DIY Open-Wave Receiver Workshop with Shortwave Collective

Join OSE Associate Nikki Sheth and members of Shortwave Collective to learn about and build a simple homemade radio receiver, an ‘Open Wave-Receiver’. Participants will be engaged as co-researchers and experimenters, working with a basic set of materials: copper wire, metal clips, speaker wire, tent pegs, and found objects.

We encourage participants to bring or scavenge some scraps to customise their radios, such as:

• Something flat and non-conductive, like a piece of cardboard, wood, or a book
• A toilet paper roll tube, or any non-conductive tube
• Small pieces of metal or mineral
• Decorations like stickers or decorative tape, or bring a sharpie!

Following the construction of our Open Wave-Receivers, we’ll explore the local area together, searching for signals and attaching our radios to metal structures as makeshift antennas, incorporating urban fixtures into the radio circuit.

This workshop is open to all ages and levels of experience for people with an interest in sound and electronics.

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Shortwave Collective is an international feminist artist group established in May 2020, interested in creative uses of radio. We meet regularly to discuss feminist approaches to amateur radio and the radio spectrum as artistic material, sharing resources, considering DIY approaches and inclusive structures.

You can find more Public Programme events at: openschooleast.org/ose-public-programme-2024