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The mark of an expert is knowing not simply what you know, but knowing what you don’t know. There are things in life I am truly an expert in. Electricity is decidedly not one of those things. For every new tidbit I learn, a door opens to reveal a seemingly infinite number of topics I …
(New follow-up post here!) How hard could it be to construct a little band pass filter, throw a signal through it, and see if it properly attenuates? A breadboard, a small handful of components, an online filter design tool. Fifteen minutes, tops? I was longing for the pleasurable jolt of satisfaction that one only gets …
I would be absolutely lying if I told you that the polar coordinate functions of my beloved TI-84 Plus CE calculator were anything less than horribly annoying. Like a lot of math, and math calculators, there are roughly 3312 (that’s considered the “KM1NDY number”,i.e., K#, for those learning the most avant garde methods of mathematics) …
Sending out a flurry of sinusoidal waves to those important people who share this lovely day with me! Love you guys!
Solidly in the back nine now…
Along my journey on understanding radio, electronics, and in particular, the magic of baluns, ununs, and other transformers, I came across this helpful video on how to analyze a 49:1 unun with a NanoVNA. I replicated it with the the “Alleyway Antenna” transformer. This one below…unfortunately I did not take a lot of pictures of …
These are the written steps and code necessary to upload C programs to an Arduino Uno through the Linux terminal without needing to use the Arduino IDE. I am most certainly NOT the originator of this, and proper credit goes to the “Low Level Learning” Youtube channel, and specifically this video entitled “Getting Started with …
Well it wasn’t the CQWW SSB, but it was another girls getaway nonetheless. Though this time, it was without my beloved sweet pup Nellie, who passed away last spring. Georgia, who does her very best to constantly remind me she’s not Nellie, and I gathered up our gear and headed off to the Salisbury Beach …
It certainly feels a bit like I am going back to my roots lately with scrappy little antenna projects strung up along the fence in my alley. Yup, that is a giant trash barrel I am using as a table top. A lady ham’s gotta do what she’s gotta do, ya know? If you are …
About the only thing I like more than chainsawing is chipping wood. So it is always a pleasure when my parents find me even a little something to cut down.