Hardware Raspberry Pi
How much power does a Raspberry Pi 4 draw?
Interesting question, no? In preparation for some of my hardware projects, and since I still haven’t received my CM4’s 🤬, …
Raspberry Pi
Make Raspberry Pi 4 Fast
This is total overkill. But it’s fun and makes the Pi 4 quite zippy! Here’s a description of my setup …
KiCAD Raspberry Pi
KiCAD 6 on Raspberry Pi OS
Ok, I lied. KiCAD 5.99, which will become 6 sometime in 2021! Nightly builds are produced for a bunch of …
Amateur Radio Audio
Heil RS-1 no-drill clamp mount
Heil makes an accessory for the Heil PL2T microphone arm: The Heil RS-1 riser (~$29 @ B&H). The RS-1 riser …
Amateur Radio
Antenna Part 7: Got pole?
Now that the tilt over mount is in place, it’s time to attach the pole. I eyeballed the tube lining …
Amateur Radio
Antenna Part 6: Hinged
Now that hardware is all cleaned up, we’re ready to go. Well, not so fast, it has been unhealthy outside …
Amateur Radio
NFARL Code Practice Oscillator (CPO)
A few weeks ago, I participated in a zoom call named ‘CW-CHAT.’ CW stands for continuous wave, by the way, …
Amateur Radio
Arrest that (key) slide!
UPDATE, 10/6/2020: I found a better option! For ~$10 USD, you can find this on Amazon: round, thin silicone mat …
Amateur Radio
Antenna Part 5: Recovery
Time to recover from the galling incident. I bought new stainless hardware from ACE Hardware and replaced the fully threaded …
Amateur Radio
Antenna Part 4: A galling shame
The picture above shows what it looks like when I screw up. It was time for me to relearn an …