My normally scheduled time to work on the business has been cut a bit short in the last few weeks due to the various little problems in life that crop up. On top of that, I’ve been fighting one nagging problem that’s been vexing me for the last few weeks. Progress had ground to an… Read More Late November Project X Status Update
Here’s a video that I made this afternoon of the Project X receiver listening to 40 CW during Sweepstakes. Once I’ve got the microcontroller code up and running, hopefully I can get you a video of a complete QSO. Enjoy!
Thanks to W8NF for the chuckles.
Here’s a cheap & cheerful (or in the American vernacular, crappy) panorama that I just did with the open source Hugin software package. Yes, there are some obviously bad stitches, but it gives you an idea of what my newly updated shack looks like. I added the KADA 852D+ rework station, upgraded the shack PC,… Read More Shack Mk. II
I’m starting to build up the gear for the kitbiz to get off the ground, and the first large investment just arrived at the shack. Thanks to some blog posts from Eldon WA0UWH, I found AmScope.com, who sells all manner of microscopes for low prices. I ended up finding a scope that was very similar… Read More A New Toy for the Shack
Here is the “Project X” proto: It’s kinda big with thru-hole components, but the current plan is to use SMT in production. Does that sound like a good idea, or does the mere mention of surface mount turn you off? Update Due to “popular demand”, I’ve decided to release a bit of information on this… Read More In Case Anyone Cares
I’ve been absent from the blog for a while because I’ve been knee-deep in developing the prototype for the first radio kit for my as-of-yet-unnamed open source kitbiz. The design makes extensive use of JFETs in cascode configuration. JFET cascode amps and mixers are very solid performers, but the issue of widely varying Idss in… Read More JFET Biasing Investigations
Friday, 1 October will mark a very significant change for our family. That will be my last day of employment at Tektronix (actually now Danaher). I’ve submitted my resignation so that we can do what’s necessary for us to avoid having to send Noah to daycare. Due to some other, less drastic shuffling of schedules,… Read More Bittersweet
It’s hard to believe that the summer is pretty much over. Here in Oregon, it felt like we only had about 6 weeks of summer due to the very late winter and spring. We didn’t even get a chance to go camping once this year, which was a real bummer, but we sacrificed it for… Read More Where Did Summer Go?
Noah Milldrum Born August 2, 2010 9 lb 7 oz 21.5 in