Category Archives: Technology

Black Rock 2013

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

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

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

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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2M Transverter

The lady of the house was kind enough to get me a kit for a 2M transverter this year for christmas. Now, for those of you who aren’t familiar with a transverter, it takes a low frequency signal (in this … Continue reading

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