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Category Archives: Technology
Mirabox Kernel update
So the background is that I have a lovely little unit called a Mirabox but I need to update the kernel on it. I spent a good bit of time looking at various forums and eventually managed to piece together … Continue reading
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Micro PV
So, having moved the garden shed and the PV panels in August/September 2011 to a more sun friendly position, I was pretty sure that there would be more output from the system over the next 12 months. Now, that 12 … Continue reading
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Moving on.
About 9 Years ago I got involved in IrishWAN. It was great fun at the time getting links set up, upgrading to the newest and coolest kit, helping others get nodes running, getting new people connected, all who hadn’t a … Continue reading
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YFKtest on LHS#86
I finally got a chance to listen to Linux in the Ham Shack, Episode 86 in the last few days. I was delighted to hear Bob,W9YA on there being interviewed about YFKtest. I have mentioned YFKtest explicitly before (here and … Continue reading
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ADS-B and Xastir
It’s a rainy day, nothing much else to be doing so why not throw some python together to link an ADS-B receiver to Xastir. Well, thats what G0HWW did this afternoon, while I cruised the HF bands for victims.
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Micro PV two years on.
Some changes since last year. Firstly the panels have a different orientation from last year. I moved the shed last August/September and both panels are now facing South West (220deg), still at the tilt of about 5-10 degrees (which I … Continue reading
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The Kilogram
So I thought I knew what a kilogram was until I read this. Photo: Robert Rathe/National Institute of Standards and Technology Once a year, three officials bearing three separate keys meet at the bottom of a stairwell at the International … Continue reading
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K6RPT-11
Unofficial distance from origin, 6237 miles, 10037 kms (Great Circle Mapper). Unofficial flight duration, 57 hours 2 minutes. (from twitter)
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Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first Amateur Radio Satellite, OSCAR 1 (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio). AMSAT UK has put online a telegram sent from the Radio Society of Great Britain, with news that OSCAR … Continue reading
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AMSAT-OSCAR 51 R.I.P.
Sad to see it go, though I only ever used it a handful of times. There is a certain buzz to be got from briefly speaking to someone from another country through a satellite, that you just don’t get from … Continue reading
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