Monthly Archives: November 2008

Google and privacy.

Posted on November 19, 2008 by j0n

I knew this already, but as Jeff says, seeing some privacy issues presented as simply and starkly as that does make it a little scary.

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Irish IPv6 Summit.

Posted on November 17, 2008 by j0n

Through where I work, I’ve been using/breaking/experimenting with difference facets of IPv6 for several years. Part of what TSSG has been doing is attempting to raise awareness about IPv6 whenever the opportunity arises.  As part of the Irish IPv6 task … Continue reading →

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K3 #2184 (part 2)

Posted on November 17, 2008 by j0n

It started raining again Sunday afternoon, so a perfect opportunity to resume construction First, attach the DSP Board to the back of the front panel. Attach the front panel to the main chassis. Initial power on test, fortunately no smoke … Continue reading →

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K3 #2184 (part 1)

Posted on November 15, 2008 by j0n

It arrived yesterday, but I was too tired to do anything with it last night. When I opened the box this morning, I instantly thought I had made a big mistake getting it in kit form. Lots of little bags … Continue reading →

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Elecraft K3

Posted on November 10, 2008 by j0n

Firstly, this is all Brendan, EI6IZ’s fault for persuading me I needed one. He caught me in a weak moment. Santa is coming to me slightly early this year. I received my “Katiegram” today, a full month earlier than I … Continue reading →

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Scally Rally Total.

Posted on November 3, 2008 by j0n

Salty Dog tells me that their participation in the Scally Rally, resulted in a total of €2650 for the Cork Cancer Research Centre and one wrecked red car. Well done Team WRC.

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PTCIIex and Kiss mode.

Posted on November 2, 2008 by j0n

I spent some time trying to figure this out (for the second time in 12 months) today. The SCS PTCIIex keeps the settings of txdelay, persist, slottime, fulldup and baud AFTER it has been put into KISS mode. The “kissparms” … Continue reading →

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Power Consumption.

Posted on November 2, 2008 by j0n

Here are some rough figures that I’ve come up with for ‘annual’ usage. PC/UPS/Dsl Router, 990kWh Fridge/Freezer, 525kWh Work Laptop(at home)/Screen/Wireless Router , 235kWh Chest Freezer, 182kWh Kettle, 182kWh Sky Box, 142kWh TV/DVD/Speakers, 118kWh Washing Machine, 93kWh Printer/ancillaries, 89kWh Projection … Continue reading →

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Magic Smoke!

Posted on November 1, 2008 by j0n

Unfortunately I accidentally released the magic smoke (sorry Scott, didn’t mean to hurt it) from the venerable OT-1 that I was using to measure my PV array (see my earlier post). So I’ve parked that experiment for a while. As … Continue reading →

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DTN over AX25 – Update.

Posted on November 1, 2008 by j0n

Dissapointingly it has taken far to long to get back to this (see my earlier post), but recently Darren and I managed to be both online over the same few days to organise some testing. The infrastructure has changed slightly, … Continue reading →

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