This year, at the 2014 Dayton Hamvention, I had the pleasure of meeting a number of SWLing Post readers–truly a highlight for me at the convention.

One of the readers I met was Mike Gualtieri (KB3TKG). Mike and I had a great conversation about pirate radio, ham radio and shortwave listening.

I also learned that, one year ago, Mike started MakeRF: a blog devoted to making radios and accessories. He has already documented several savvy projects:

• An LM386 Powered Crystal Radio in an Altoids Smalls Tin
• A Mighty Simple Shortwave Transmitter
• So You Want to Be a Shortwave Pirate

I encourage you to bookmark MakeRF and even give one of these simple projects a go. Many thanks, Mike!