My Virtual Life

I've been away from this book (Make: Electronics by  +charles platt  ) for a couple of months.  I have really enjoyed the experiments, a...

Most of the J-Pole Antenna side of SO-239 soldered to the copper strap connected to the long side of the J-Pole. Note the screw...

mag antenna for top of car on the right, using baking sheet for ground plane, new ground plane antenna on the right, using just 12 gaugue ...

Coast Guard Station, Eastham, MA--note the antennae set up for a variety of wavelengths. The actual first message was sent from Marconi St...

To celebrate my new licensed amateur status, I decided to build an antenna for my new radio . The radio is dual band (2 meter/70cm), bu...

Last night I qualified as a Technician Class amateur radio operator. I have to wait a few days before I can be on the air, while the FCC ass...

Forget all that stuff in my last post about what I cooked.  I went back to the Uno version, really at a loss about why everything stopped...