marxy's musing on technology

A bloke with too many hobbies.

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Rosebud Radiofest

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The annual Rosebud Radiofest was enjoyable again this year. I'm trying not to acumulate too much gear but it's always great to catch...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Anko streaming microphone - low cost, decent quality

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One of the keys to getting the best out of digital voice over HF using FreeDV is having a good quality microphone fairly close to the speake...

Tech Talk on ABC Radio - Valve is coming for Microsoft's games

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The global video games market is worth approximately $337 billion US, 10 times the size of the global movie business. Video games have gone ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Power tool battery for QRP Radio

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Bought one of these 12V power tool battery adapters. It has an adjustable output voltage - handy for the QRP-Labs QMX which is rather sensit...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Aurora visible in Victoria - excellent local conditions on 80m

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We are experiencing a severe geomagnetic storm at the moment. The Macedon Radio club's 80m net noticed the strongest local signals in re...
Sunday, November 09, 2025

FreeDV Australian net - 20 stations several new

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A very successful FreeDV net this morning with 20 stations at least seen. Several new stations again this week which is great. Some of us we...
Saturday, November 08, 2025

A headless QMX with 3D printed case

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I built a QMX kit a while back but made a mistake by soldering the 2x16 LCD display on the front of the display board rather than behind. I...
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Tech Talk on ABC Radio - browser wars and is an 8K TV worth while?

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Two new wars have broken out on our computer desktops, after a period of relative stability in two common areas of desktop computing - web b...
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