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Read MoreMy Radio Story
My path to ham radio began in the mid-60’s with a crystal radio and a long piece of copper wire. I got my Novice license in the late 60’s (WN8EGB) and upgraded to General in 1970 (WB8EGB). Back then you had to know Morse code and you had to go to the closest FCC field office to take the tests! I did a lot of hamming in the 70’s, but many things started to get in the way of the hobby. . . ....
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Read MoreAntennas
I have a Hygain 12AVQ tri-band vertical for my ham radio endeavors, giving me access to 10 – 15 – 20 meters. I purchased it at DX Engineering along with some pre-cut radial wires tuned for the three bands, 4 for each band. But I am looking to homebrew some others antennas to catch some of the other bands. I’m especially interested in 12, 17, 30 and 40 meters. The radio, a Kenwood TS930s,...
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Read More‘Duino
I’ve got’em all grouped together. . . .Arduino, Netduino, RaspberryPi, PICAXE, ATtiny, BeagleBone, Gadgeteer, and all the generic/knock-offs/copies out there. I know I know, some of them are more microcomputers rather than controllers, but I’m just experimenting with all of them. . . or at least trying. If you’re looking for a specific microcontroller or microcomputer or...
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Read MoreComputers
I’m a geek so I love putting together my own computers. . . . .I get exactly what I want and need. The first one was way back in the early 80’s. It was a kit from Heathkit, an H-89. If anyone remembers them, it had no hard drive but two 5 1/4″ floppy disk drives and a whopping 64MB RAM…woohoo! Also it ran CPM. . .Bill Gates had not created Microsoft yet and there was no DOS! After...
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