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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 …