marxy's musing on technology

Google has shown their new Pixel 10 phones ahead of Apple's expected launch of their next iPhones in two weeks. What are the big new fea...

Jack VK5KVA kindly tested analog single sideband against FreeDV RADEV1 at a series of reducing power levels. We are 560km apart and this was...

An entertaining FreeDV net here in south eastern Australia this morning. I had, unfortunately, changed my microphone from a desktop with a p...

A terrific edition of the "On the Media" program from WNYC Studios about shortwave radio and what we've lost, not just from th...

Last week I had a chat with Ben, VK3TBS, from the popular Amateur Radio Channel YouTube channel. He's put what I said together with some...

A record rollup for the Sunday morning net in eastern Australia this morning with 15 stations. VK3PCC, VK5KVA, VK5RM, VK2DWG, VK2HJW, VK2DWG...

Just brought an unused old Intel iMac up from Melbourne. These feel very slow compared to the current M series CPU Macs but they do have a b...

Some GPs are using artificial intelligence to record patient consultations. Just how safe is our personal data? Also, Google is running an a...

We had a good Sunday morning 40m net here in Australia with VK3BRT, VK5KVA, VK2DWG, VK2ATW, VK2BQL, VK5LN and VK7MB. Two of the stations wer...

Just bought a zBitx radio from HFSignals . The attraction is for portable use on digital modes without needing a computer as it has a Raspbe...

We've just had the FreeDV Sunday morning net (starts at 10:30am eastern time) and 10 stations were at least seen. We had VK3TPM, VK3RV, ...

Could the iPhone end up looking a lot different from what it does now? By September, it could feature a larger screen, upgraded selfie camer...

Recently I've been investigating how to migrate from Google Blogger to Wordpress. The best solution for me so far is by using Google...

Just returned from a few days in Australia's far north. In contrast to the cold and wet here in Victoria, it was around 26C and very ple...

Bill on the Soldersmoke blog posted recently with some concern that one day Google might lose interest in their free blogging platform Blog...

The Qantas frequent flyer program has written to members to inform them that the data of millions of us has been taken. Just how safe are we...

I've had two good contacts VK3-VK5 using FreeDV RADE1 today. Quite a lot of stations on air. It would be good to have a regular net for ...

I recently purchased a pair of Meshtastic capable heltec devices. As I live at a remote location I had never found any other nodes aside fr...

Artificial Intelligence is the biggest story in tech at the moment. But there are down-sides and unexpected consequences.  One of them has a...

Graeme, VK3CDO, is a friend from the Macedon Ranges Amateur Radio Club. He often shares his knowledge of bushcraft and this weekend we heade...