Personal Radios

The Radio Shack 19-1210 is a VHF business-band mobile two-way radio that is suitable for use in MURS, the new license-free VHF radio service. This article will show you how to program it for MURS.

The Radio Shack BTX-127 is a VHF business-band handheld two-way radio that is suitable for use in MURS, the new license-free VHF radio service. This article will show you how to program it.

The Motorola Spirit MV11C, MV21C are respectively a 1-watt and 2-watt VHF business-band handheld two-way radio that are suitable for use in MURS, the new license-free VHF radio service. The MV11C...

GMRS radio makers claim all kinds of ranges, from ten to thirty miles or more. Here is how to get realistically good range from your GMRS or FRS radio.

A simple cable - plug one end into the Trisquare, and one into a scanner, PC, or radio and you can retransmit the sound over a secure radio channel!

Monitoring radio traffic of the emergency services using a radio scanner can be fun, informative, and help you appreciate the job that first responders to. However, you need to make sure you do it...

Modern radios typically contain two antennas. The FM antenna is the metal rod that extends and swivels. The AM antenna is normally inside the radio. An AM antenna is made up of wire wrapped into a...

There are a couple different styles of electronic book readers out there. The types of screens used and how the books are purchased and added to the electronic book reader are some of the...

The internet these days offers many internet radio stations where you can listen to your favorite music. Internet radio stations like Pandora, lastfm and imeem have become very popular because...

A watch battery is needed for lots of things other than just a watch. You may need to replace watch batteries in your mini flashlight, calculator, thermometer,or pedometer. A watch battery...

It's easy and inexpensive to build a home made antenna for the fm radio band. If you have the simple two wire connection on your radio then this antenna will work fine. The lengths are not...

The holiday shopping season brings hope to everyone to acquire something of value at a discount rate. We all want a good deal. It is good conversation at the dinner table on how you have an eye...

This is another good use for the solar panel used on the huge amounts of garden LED lights around, coupled to a portable radio that runs off 2 or 3 AA cells. Most of us have an old radio lying...