Category Archives: Technology

Stupid Windows tricks: Shaky-Shaky

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Kevin

OK, here’s a trick that works with Windows 7. If you have several Windows open on your desktop, give this a try. Take your mouse and left-click and hold on the title bar (top) of one of the Windows, as … Continue reading →

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Charter fights spam

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Kevin

Usually I’m critical of my Internet service provider when I can’t do what I want to do. In this case I was trying to forward email spam to a spam-reporting service. Charter Internet, who is my provider, blocked my sending … Continue reading →

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Degen DE32 AM/FM/SW radio/MP3 player

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Kevin

This is an interesting little shirt-pocket radio available on eBay for under $30. It has a few nice features and some drawbacks too. The radio covers the US FM radio band as well as the low FM band (64-87 MHz) … Continue reading →

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Degen DE17: First look and operations

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Kevin

My new Degen DE17 waltzed in the door today. This is a digital DSP radio. Like other eBay digital wonders, this one comes with only a Chinese-language instruction manual ;( and some things aren’t obvious. Most of the operating instructions … Continue reading →

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Radio anticipation

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Kevin

I ordered a Tecsun R9702 radio a week or so ago and I’m anxiously awaiting its delivery. I have over 100 radios, most of them shortwave models, but none has a particular feature set that I’m interested in: Dual conversion … Continue reading →

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5 DSP radios

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Kevin

Looking on the radio shelf, I see 5 shortwave radios that are powered by the same Silicon Labs si4734 “shortwave radio on a chip.” There’s not much difference in the radios as far as performance goes except on MW or … Continue reading →

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Kchibo KK-D680 radio invites comparison with smaller cousin

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Kevin

I continue to be intrigued by the tiny DSP radio from Kchibo, the KK-D202. That’s the radio that I’m most likely to slip in my shirt pocked when walking out the door. This KK-D680 from Kchibo fits in a shirt … Continue reading →

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