I recently did quite a bit of pontificating about the diminished state of our online communities. It’s easy enough to complain, but the real measure of devotion is actually taking positive actions to help move things along. In that spirit, I was inspired by the recent announcement of Google+ Communities (a development that’s been sorely… Read More Community
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 link has a good example of what I was envisioning, calling this application the “killer app” of 3D printing.
Hello there. Yes, there is still life at this blog, although whether it is intelligent is still indeterminate. I feel awfully guilty about the lack of content for the blog in the last year, but I’ve been in a horrible time crunch since getting Etherkit off the ground. When it comes to making the choice between… Read More Inflection Point
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 down from the Sacramento area to spend a bit of time together. They took me… Read More Mythbusters at The Tech
Hello Dear Readers, Sorry for the thin content on the blog once again. In the insufficient free time I have, I’ve been swamped with trying to keep OpenBeacon in stock and development of new products going. I’ve got a couple of questions for you, if you don’t mind chiming in. First, I tried asking a question… Read More A Few Questions
I’ve got a quick grab bag of OpenBeacon updates for your reading pleasure tonight. First off is the wonderful find and awesome mechanical construction skills of WA4KBD. He posted a message on the Etherkit forum about an extruded aluminum enclosure that he found on eBay that works perfectly for OpenBeacon. He brought pushbutton S1 and… Read More OpenBeacon Miscellany
For the first time in quite a while, I’ve taken a project from start to a complete finish in an enclosure. I wanted to have my prototype SSB QRP rig ready to take with me to Salmoncon, so I busted a move this weekend to tweak the last bits of the circuitry to my liking,… Read More SSB In A Box
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 Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. If you enjoy the world of crazy conspiracy theories, pirate radio, and solving… Read More Resurrect Dead
Even though I’ve been insanely busy with home life and running Etherkit, I felt like I needed to get out and do a bit of operating to get back in touch with that aspect of amateur radio. In the past few years, Dave W8NF has invited me to come up to the OTVARC Field Day… Read More Field Day 2012
My apologies for being a bit neglectful of the blog. Since a few weeks before FDIM, I’ve been in a mad frenzy to get OpenBeacon kits into production, get the Etherkit website up and running, do a better job of completing OpenBeacon documentation, supporting the inevitable hiccups that come with a new product release, and start… Read More OpenBeacon In Production