least. Yet, our daily lives are fraught with […]

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Some ham radio operators use ladder line to feed their antennas and they firmly believe in it. The latest debate is 450 ohm ladder line versus 600 ohm ladder line. If you decide to build your own, it is a snap with these sturdy Ladder Snaps.

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What are the channels on free satellite TV? There is the FTA list that offers the master list, which is the “big list of every channel that’s available on Ku-band just about anywhere in the United States and Canada.” FTA (free-to-air) “describes television (TV) and radio services broadcast in clear (unencrypted) form, allowing any person […]

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Here are the Behringer 802 settings with Kenwood 570 HF radio, because I keep forgetting them. I am using the Marshall MXL 990 condenser microphone and the Kenwood radio is set on vox, (a PTT switch was later acquired). Access through the front of the transceiver is available, but better performance can be achieved by […]

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