One of my local Ham radio club members sent me a link to these nifty PowerPole PVC Boots. Why? Because I can, they do make the power pole a bit neater. 50 boots for $15.99 delivered on eBay, i go...
A couple of weeks ago, one of the ham club members Marc VK3OHM teased us all at the club meeting with a very impressive UP!2 3d printer. And while I have asked santa for one for xmas (i don’t l...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/12/03/parametric-powerpole-break-box/
As part of my efforts to improve the performance of my sota station, I have been focusing on the low hanging fruit of changes to help improve performance, better antenna, swapping the internal sp...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2014/07/02/ft817-speech-compressor-install/
I needed to convert 12v to 8.4v, so went for a drive to the local jaycar and purchased a simple voltage regulator kit. The kits is listed as simple, and thats a good thing, I haven’t soldered...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2013/12/03/solder-burns-and-other-shenanigans/
To ensure my two sons, Nathan who is 5 and Toby who is 3 get a balanced (brainwashed as Christine would say) education, I recently got them a basic electronics kit to help teach them some simple ...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2013/08/17/snap-circuits-electronics-kits/
Just a quick post to help promote a company in Adelaide who I recently used for some parts that will go into an antenna project that I have underway. The company is run by Mark, VK5EME. I was aft...
http://www.vk3bq.com/2013/08/13/minikits-components-adelaide/