marxy's musing on technology

It's 7C in the shack tonight so I decided to set up the IC-705 and use it remote from the warmth of the house. The client software on ma...

We have 6kW of solar panels here but it's important to know when the sun is shining on them so I can use that power to charge the car or...

It was a pleasure to assist at an event organised by ABC Friends - southern bayside . The topic being discussed was "The ABC Past, Pres...

After competing in GovHack in 2017 I became heavily involved as a volunteer for a few years. After a break and a move to Melbourne I volunt...

I'm on a bit of a retro transmitter trip at the moment. Armed with some low profile 3.6864 crystals I built the "Simplex Sidebander...

I was horrified when I looked at the spectrum coming from the minion on 80m so clearly a low pass filter is needed. I used the notes from GQ...

The QRPVer QRP Minion SDR transceiver I ordered on Feb 3, has just arrived (June 13). So far I'm very impressed. It's very compact,...

Here I describe how I've been able to use a SDRPlay RSP1 clone with CubicSDR via SoapySDR on Linux Mint (a Debian/Ubuntu derivative) wit...

I build lots of little electronic projects, some work well, some work poorly, some just don't come to life. After a few failures I lose ...

SDR++ continues to impress as an excellent SDR client. One terrific feature is that it has a server mode built in. You run the server side ...

 

A Reddit post drew my attention to a new digital mode that uses the OFDM modem code from FreeDV for having keyboard to keyboard chats. It...

A ham radio friend who runs windows and is using various digital chat modes recommended some software that takes dictation and enters it in ...