Category Archives: Electronics

Monitor Troubles

Posted on 2012-06-09 by Nigel VH

Well, for a while now one of my two monitors has had an issue where upon power up, the backlight would flicker for a short time then would run normally. However, in recent history it’s been getting worse in that … Continue reading →

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2012 Balloons Launch

Posted on 2012-05-21 by Nigel VH

On Saturday, May 19th, 2012 we traveled to Moses Lake, WA to launch our high altitude balloon for the ESS205 : Access to Space class at the University of Washington. The balloon made it to over 100,000′ before popping, and … Continue reading →

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IC-706MKII-G Install

Posted on 2012-05-07 by Nigel VH

Ordered the head extension cable and a mounting bracket for my Icom 706MKII-G last week, and they showed up in the mail on Saturday, so I had a good time on saturday afternoon figuring out how to get the rig … Continue reading →

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APRS at Black Rock

Posted on 2012-04-22 by Nigel VH

Recently, I went on a trip to the Black Rock desert in Nevada with a group from the University of Washington to launch some high power amateur rockets. Seeing as though this is a thirteen hour drive from Seattle down … Continue reading →

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HX1 Transmitter Module Testing

Posted on 2012-02-20 by Nigel VH

So, as pointed out in my last post, I got some HX1 transmitter modules, and hooked them up, however, it appears that the deviation is kinda funky when it comes to APRS. In this line of thinking, I decided to … Continue reading →

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