Category Archives: Technology

Monitor Troubles Part 2

Posted on 2013-04-14 by Nigel VH

Nearly a year ago, I made a post about some issues I was having with one of my monitors. Well, my other monitor finally decided that it was time for it’s own turn of repair work. Unlike the other monitor, … Continue reading →

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Black Rock 2013

Posted on 2013-04-04 by Nigel VH

As you know, I volunteer with a couple classes at the University of Washington, helping to create telemetry systems for balloons and rockets. The rocketry class in particular generally has two endeavors to launch their rockets. One in the fall … Continue reading →

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Lat/Long to Grid Square Conversion

Posted on 2013-03-22 by Nigel VH

In the process of making my WSPR beacon, I wanted the system to both use the time from GPS to sync the transmissions accordingly, but also have the system be portable in that it would generate the needed grid square … Continue reading →

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15m Low Pass Filter

Posted on 2013-03-16 by Nigel VH

As mentioned in my last post, I’ve been working on making some coils for a filter I’m making for another project. Anyway, the capacitors I needed came in the mail today, so now it was time to put it together. … Continue reading →

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VNWA DUT Holder

Posted on 2013-03-15 by Nigel VH

I’ve recently been working on some inductors for a WSPR beacon transmitter. I’ll write about the transmitter in another post, but for now the issues I’m running into is tuning the components for the filter and amplifier. Luckily, I have … Continue reading →

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