A blog that I follow on a regular basis is from Aussie ham Peter Marks, VK2TPM. He posts from the perspective of an experienced ham who is really starting to get bitten by the homebrewing bug, so it’s a real pleasure to see him discover some of the things which make that aspect of the… Read More BCD Switch Goodness
No, you got your ham shack in my Linux! I’ve been grumbling to myself about the lack of active ham radio podcasts (sorry but the usual generic ham radio news shows don’t count as podcasts in my book). Lo and behold, I see that KB5JBV and K5TUX have just launched a new podcast, Linux in… Read More You Got Your Linux in My Ham Shack!
Check this out, if you are interested in launching your own CubeSat into orbit, look no further than this kit: The 10x10x10cm, 1kg CubeSat standard has evolved to become the basis for one of the most widely accepted families of nanosatellite designs. Originally proposed by Professor Bob Twiggs at Stanford University, it and its companion… Read More Turnkey CubeSat
I got my September QST in the mail last week and when I was doing my preliminary flip through the pages, an article caught my eye. Featured on the pages were quite a few screen shots of an application running on the very distinctive Ubuntu Human theme. It turns out that the article is about… Read More Must Be Something in the Water
Pardon me while I take a moment to direct your attention to the website of KC5WA, who has been simultaneously working on builds of both my Tualatin and Willamette transceivers. RC does an excellent and really thorough job in documenting his work on his projects, and his web pages are a great resource for those… Read More Another Willamette in the Wild
I just got my Summer copy of the QRP Quarterly and got a nice little surprise in the 2008 FDIM Building Competetion and Show & Tell article on page 32. Right down at the bottom-center of the page is a photo of the W8BH entry, his homebrew Willamette rig! Bruce did an incredible job with… Read More Willamette QRP Rig Spotted in the Wild