marxy's musing on technology

Ashhar Farhan, VU2ESE, creator of the low cost, excellent performance for the money uBitx and Bitx40, has a new gadget. A flexible test inst...

Last time I upgraded iPhones I decided to lease the iPhone X rather than buying outright. This spreads the expense out over two years. Af...

On recent drive across Australia I was struck by the amount of shortwave broadcasting from China that could be heard. There is some data ...

After playing with PSKReporter recently, and being impressed with its speed and features, I've updated the WSPR Watch app so that you...

WSPRnet is a great service but frustratingly it's sometimes slow or down. Recently I've discovered that the PSKReporter site provi...

Our Maytag washing machine made screeching noises and smelt of burning this morning after 30 years of hard service. I think we've ha...

It was cool but sunny. A spectacular day to do the walk from Manly to the Spit bridge on Sunday with Peter, VK2EMU. There are spectac...

I have a new interest in the prices that houses in my state have sold for recently. Searching for this data turns up many services that pr...

My first trip in the van since returning from crossing Australia. The battery that powers the fridge and  lights was no longer holding cha...

PSK31 activity used to be common on 20m but it has been killed off by FT8 in recent years. Stephen, VK2BLQ, tipped me off that there's q...