Radio Design Group, Inc.

09/02/2026

Some from legendary engineer J. Robert Oppenheimer.

09/01/2026

How Radio Design Group's 30+ years of experience turned a EMP test failure into mission-critical success for DoD applications.

How Radio Design Group's 30+ years of experience turned a spectacular EMP test failure into mission-critical success for DoD applications

08/28/2026

Pool day with the RDG crew! We love where we work, and we try to get outside to soak up the sunshine when we can.

08/25/2026

Some words from our founder and CTO Jim Hendershot on the importance of the Engineer in today's ever-changing technical landscape.

At its core, engineering is a creative effort, and while there are many software programs that can assist an engineer with his work, ultimately it is the engineer who must create the product that is needed, or, perhaps even more basic, imagine the product in the first place.

08/21/2026

Micah took home the biggest catch award on our team fishing adventure! Here's to teamwork, fresh air, and a little friendly competition. Well done, to our MVP, Micah!

08/20/2026

Back in 1994 when pagers were all the rage, watch companies wanted to put them on your wrist.

The Swatch pager watch combined an analog movement (you know, the kind with "hands") with our groundbreaking single-chip receiver for 900 MHz, making the small form factor possible. It also had a digital display that showed the phone number of the person sending the page.

Up to that point, pagers used receivers made from a large number of discrete components, making them impractical to fit in a wristwatch. Another example of how we were able to create the impossible for our customers!

08/18/2026

As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? When Jim Hendershot was growing up, he was fascinated with the workings of live studio operation. The station manager gave him an old vinyl record to take home. Although it didn't fit on his record player, it sparked an interest in engineering that would change the course of his life.

Read RDG Founder Jim Hendershot’s childhood memory of a birthday gift that sparked his interest in radios, ultimately leading to his life-long passion for RF engineering. It just takes one spark of inspiration to start your career trajectory. Read our blog for some professional mentoring in the ra...

08/14/2026

Way to go, Micah! Our Inventory Control Specialist just completed another program to stay on top of federal compliance for government contracts.

08/13/2026

We're highlighting a crucial piece of RDG's engineering services! Medusa is run using custom-created software designed to test each path of the RFDU.

Each screen image is the test results for the path, where signal is generated from Medusa and input into the RFDU, and then back into Medusa. The PC monitor is showing the software, and the smaller screen to the left is the network analyzer that is confirming the results. Each path has a signal run through it to confirm it is meeting specifications for that path as outlined by the US Navy.

To learn more about how we can custom-build RF technology for your business, contact us today!

08/12/2026

Meet Medusa — named for the many-headed figure of Greek myth, because our version has a whole lot of cable "heads" of her own. She's the custom test system our team built to check every single signal path in the RF systems we produce: every filter, every frequency, every switch condition. What used to take months of spot-checking now gets tested completely in 4.5 hours — and nothing leaves our shop unproven.

Jim tells the whole story — including why we ended up building our own test equipment from scratch — in our newest blog post. Give it a read!

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