marxy's musing on technology

This appeared in the lift last week. Most interesting. I'll have to avoid raucous laughter and talking over other people.

There have been rumours for  years that Apple is working on ARM based computers with keyboards, after all the phones and tablets are alre...

I've just received an Intel Galileo board and am starting getting to know it. In the past I've used Arduino s for low level hardware...

Dave, VK3ASE, is a prolific video maker. Recently the quality of his work is extremely good. For a taste, check out this story about a Gibso...

A while back I bought a Samsung Chromebook , the one that runs a non-Intel ARM processor. I see they are AU$320 and work nicely as a low cos...

Mal, VK2BMS, and I enjoyed the Meccano exhibition held in Forestville today. It was well attended and the organisers had put a lot of work i...

My 10m wide balcony works fairly well for 20m but I wanted to try 40m. Good news, Australian Geographic stores carry very nice metal slinky...

The KX3 is a radio with convenient standard looking connectors, either 2.5mm or 3.5mm sockets. Elecraft mentioned that many low cost PC head...

Stephen, VK2BLQ spotted this story on ABC News24 the other day. A great piece from ABC Open. Brenton: Ham Radio from Micah Barnes Photo...

When I returned from Hong Kong in 2002 I was 82kg, today I'm fairly stable at around 71kg. My work is sedentary and losing weight is a s...

It's the down side of living in a unit. My squid pole antenna support off the balcony is virtually invisible from the ground, but not it...

I'm finding typing on the dining table gives me sore shoulders so overnight I had an idea. Two $9 F-clamps and a plank and I have a nift...

Today at the ARNSW Home Brew group, a different kind of meeting. We turned to a survey of applications for Ham Radio that run on popular tab...

Goodness, iOS 6 & 7 needs a lot of different icon sizes for a universal app. I wish Apple would support SVG. Here's my little script...

Following pictures and diagrams from M0UKD , I've built up a 9:1 impedance transformer sometimes called an Unun. This transformer m...

The WIA is doing some work on promoting Ham Radio and this week I had an opportunity to do my bit. I was invited to be a guest on Margaret ...

I'm trying to talk with old friend Ralph, VK3ZZC , who's in Melbourne, about 1,000km away. He's on 10m which is a band I've ...

Spurred on by the ARNSW Antenna day, and illuminated by a comment from Mal, VK2BMS, that alerted me to the fact that I've been using my ...

My sincere thanks to the committee at Amateur Radio NSW for organising a wonderful "Antenna Day" today at Dural. The day was ...

I enjoyed the Wyong field day as always this year. It was great to catch up with Nigel, John, Patrick, Peter, and others. Lots of interest...