Independent research index / First release
Radio, packets, and practical electronics
Radio experimentation joins signals, protocols, hardware, and communities. The documented bridges are more useful than a tidy origin myth.
Source review: 16 October 2026 · Original editorial overview
A concrete packet-radio bridge
TAPR’s history records a June 1982 packet-radio contact and the development of the TNC-1 kit, including board, enclosure, parts, and documentation. It describes ASCII messages moving through terminals and modem hardware. This is a concrete intersection of radio, digital text, and kit building. Source pages differ on the exact June day, so this account retains month precision.
Sources: TAPR history.
Shared instruments, different purposes
Modern wireless survey and monitoring software can cover Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other RF technologies. That shared technical territory makes a useful reading path into network security. It does not establish that one community caused another, and recording radio observations does not itself grant permission to intercept communications or collect personal data.
Sources: Kismet overview.
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Title-keyword matches; this is an editorial browsing connection, not proof of historical influence.
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1991
FM Wireless Transmitter
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 8, number 4
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1990
An Interview with Craig Neidorf
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 7, number 2
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1990
The Neidorf/Phrack Trial: Day by Day
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 7, number 2
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1987
A Review of "The 'Top Secret'Registry of US Government Radio Frequencies"
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 4, number 11
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1986
Phone Service Via Radio Shack~
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 3, number 1
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1986
Rural Radio Phones~
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 3, number 8
- 2600 / article-index-entry / 1984
Wireless Phones Spell Trouble~
Author not cataloged · Issue/event Volume 1, number 1
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
A New Hope for SSRF: Exploiting Credential Relay from APIM to AI Foundry
Marios Gyftos, Chrysostomos Manousis · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
AI-assisted RF Hacking with GNU Radio
Erwin Karincic (Dollarhyde) · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Demodus Operandi (Cómo tres rf-hacks en tres bandas terminaron siendo una metodología)
Eduardo Contreras · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Digital Modes 101: The Weird, Wonderful World of Computer Radio
Jon Marler (K4CHN) · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Drone ID on the Wire: RF Detection, Spoofing, and the Limits of Compliance-Based Airspace Awareness
Greg Albrecht · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Getting Started In Radio Direction Finding
Nate Moore · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Hack the Airwaves – Embedded Wireless for Next-Gen Hackers
Adventures of Illya · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Ham Radio - Licensed to Experiment
Dan W0BDP Norte · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Ham Radio Isn’t Magic: Preppers, Sad Hams, and Practical Off-Grid Communications
Andrew Ohnstad - N3OCQ · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / main-track-talk / 2026
How much of our Bluetooth firmware reverse engineering work can now be automated with LLMs?
Veronica Kovah, Xeno Kovah · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
I'm Not Special, and You Can Too! A journey into RF Antenna Design for Dummies.
Hamspiced · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Let's BLESPlo.it the world together - introducing a new portable Bluetooth Low Energy security tool
Slawomir Jasek · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / main-track-talk / 2026
Lowering the Orbit: Exploiting Satellite Protocols and communications via Software-Defined-Radio and GS
Romel "r0r0x" Marin · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / main-track-talk / 2026
No Socket, No Privs, No Problem: Weaponizing OCI Registries for SSRF, Credential Theft, and Container Escapes
David "davidrxchester" Rochester, Nicholas "gouldnicholas" Gould · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
Practical Guidance for RF Researchers: Experiment First, Interfere Never
Andy Hendrickson · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
RASM: A State Machine Methodology for RF Security Assessment
Smriti Gaba · Issue/event 34
- DEF CON / creator-talk-panel / 2026
RF CTF Kick Off Day 1
RF Hackers · Issue/event 34