Respect
Update Here's a quote from Wes describing the equipment that he was using on his end: I hope that my signal was OK when we worked. I was in the midst of wrapping up a frequency synthesizer project...
View ArticleAnother Harmonic
I can finally let the cat out of the bag. As I alluded to on Google+ a few weeks ago, lots of stuff was happening behind the scenes here. One of the biggest pieces of news I can now share with the...
View ArticleDayton Or Bust
I've got another grab-bag of miscellaneous news for this post, but I'm going to lead off with the big one: I'm going to be a presenter at the world's preeminent QRP convention: Four Days In May 2012....
View ArticlePlease Welcome Elisha Henry Milldrum
Born March 2, 2012 A blessing from God. Photo Card View the entire collection of cards.
View ArticleResurrect Dead
I imagine that nearly all of my readers are interested in radio in some shape or form, so I thought I would recommend a fun documentary that you can view on Netflix streaming called Resurrect Dead: The...
View ArticleMythbusters at The Tech
This year I made a quick trip to Pacificon (hopefully I'll have a full blog post about the trip later) but I managed to squeeze in a little time on Sunday to visit with my Mom and Stepdad, who drove...
View Article3D Printed Enclosures
In my FDIM 2012 and Pacificon 2012 presentations, I mentioned 3D printing as a disruptive technology that could be useful to ham homebrewers in the construction of enclosures for our projects. This...
View ArticleExploring Minecraft Pi Edition
If you are a Raspberry Pi enthusiast, you may have seen that Minecraft Pi Edition was officially released yesterday. I don't have the time to game like I used to, so I haven't really played Minecraft,...
View ArticleConway's Game of Life in Minecraft Pi Edition
Also known as "The slowest implementation of the Game of Life in 2013". This is what happens when you have insomnia. What I did was first clear out the entire world, then place a plane of glass across...
View ArticleFancier Minecraft Pi Game of Life
I spiffed up my last bit of Minecraft Pi Edition code by making the Game of Life fit into a smaller area of the world, making the world grid and live cells easier to see (by making dead cells Obsidian...
View ArticleWoohoo!
I'm very proud to let my readers know that my little sister Molly won the Statesman Journal Best of the Mid-Valley 2013 award in the Food Cart category for her new business Vivacious Molly's Vibrant...
View ArticleHi Juno After-Action Report
As I write this, the Juno spacecraft has completed its slingshot maneuver around Earth, having stolen a bit of Earth's rotation energy. and is now on its way out to Jupiter. A bit before the designated...
View ArticleWe Make Contact
My last blog post (from two months ago, sorry about that) detailed my participation in the worldwide Hi Juno event; a coordinated effort from amateur radio operators from around the world to send a...
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Wideband Transmission #1
This is the first in a series of blog posts covering a wide variety of topics. In the past, I have used Twitter for my microblogging needs. For a variety of reasons, I'm on a Twitter hiatus right now,...
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Wideband Transmission #2
CC1 Beta Kit For Sale I ended up having one leftover kit from the CC1 beta test and I thought that an experience builder might like to build it. There are a few minor mods to perform to the PCB, so...
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CRX1 Open Beta
If you don't follow me on Twitter, you may not have heard that I have been working on a little "warm-up" kit in preparation for the CC1 release. Called the CRX1, this kit is a little VXO-tuned superhet...
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Wideband Transmission #3
Polyvaricons Now For Sale I've decided to try a small experiment and see if there's any interest in selling a small selection of components that would be handy for RF experimenters. The first product I...
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The CRX1 Is Here!
I'm happy to report that the CRX1 40 meter receiver kit is now in full production and is available for purchase in the Etherkit Store for $40 (which includes all controls and connectors, you just add...
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Hi Juno!
As a world-class procrastinator, I know I'm very late with this post only about 12 hours before the event. However, I still wanted to share it with you in the hopes that maybe it could help one person....
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Merry Christmas
This has been a very unique Christmas for me. For most of my adult life, as someone without children, Christmas wasn't exactly the exciting holiday that it used to be as a kid, of course. It was still...
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