Quite simply, copyright restrictions. To distribute copyrighted material via the Internet, at least in Canada, you need to have a specific type of l...

Just read a hilarious defense of the defunding of NPR over at the premier (at least to them) Part 15 site. The FCC boss stated, as I did previously,...

That's an interesting take on these various social programs. The money paid out after retirement isn't supposed to be free, however. In Canada, wor...

Part of the mission of public radio and TV in Canada (i.e., the CBC) is to ensure that ALL Canadians get some sort of news, as well as arts and cultur...

DeFelice over at Hobbybroadcaster continues to defend his non review 'review' of the SSTran 5000 Class E transmitter, and, implicitly, its shoddy and ...

@mark If anyone wants any of the shows I put up on MixCloud, all you have to do is ask me. I can send via a website called HighTail, which is free to...

That's an interesting question. My amateur radio background led me to believe that cloud cover (including fog) would affect higher frequencies (VHF ...

Technically, I think that the argument that this is legal is crap. It reminds me of the argument regarding ground leads and radiating masts (referenc...

The journalist here really doesn't understand the technologies involved. First, there's no way that an SDR(eiver) can hack anything. It only receiv...

Preemphasis is just a method to reduce noise in the signal, by boosting the treble on the transmitter side, and then performing deemphasis (reducing t...

Sorry, but I don't buy it. Everyone I knew, including myself, would prefer to buy physical media. Downloading is a good way to preview songs to see...

I have to say that I disagree with the comments regarding Napster and file sharing. It's just another rewording of the argument for radio stations pa...

Comparing sound file bit rate quality and sound card quality is like comparing apples and oranges. What I was saying is that internal sound cards ar...