I was thinking about this very thing when I was reminded that a younger member of my team said that anyone over 54 is incapable of learning new things. So whether or not I'm a good developer, seeing that I'm an old developer now, it's irrelevant - I'm destined to become soylent green.
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
Neat...I saw an LCR meter kit i was thinking about getting but I have lots of projects ahead of me (13v/60A power supply, converted PC power supply, fix some radio gear, antenna building, etc...the list compounds daily) besides designing and building a 6m transceiver with the .net microframework. Oy. 73
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
Hamsphere is another one but I could never get it to work right. Supposedly has ionisphere simulation. Too bad on the hamstick but you do what you can.
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
Amen to that brother! The sterility of Internet chat rooms is depressing. If you ever feel like giving that setup away to a good home, I'll gladly sacrifice. 73
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
By some Softrock kits and get on the air with PSK31. You should be able to do it for less that 100$US! 17m is my favorite band (well really 6m but 6m would be very rare into Poland!) Looking forward to hearing you on the air. 73
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That's really cool. I wondered where a lot of those digital mode applications got their start. It's interesting to see how some of those have taken off. I use PSK31 very frequently. Dude - you should become active again. At some point the sun will come back to life and I can work you on 6m! Yes...writing insurance software puts food on the table for me. I'd rather repair radios and build antennas but there's little to be made in that. Sigh. 73
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Awesome stuff. Yes the tube circuits are pretty cool. There's a resurgence of using tube amps amongst the audiophiles which is driving up the cost of what should be "cheap" tubes. I'd like to build a DDS exciter and hook that up to a conventional RX/TX strip made up with tubes. Have the synthesizer all DDS but the rest be tubes...that would be a neat project. I'll have to check into the SJJMicro EDK...that sounds neat! 73
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
I've been looking at the microFramework for embedded work with C# and using the hardware to control DDS and other aspects of transmission and reception of SDR stuff. The development hardware is sweet and not too expensive. What do you do most of your embedded stuff in? BTW - An old microwave is about to give up its power transformer for a dual 4-400 gg amp I'm getting ready to build. That should be good for a K or so.
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
You're call sounds really familiar...I'll check my log but I may have worked you on PSK31. Neat stuff though.
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
Uh..While that may be true, I'd have to disagree with some of that. Online forums are too sterile, too predictable and too sure of the communications path. They severely lack the magic that comes from punching a signal through a geomagnetic storm or making a connection despite the lack of solar activity.
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
Sweet there are some out here!!!! KD8HJA here. Was originally licensed in 1978 but let the license lapse and got relicensed in 2007. Have been getting into software defined radio of late with the Softrock kits. There's lots going on with PowerSDR (open source) and have started building my own synthesized 6m rig. Well it's nice to meet you and maybe we'll qso sometime. Love 6m, 17m and 30m (PSK31) if you happen to get on those bands. 73
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!
For the naysayers, yes amateur radio still exists and it is doing well. Are there any amateur radio operators here? If there are, are any doing any embedded work with the microFramework (hardware/software) or writing any high level code specifically for amateur radio (such as digital modes or antenna and electronics design)?
Tate Antrim All around nice guy!