Software Defined Radio is a technology which has always intrigued me, but something I just haven’t been able to devote a lot of time to yet. I’ve built an early model SoftRock and studied the basics of the theory. Not too long ago, I built up my own little version of a 40 meter SDR… Read More Subharmonic SDR
The January 2010 issue of Linux Journal is hitting the newsstands, and this one has the theme of Amateur Radio and Linux. One of the featured articles was written by none other than the local Linux guru, KK7DS. I haven’t purchased the issue yet, but I got a sneak peak at this particular article, and… Read More Ham Radio Hits Linux Journal
A little while ago, I got a hankering to work on a SSB transceiver. It’s something that I’ve never homebrewed before, and it seemed it like it might be fun to tackle. The BITX20 seemed like an obvious choice, and W7ZOI recently published an improved bidirectional amp which would be nice to try in the… Read More QRP SSB Transceiver in Progress
Although there are many days when I can barely stand the level of rudeness on QRP-L (and increasingly on qrp-l.org), I am sometimes reminded why I maintain my membership. Some recent events there have helped to boost up the numerator in the signal/noise ratio, and correspondingly, my interest. In case you haven’t followed much of… Read More Push It To The Limit
OK, time to fess up. Someone has been searching Google for “beaverton qrp” and has been landing on my blog. I’d love to know if there are other QRPers here in the Portland-area besides me and all of the big QRP luminaries like W7ZOI and KK7B. Please leave a comment below if that’s you!
DXing is something that has never really been a part of my ham career. Not because I haven’t had any interest in it, but mainly because I haven’t had much of station to speak of. Being restricted to compromise antennas and low power does a lot to dissuade you from seriously pursuing DX (especially during… Read More DX Success
I realize that this has very little to do with my normal blog content, but I hope that you will indulge me for a moment and check out this post. As many of you probably know, I work 3rd shift, which can get pretty lonely at times. In order to keep myself from going insane… Read More And Now For Something Completely Different
I just updated the shack PC to Ubuntu Karmic beta and I’m impressed. Nothing earth-shattering, but lots more polish compared to Jaunty, and seems quite a bit snappier. I think it’s worth the upgrade if you’re already an Ubuntu user. If you are not, then download the ISO and try it in live CD mode.… Read More My First Impression of Karmic Koala
While I occasionally get a bit worried about ham radio having to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century, there are encouraging signs that some hams get it. The two areas in ham radio where this seems most pronounced is in Radiosport and DXing/DXpeditions. Outside of the United States, these aspects of the… Read More This Is How You Do It
Margaret “Peggy” Tucker 1924 – 2009 Grandma’s obituary, as written by my mother: Margaret “Peggy” Tucker, 84, of Newberg, Oregon, died October 2, 2009 at home surrounded with loving family. She was born December 17, 1924, in Lakeview, Oregon, the daughter of Zera Thompson and Lola Kline. Peggy was married 50 years to Cliff Tucker.… Read More In Loving Memory