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Clayton’s Domain
Personal blog · irrational.nethardwareprogramming
Clayton’s Domain is a personal blog at irrational.net about hardware and programming. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Using BladeRF SDR to transmit and receive digital television broadcasts”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Clayton's Domain for its amateur radio and RF writing, especially the digital ATV post on sending fast-scan TV over radio. Comments cite it as a practical reference.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Using BladeRF SDR to transmit and receive digital television broadcasts2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-03-07
What Hacker News says?
If you're interested in getting into RF, I'd suggest getting a software-defined radio like bladeRF[1]. It allows you to make a lot of cool devices without being a hardware whiz. The guys who run it are extremely knowledgeable about RF and there's some really cool stuff being done with it [2][3]. [1]: http://nuand.com/ [2]: http://bladerf.blogspot.com/ [3]: http://www.irrational.net/2014/03/02/digital-atv/
Comment linking /2014/03/02/digital-atv/
on “Turn a Raspberry Pi into an FM transmitter”Submitted Using BladeRF SDR to transmit and receive digital television broadcasts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionIf you are ok with the low quality, you could use a radio to transmit fast scan TV to a nearby receiver. Use a repeater if you need to get some real distance. FPV drones often use this and could be a good source of parts. Or encode the feed and send through a small portable ham radio if you want a challenge. https://irrational.net/2014/03/02/digital-atv/
Comment linking /2014/03/02/digital-atv/
on “ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods”