Last updated: March 9, 2026

Welcome to Radio-Hobbyist.com. Your privacy is important to me, and this page explains what information may be collected when you visit the website, how it is used, and the choices you have regarding your data.

Radio-Hobbyist.com is a personal blog operated by Rick Blythe (VE3CNU) in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. The site publishes tutorials, equipment reviews, and educational articles about amateur radio, shortwave listening, and related technologies.

Information We Collect

1. Information You Voluntarily Provide

You may choose to provide personal information when you:

Contact me by email
Leave a comment on an article
Submit a message through a contact form (if available)

This information may include:

Your name
Email address
The contents of your message

This information is used only to respond to your inquiry or moderate comments.

2. Automatically Collected Information

Like most websites, Radio-Hobbyist.com automatically collects limited technical information when you visit the site.

This may include:

IP address
Browser type
Device type
Pages viewed
Referring website
Date and time of visit

This information is used for website analytics, performance monitoring, and security.

3. Cookies

Radio-Hobbyist.com may use cookies to improve the browsing experience.

Cookies may be used for:

website analytics
remembering comment form details
performance monitoring
affiliate link tracking

You can disable cookies through your browser settings if you prefer.

Analytics Services

This website may use analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use the site.

These services may collect information such as:

pages visited
time spent on pages
approximate geographic region
device type

The information is aggregated and does not personally identify individual visitors.

Analytics data helps improve articles, tutorials, and site usability.

Affiliate Links

Radio-Hobbyist.com participates in affiliate advertising programs, including the Amazon Associates Program.

This means some links to products may be affiliate links. If you purchase through those links, the site may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate programs may use cookies to track referrals.

These commissions help support the ongoing creation of free tutorials and guides.

Third-Party Websites

Articles on Radio-Hobbyist.com often link to external websites such as:

equipment manufacturers
retailers
radio organizations
software downloads

Once you leave this website, the privacy practices of those external sites apply.

I am not responsible for the privacy policies or content of third-party websites.

Data Security

Reasonable technical measures are used to protect the website and its visitors. However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure.

For this reason, while efforts are made to protect data, absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

Children’s Information

Radio-Hobbyist.com is intended for hobbyists, educators, and radio enthusiasts. The site does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to the site, please contact me so it can be removed.

Your Privacy Rights

If you are located in Canada, your personal information is protected under Canadian privacy laws, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

You may request to: