marxy's musing on technology

Meeting my objective of having the new ham shack powered totally from solar energy proved to be a little less straight forward than I had ...

I've been learning about powering my ham shack with solar power and have been working on logging battery voltage to get information abou...

"OMG Steve Jobs" was the SMS from my daughter. I'd been watching Google Reader only minutes before and it was clear this was s...

Since moving the ham radio station to the new shed, which is located in the back corner of our block, it has become practical to use an open...

Today at the ARNSW Home Brew meeting at dural, Mathew Magee, VK2YAP gave a talk about audio for radio communication. He spoke for about an h...

This week we took a couple of days out, during off season, north of Sydney at Port Stephens. The water must be very clean here as dolphins s...

A new toy just arrived... While not quite a "gift", for AU$40 (+$15 postage), it's pretty cheap for a tiny transceiver...

The new ham shack is up and running. The 65W solar panel is placed simply on the north facing side of the roof. There is some shade during t...

Ever since we filled in the swimming pool a few years back, I've noticed that there's enough space in the back yard for a shed. Her...

Great news, I'm getting a shed. Every man needs a shed and the plan is to move my ham radio gear into it. It's still a few weeks...

This week I had an opportunity to join the collective commentating about what the resignation of Steve Jobs from the position of Apple CEO w...

Just returned from a wonderful day at the Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club's Winterfest . A new venue this year, with more space...