Category Archives: Projects

2016 Balloons Launch

Posted on 2016-05-21 by Nigel VH

Launch happened the morning of Saturday, May 21st. We had one launch from Moses Lake, WA, which reached approximately 18.5km in altitude. While this is lower than we normally expect burst heights, student experiments were successful. We were successful in recovering … Continue reading →

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Part Organizer

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Nigel VH

With all the electronics projects I do, I’ve ended up with a lot of very small spare parts that are hard to keep track of. Previous to now, I’ve kept them in a large number of small bags from the … Continue reading →

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Homebrew GPSDO

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Nigel VH

I’ve had an older HP 10544A ovenized crystal oscillator laying around for some time now, waiting for a good project to be put to use. It’s a high precision frequency source that fell out of spec and was pulled from … Continue reading →

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QRP HF Amplifier

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Nigel VH

As mentioned in my last post, I’ve been working on building a small HF amplifier. I’d like to use it to build a standalone WSPR station that can run on its own, and transmit with a couple hundred milliwatts. I … Continue reading →

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Homebrew Weather Station

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Nigel VH

I’ve recently been playing with the Electric Imp platform of Internet of Things devices. They’re fairly inexpensive, and very easy to use, so when SparkFun recently was having a sale, I picked up their Weather Shield, and Sensors. With some … Continue reading →

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