FM TX workshop
Sunday we did another workshop, this time it was a FM transmitter building workshop. I was initially introduced to the workshop through Adam Hyde, and then I helped a little at one at ISEA in San Jose, taught by BYP member and collaborator Lotte Meijer.
The workshop is meant to show how easy it is to [...]
CatchUp
I have been neglecting the blog here lately, the project in fact has been more dense than I originally thought. Those of you who are looking for more audio, no problem, please be patient, it will come. I’m going to go ahead and just make some entries, but I will make them separate in order [...]
DAY 6
Last night I had a major meltdown, my trusty old Toshiba that was given to me by my brother Brandon (star exec chef at Stueben’s in Denver CO) totally died. The hard drive started making some really funny noises, then vibrations, and then poof. Blue screen. The sad part is that I lost a bunch [...]
DAYS 4 and 5
OK, I slacked a bit the other day and didn’t get my post up, so Ill combine the two days reports together. forgive me…maybe the things are getting a little muddled in my head. Maybe its the radiation. At any rate, I managed to make my first contact on PSK-31 the other day, finally. I [...]
DAY 3
The third day and things were pretty lively on 20 the 20 meter band - I heard a huge pileup for my firs time, and I tried to break in, but no luck. I have been trying to get the digital modes down too, and I think I have a small setting a little bit [...]
DAY 2
I am starting to think that one of the main merits of this work will not be my exposing of the spectrum to the public, but in fact the public’s exposure to me. On Sunday night, I met a fellow who has been in Montreal quite some time, maybe his whole life. He explained to [...]
Day 1
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Last night was a mixed bag - I managed to almost grab a weather fax from Halifax, I think I understand the technique now, so Ill try again this evening. I was successful in getting the RTTY feed with the report.
In the area of technical difficulties however, I am [...]
