{hacking,music,electronics,radio}
Here are the toots from my Mastodon account. If you’re into ham radio and technology this is a great inclusive server with an awesome mascot called Alex.
hupRF/SDR kits PAT installed and it seems to work. Just need to get my head around driving the rtlsdr properly, and then finally think about a Raspberry Pi.
Really tempted to get a decent SDR at some point… also surgery on my only proper rig scares me! Time for a drink. https://mastodon.radio/media/PhMNcTrzDtobpAKZhik
New WSJT-X, new colours! I should stop messing about and install the hupRF PAT board. 😱
Also this whole Flickr group of control panels! https://www.flickr.com/groups/controlpanel/pool (this one is from https://flic.kr/p/jMcXwi, by ken fager)
Phwoar! check out this control panel! http://control–panel.com/post/160216868722/built-in-1954-the-building-that-houses-longwave
→ View toot on mastodon.radioOooh: https://www.maplin.co.uk/ time to offload all the random junk I bought while they were closing down.
→ View toot on mastodon.radioI always read “hihi” as some sort of maniacal fairytale giggle. Had no idea until today it was a morse thing!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioLatest kit acquisition is a SMD Practice board. £1.72 from eBay and took about 3 weeks to ship. The board isn’t the best quality (and neither is my pic) but should still be fun to play. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141890124297
Ordered a hupRF PAT board from https://www.sdr-kits.net/Panoramic-Adaptor-Tap-Boards then found out when it arrived that Jan G5BBL/PA5D the proprietor is local to me! Time I got around to visiting the local club I think.
→ View toot on mastodon.radioEnjoying #introductions, so here’s mine:
I got my full license in July, having done my intermediate in Jan and Foundation in Dec, so I consider myself a newbie with an M0 license.
Got into radio to regain some knowledge in electronics (I have a degree in it, but don’t use it for work so have forgotten a LOT).
Loving it so far, especially construction and and messing with digital modes. Definitely still a bit mic shy but working on it!
Also, I 100% recommend the Bath based courses!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioOne of my staycation projects this year was the RSGB Centenary PSK Receiver.
I got the PCB from RSGB ( https://www.rsgbshop.org/cgi-bin/sh000044.pl?WD=psk&PN=Kits%2ehtml#a1385) and the bits I didn’t already have from Spectrum ( http://www.spectrumcomms.co.uk/), and then I bought an extruded aluminium enclosure from eBay to finish it off.
The build took about an hour in total and was all through-hole. The instructions also provide basic functionality tests which was a nice touch. Boxing it up took about another hour.
Not massively useful, but fun!
