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Saturday, October 24, 2020

• AmateurLogic 148: 15 Years of AmateurLogic
  AmateurLogic.TV Episode 148 is now available for download. Celebrating 15 Years of AmateurLogic. Peter, VK3PB joins for an update. Tommy is Getting Started With The IC-705. George has some Simple and Useful Transistor Projects. Emile Calibrates With WWV Until It Hertz. Announcing the winner of the Icom IC-705 transceiver and prize package giveaway. 2:10:02 Download … Continue reading AmateurLogic 148: 15 Years of AmateurLogic

• The return of…
  Yes I am sort of back at it, but the family problems have not gone away.I am currently working on a signalling system for a local model railway club.This is a quite a big arrow to my bow, as I am not quite sure what I am doing yet? A big learning…

• LHS Episode 373: GridTracker Deep Dive Part 3
  Welcome to Episode 373 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we have a roundtable discussion with several of the contributors to the GridTracker.org project. We explore all …

• Hunting For NDBs in CLE261
  AP-378 Mayne Island, BC It’s CLE time again!’CLE’s are ‘Co-ordinated Listening Events, and NDB DXers around the world focus their listening time on one small slice of the NDB spectrum.This time the hunting ground is from 19…

• Busy busy busy!
  Good afternoon to all my blog readers that is if you have not given up on me and my lack of posting? I have been on and off the radio but not really any news out this way. I will say that this retirement gig sure keeps me busy! I am the type of person …

• Looking for input on my PC.
  Today I started my PC and was greeted with the above screen……I did restart and all was ok but I was wanting to hear some of my readers wisdom as to what this could but and more importantly is it a sign of worse things to come?PC information i…

• AmateurLogic 15th Anniversary Contest Winner
  Congratulations to Clint Frost, W2BL of Owens Cross Roads, AL. Clint was randomly selected as winner of the AmateurLogic.TV 15th Anniversary contest! Thanks to all who participated in the contest and thanks for watching AmateurLogic. Watch our 15th an…

• DX from Swain’s Field
  Judy and I hiked up the range road behind Swain’s Farm this afternoon. What fantastic fall colors! I worked Trinidad and Texas with the KX3 and enjoyed one of the last warm days of the year. I tossed a wire into a giant maple tree at the edge of one of the hay fields. I […]

• Propagation seems to be picking up.
  Yesterday afternoon I was on FT8 and was spotted in Tasmania which for me was a great sign of propagation. Then a surprise showed up on the waterfall VK7AC from Tasmania was calling me. We exchanged reports I received -11 and sent -04.

• LHS Episode #374: The Weekender LVIV
  It’s time once again for The Weekender. This is our bi-weekly departure into the world of amateur radio contests, open source conventions, special events, listener challenges, hedonism and just plain …

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Newsletter #193

View in browser RF OSCILLATORS Move up in frequency to the oscillators which make the signals that drive the ham’s wireless world. Previously, we learned what makes an oscillator do what it does, and tried a simple low frequency example. Now, it’s time to move up to the oscillators which make the signals that drive the ham’s wireless world. Read It Now! Power, portability, and performance The PicoScope 3000 Series PC oscilloscopes are small, light, and portable, while offering the high-performance specifications required by engineers in the lab or on the move. These oscilloscopes offer 2 or 4 analog channels, plus an additional 16 digital channels on the MSO models. More Details Here! Advertisement TO SOLDER OR NOT Don’t let soldering crimp your style. As a young ham radio enthusiast, I was taught that, when it comes to high-current DC or any RF connection, use solder, regardless of the connector design. I was told in certain terms that crimp-on connectors were at best short-sighted time savers. The purported benefits of a soldered connection over simply twisting two conductors together — or even professional crimping — include longevity and increased reliability. Read It Now! CONFIDENTLY USING INTERRUPTS IN YOUR MICROCONTROLLER PROJECT Interrupts will become like the heartbeat of your microcontroller code, the regular rhythm at the core of your project. Once you’ve become familiar with using interrupts, they will become like the heartbeat of your microcontroller code. You’ll find that they aren’t intimidating and you’ll wonder how you ever wrote code without them. You’ll start designing your projects around the interrupt and find that this simplifies the design and makes development faster. Read It Now! PUMPKINFX Learn how to animate a character’s mouth to match music or speech. This Halloween, you can treat your tricksters to both dessert and a show. This project is easy to solder together and uses common tools to assemble. Best of all, the animations for the Halloween songs can be downloaded for free! Animate It Now! TRIO DE LOS MUERTOS Purposeful seeming animation using motors … and psychology! Mix animation and psychology with this fun prop to liven up your next “Day of the Dead” celebration. Build It Now! Nuts & Volts On CD-ROM Plant Monitor Kit DIY RC Controller Super Awesome Cube Kit You are receiving this email because you have been a subscriber to Nuts & Volts Magazine, or have requested to receive our email newsletters. You may unsubscribe, change your email address or content preferences at any time through the links provided below. Nuts & Volts Magazine | 2279 Eagle Glen Pkwy #112-481, Corona, CA 92883 951.371.8497 | editor | www.nutsvolts.com T & L Publications, Inc, 2279 Eagle Glen Pkwy #112-481, Corona, CA 92883, United States, 951 371-8497

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Saturday, October 17, 2020

• ICQ Podcast Episode 335 – Massive DXing on 2m
  In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Edmund Spicer M0MNG to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s features is Massive DXing on 2m,…

• LHS Episode #372: Pond Scum
  Welcome to the 372nd installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, we have a rogue co-host join the crew for stories about Jamboree on the Air/Internet, Supreme …

• Ham Radio Antennas For Apartments
  There are many challenges for today’s amateur radio operators. Low sunspots and poor propagation, Covid-19 virus limiting ham club meetings and normal fraternizing of local hams, HOA’s and other limits on outside antennas are real and must be dealt with. This also limits the help of ELMERS who can help new hams to understand how […]

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Newsletter #192

View in browser OSCILLATORS Let’s see how to make an audio oscillator, plus learn about common RF types. Every signal begins with an oscillator — In ham radio, the oscillator is a key element in generating signals, mixing them together, and extracting the information from them. Let’s see how to make an audio oscillator, plus learn about common RF types. Read It Now! FOR LEARNING, OLD SCHOOL CAN BE THE BEST SCHOOL Maximize your learning experience in electronics using the old-fashioned way. Give the “old school” junk box method of setting up your workbench and your communications, robotics, or other projects a try. Your projects may not look as attractive as the commercial systems, but you’ll really understand the inner workings of what you build. Read It Now! BUILD A 3D PRINTER FILAMENT SCALE Always be sure you have enough filament for your print job with the Spool-Scale! One thing you want to check before you start a long 3D print job is to verify you have enough filament on the spool to complete the print. You don’t want to come back to your printer at the end of a two-day run (as I have!) only to discover that the machine ran out of filament and the top part of the object is missing! This project describes a dedicated “spool scale” that provides a real time readout via an Arduino of just how much material you have left. Build It Now! THE CRYPT CREATURE This entombed skeleton prop is startling good fun. The Crypt Creature is an animated six foot tall replica of a stone block burial crypt with black bars in front. When activated, the creature lets out a loud growl, lunges forward, and forces the bars open. It then bellows "Happy Halloween!" in a deep sinister voice. Perfect to delight kids of all ages! Read It Now! Nuts & Volts On CD-ROM Plant Monitor Kit DIY RC Controller Super Awesome Cube Kit You are receiving this email because you have been a subscriber to Nuts & Volts Magazine, or have requested to receive our email newsletters. You may unsubscribe, change your email address or content preferences at any time through the links provided below. Nuts & Volts Magazine | 2279 Eagle Glen Pkwy #112-481, Corona, CA 92883 951.371.8497 | editor | www.nutsvolts.com T & L Publications, Inc, 2279 Eagle Glen Pkwy #112-481, Corona, CA 92883, United States, 951 371-8497

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Saturday, October 10, 2020

• The 2020 Fall “Classic Exchange”
  W7OS – Radio Club of Tacoma working the CX This fall’s running of the Phone "Classic Exchange" will take place on Sunday, October 18 and on Tuesday, October 20. The CW&nb…

• Just Get On The Air! (A Makeshift Temporary Dipole Shortwave Antenna)
  It might not take as much antenna as you may think would be necessary to make two-way contacts on shortwave radio (as an amateur radio operator putting an HF transceiver on the air). However, often, makeshift antennae are effective enough to be viable–just look at all the contacts many amateur radio operators make with their […]

• LHS Episode #371: The Weekender LVIII
  It’s time once again for The Weekender. This is our bi-weekly departure into the world of amateur radio contests, open source conventions, special events, listener challenges, hedonism and just plain …

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Newsletter #191

View in browser HAM RADIO IN A PINCH When disaster strikes, ham radio keeps working when other means of communication go down. Ham radio often comes to the rescue during disasters when normal communication lines are unavailable. Find out what technical bits and pieces are needed to help get folks through the next storm. Read It Now! PARALLEL PROCESSING WITH THE PROPELLER FLiP Take an in-depth look at the Propeller FLiP board from Parallax. The Parallax Propeller chip is an impressive multi-core microcontroller … and the Propeller FLiP board makes it even more powerful! See how to integrate these together in your projects. Read It Now! MONSTER IN A BOX Give your treaters a nice trick with this menacing but fun prop. We’ll be putting the Parallax Propeller Activity board to good use in a Halloween prop that will keep trick-or-treaters wondering what’s trying to get out. Build It Now! MORE TRICKS WITH OLD-SCHOOL DIGITAL CLOCKS Variations and suggestions for building discrete-logic clocks. Here are a few of the many possible variations on the general theme of discrete-logic digital clocks. If you have a few LED displays, counters, drivers, and simple logic, you can probably build a clock. Consult the datasheets of the ICs you choose to use, breadboard everything first, and have fun. Try Some Tricks Now! Nuts & Volts On CD-ROM Plant Monitor Kit DIY RC Controller Super Awesome Cube Kit You are receiving this email because you have been a subscriber to Nuts & Volts Magazine, or have requested to receive our email newsletters. You may unsubscribe, change your email address or content preferences at any time through the links provided below. Nuts & Volts Magazine | 2279 Eagle Glen Pkwy #112-481, Corona, CA 92883 951.371.8497 | editor | www.nutsvolts.com T & L Publications, Inc, 2279 Eagle Glen Pkwy #112-481, Corona, CA 92883, United States, 951 371-8497 Unsubscribe Manage preferences