marxy's musing on technology

Today the WIA conference moved to the NSW site at Dural. It was a beautiful day and a good crowd was in attendance to see the stalls, fea...

Today, for the first time, I attended the Wireless Institute of Australia's annual conference in Sydney. (Or "two days in may...

I live in Tony Abbott's safe seat of Warringah. Recently I started collecting campaign material that has been turning up in targeted a...

Prescription glasses often cost me hundreds of dollars. As I end up buying a few pairs of reading glasses, sometimes sunglasses and a bi-f...

We've used a 2011 Mac mini since it was new and it's been very reliable. In the past the RAM has been upgraded and of course it no...

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....