marxy's musing on technology

A great meeting today at Dural. Perhaps it was the weather but the biggest turn out I think I've seen. The topic of the day was swi...

Today I roughed up a cable to get on air with WSPR and the new KX3 via a Signalink USB. Ground, PTT and audio are wired from the RJ45 p...

If you have an iPhone and are interested in all things Australian, including news, sport, learning English and Radio Australia then you migh...

We are regular users of the ABC iView service. Combined with an Apple TV, Boxee, or other AirPlay capable TV device, this is the best wa...

I recently purchased the nice box for the Ensemble RXTX from the KM5H store and it does make it into a very professional looking little so...

I keep getting these emails: I click No. So, why are you sending these messages? Then when I try to leave the page "flipora...

Patrick, VK2PN , received his Elecraft KX3 kit, quickly constructed it and we had a contact which we recorded on both ends. While I...

The Elecraft KX3 serial number 371 arrived this morning. First contact was with Patrick, VK2PN, who immediately drove over, delivered a cong...

A raspberry pi finally arrived. Amazing embedded linux platform for very little money. I'm not really interested in using it to dr...

I am working but a distraction dropped in. And in a park. I recently bought a tiny key fob shaped "spy" camera which we p...

If you use the WSPR propagation beacon system and frequently visit wsprnet.org to see who is reporting your signal, I'm pleased to ann...

Today I've had the pleasure of attending the One more thing conference in Melbourne. I can't praise the organisers highly enou...

There's been a bit of controversy about claims this week that Google Chrome is now the most popular browser. According to stats to hand...

A new toy, a PK Loop Antenna . This one tunes from 6MHz to 18MHz, so it's designed for shortwave broadcast listening. Even indoors,...

If you access a recent (after unity) Ubuntu via remote desktop with VNC you'll have a lot of trouble with the screen not repainting. I...

Recently I "traded down" from an IC-7000 to an IC-725. One thing I missed was DSP noise reduction. Mal, VK2BMS recommended a BHI N...

Through local ham, Robert, VK2ZNZ, I've had the privilege to meet Jack Meijer who restores and more amazingly builds valve radios. Jack ...

It's great to see a few people working on the latest ARNSW Home Brew group "challenge" project - to build a 40m AM transmitte...

The only thing I've used Yahoo for in recent years is a few groups that are hosted there including the active KX3 discussion . Something...

Just turned on the FT-817, running 2W on 20m with WSPR. Very first transmission, here's the people who heard me: Amazing. Minimum d...