marxy's musing on technology

Prolific ham radio writer, Peter, VK3YE has put up a video about his attenuated WSPR beacon being picked up by a number of stations and happ...

My normal 40m antenna here is in the back yard hanging between the house and a tree. Operating position is at the front of the house so a lo...

A very enjoyable adventure. Being away, living in a van, helps me appreciate the comforts of home. This post is a collection of observatio...

It's official, well from the WSPR Watch map, I've reached pretty much the western edge of Australia. I was able to receive Kev...

One thing I've been particularly looking forward to is listening to HF radio devoid of all the interference we get in the cities. My f...

It’s a long stretch of paved road through country devoid of trees. There is scrub and sometimes quite large bushes but never any shade....

Broken Hill is not a bad place to get car repairs done. There's lots to see although sometimes I felt like I was paying an entry fee to ...

I had to wait a few days in Cobar for a new brake drum to come in and be fitted. There's not a lot to see and I saw it all. Picked up th...

Now that the weather has cooled a little, I've hit the road from Sydney in the van and am heading west. (I emailed old friends George an...

A few years ago I wrote a simple iOS app called WSPR Watch that lets me quickly check the WSPRnet site for reports of my WSPR spots. It...

Some previous versions of CubicSDR have given me some grief on macOS. Today I found that the current release , version 0.2.5, seems to work ...

Inspired by the latest podcast (210) from Soldersmoke , in which Bill and Pete talk about wearing a Beret while home brewing, Stephen VK2B...