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Author Archives: Kevin
Powering the MLA-30+ Biasing Tee
The Usual Uninteresting Solution There are a couple of issues one reads about related to the topic of this article. One is that AC powered USB supplies introduce noise, and that battery USB supplies will sometimes automatically shut off because … Continue reading
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Tagged Biasing Tee, Bscame BS-1 battery bank, EVCHE EV-2110BTS, Flash drive, MLA-30+, MP3 Player, USB power
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World Radio Day – 2025
I think I’ll sit in my recliner with my old friend, Eton Elite Executive, hooked up to my new friend, long wire antenna. I listened to some shortwave and then thought I’d try out FM. The radio was already tuned … Continue reading
Speaking Truth to Power (watch for updates)
So just how much capacity is in those battery packs and emergency radios? I measured them using the tools I wrote about in Incoming Tool: UNI-T UT658DUAL USB LCD USB Type C Digital Tester. Consider these not best case results. … Continue reading
New Radio Gallery
The Blog or Die! menu features a new item, the Radio Gallery. It’s a collection of photos of radios I have known, most actual photos of my radios, but a few product photos. It’s not complete and I will be … Continue reading
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Lost Loves
I was over on eBay today and they showed me a radio for sale, one that elicited a pang of regret. It was a Grundig G4000A receiver. The one below was my main receiver for a while, starting in 2011. … Continue reading
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Tagged Grundig G4000A, Grundig radios, Realistic DX-300, sharing the love, shortwave radio, Tecsun Radios
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Radio Silence
I’ve run out of excuses to buy radios. There just isn’t anything interesting out there in the portable category, at least not interesting enough to spend the money and take the time. I have what looks like an acceptable Emergency … Continue reading
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Surprise Radio: RTL-SDR Blog V4 SDR
See warning at the end of the post. I’ve had an RTL-SDR Blog V3 SDR for a few years, but I haven’t blogged much about it beyond the article on SSB. In the intervening years, RTL-SDR Blog has come out … Continue reading