I know. I was just starting to get some momentum posting to the blog on a semi-regular basis, and then — the drop off. I am sorry about that. The Si5351A Breakout Board campaign consumed almost all of my work time. Given the limited amount of actual work time that I have, something had to give.… Read More Long Time, No See
The year is not starting out as well as I had hoped. Back during the beta test of the CC-20 I had set a goal to complete my revisions and be ready to sell production kits by 1 January 2012. Obviously that date has come and gone and I’m still not on the market. A… Read More Catching Up With Etherkit
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 world. You can probably tell from the image above: we’re having another baby!… Read More Another Harmonic
Here’s a quick update from my phone just to let you know that I’m still here. I’ve been unusually busy trying to fix one last bug in the CC-40 that has been extremely challenging. Between that and taking care of Noah, there’s been little to write about here. With any luck, the beta test will… Read More Still Alive
Thanks to some feedback from John AE5X, I’ve disabled the requirement that you sign up for an account on my blog just to be able to post a comment. Honestly, I had forgotten that my blog was setup that way, and didn’t realize what a pain that barrier was imposing upon potential commenters. From now… Read More A Housekeeping Note
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
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?
Perhaps that’s a bit melodramatic, but my time for operating and homebrewing is going to be severely curtailed very soon. Baby Boy Milldrum will be arriving any day now (the estimated due date is July 22) and we’re in full-blown panic mode as we finish the last minute preparations to get the baby’s room ready,… Read More Last Chance Hammin’
Family commitments and issues have kept me from doing much radio related stuff lately, which is why I haven’t blogged much recently. When I have had some spare time, I’ve been using it to complete the documentation for my FDIM 2010 QRP Challenge entry, which I finally finished and submitted last night. After attending a… Read More A Brief Update