As you might guess from some of my posts, I'm starting to get more into building radio-related electronics. One of the tools that is quite useful for testing these circuits is an oscilloscope. A couple of years ago a friend found a couple of used...
Running without a sked (and sometimes without a clue.)
As you might guess from some of my posts, I'm starting to get more into building radio-related electronics. One of the tools that is quite useful for testing these circuits is an oscilloscope. A couple of years ago a friend found a couple of used...
May 22, 2021 | In: Ham Radio
First of all, it has been a LONG time since I last posted to this blog. Much has happened, both before and during the lockdown, but here we are, That's the "Back to Blogging" part, but what, you are probably saying to yourself, is "the Joy of...
August 6, 2016 | In: Ham Radio
Well...I can cross that off my never-done list. This afternoon at 14:32 local time, using an antenna I built myself, I made an amateur radio contact (QSO) via satellite. The antenna: a couple of summers ago I put together a tape measure Yagi...
May 16, 2016 | In: Ham Radio
After playing around with a number of different ideas for my Raspberry Pi, I decided to try making it into an APRS I-Gate, which will listen to APRS data packet transmissions on the 2-Meter ham band, and then forward that data on to the internet so it...
August 12, 2015 | In: Geocaching, Ham Radio
Well...I've done it again. Multiple projects going at once, and none are actually getting to completion. Project: Raspberry Pi APRS gateway. I got a RPi for Christmas, and I've been trying to figure out what to do with it. I've settled on...
March 1, 2015 | In: Ham Radio, IT
When Drew headed off to college with his shiny new laptop, he left behind a decent Dell small-form-factor Ubuntu machine with a nearly-new 20" monitor. I just couldn't let it sit and gather dust now, could I?While Ubuntu was great for the boys to do...
September 1, 2014 | In: Family, Geocaching, Ham Radio
Well...it has been a busy summer, and I haven't gotten around to getting anything written down, so here's a quick summary. Field Day with the FWARC was a bit on the damp side...OK we got SOAKED, but fun was had by all...and dry socks are a...
May 11, 2014 | In: Family, Ham Radio, MWPC
Walking In The Rain Last Sunday my younger son and I participated in the CROP Walk to support hunger programs both locally (Des Moines Area Food Bank) and globaly. As is common in early May in the greater Seattle area, it was a bit rainy. We...
April 24, 2014 | In: Family, Geocaching, Ham Radio
I hope that all my readers had a blessed Easter. Our Good Friday and Easter Morning services at church went quite well, and the rain held off until after the neighborhood Easter-Egg hunt. We were able to join some of Diana’s family for...
April 8, 2014 | In: Ham Radio, IT
The ARRL's Logbook Of The World (LOTW) is pretty cool. Several years ago I did a presentation to my local radio club outlining its use, and it seems to have gotten even better since then. Recently the Trusted QSL platform that...
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