Category Archives: Random

Moclips

Posted on 2016-09-05 by Nigel VH

Recently a large portion of my family got together to celebrate a number of birthdays over at Moclips, WA. We had a good time, and so did our pup. And managed to get some pretty cool slow-mo footage of the … Continue reading →

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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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Awards

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Nigel VH

I’ve been holding onto some trinkets from a work event some time ago, in anticipation of finding a proper use for them. The other day I decided the most befitting use would be to incorporate them into an award to … Continue reading →

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Lathe Project – Transistor Heatsinks

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Nigel VH

I’ve recently been working on a small HF amplifier project, using common TO-92 style transistors. I needed some heatsinking capability to keep the transistors at a reasonable temperature, so I whipped a couple small aluminum heatsinks up on the lathe. … Continue reading →

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