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marxy's musing on technology: Download this show wins IT journalism "best audio program" award
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Sunday, May 17, 2015. Download this show wins IT journalism "best audio program" award. Marc Fennell does everything on this show, producer, presenter, interviewer, editor, music mixer and talent wrangler. All credit to the new generation of tech-savvy media stars. It's a privilege to be a very small small part of the show. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Photo by Roi Huberman. Download this show wins IT journalism best audio .
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marxy's musing on technology: Built a larger quadcopter
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Saturday, February 21, 2015. Built a larger quadcopter. The tiny drones are great for indoors, but to carry cameras I needed something larger. A collection of parts and a 450mm frame was ordered and finally it's flying. I'm using a Fly Sky FS T6 transmitter. And receiver and a KK2.1 flight controller. While I can fly this thing the PI tuning isn't right and I'm getting oscillations while hovering. Lots to learn. Lots to learn.
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marxy's musing on technology: SM1000 FreeDV in a box arrived
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Friday, May 15, 2015. SM1000 FreeDV in a box arrived. Very excited this week when the SmartMic 1000. Arrived. This is a FreeDV digital voice codec in a very nice box. It's designed so you can hold it in your hand rather like a big microphone and just talk in to it to transmit and receive digital voice. And quickly had it working with my FT817. Mic Gain control operates in reverse. Back button isn't used. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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marxy's musing on technology: Vale David Crooks
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Wednesday, April 08, 2015. I'm so sad to mark the death of my beloved step-brother David Crooks. A wonderful man and dear friend. Last Thursday he was looking forward to a trip to Melbourne and later in the year to shows in London. Positive to the end. Farewell my friend. Too soon. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Photo by Roi Huberman. Alan vk2zay home brew. Pa2ohh qrp home brew. With Paul Barry on ABC Radio National.
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marxy's musing on technology: January 2015
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Saturday, January 31, 2015. OpenRadio SDR kit build. This year in Aukland had a radio track where a low cost software defined radio receiver with some limited ability to transmit was launched. My kit arrived last week. Is first class. While there is some surface mount soldering required - a challenge for me certainly, they've been kind enough to pre-solder two of the most difficult devices. 03 Jan 31 2015 09:37:39. RX Frequency (Hz): 8986000.
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marxy's musing on technology: October 2014
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Saturday, October 18, 2014. Another hobby - Quadcopters. Accidentally purchased a little quadcopter and then found that the expensive ones have come down in price since I last looked. These videos look much better on YouTube at 720p full screen. You can see my 20m vertical on a squid pole on the balcony at the front. It's running my WSPR station. The quadcopter is getting pretty beaten up. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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marxy's musing on technology: 80m antenna, take 3
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Tuesday, May 12, 2015. 80m antenna, take 3. It's tough putting up a decent antenna for 80m. The sheer length involved excludes many amateurs without large blocks of land. My shack is at the back corner of the block and I've had several shots at this. An earth stake kindly donated by Robert, VK2ZNZ, provides an excellent earth (particularly with all the recent rain) and the antenna tunes up beautifully. With ham radio antennas. Using micro-drone...
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marxy's musing on technology: April 2015
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Wednesday, April 08, 2015. I'm so sad to mark the death of my beloved step-brother David Crooks. A wonderful man and dear friend. Last Thursday he was looking forward to a trip to Melbourne and later in the year to shows in London. Positive to the end. Farewell my friend. Too soon. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Photo by Roi Huberman. Alan vk2zay home brew. Pa2ohh qrp home brew. With Paul Barry on ABC Radio National.
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marxy's musing on technology: February 2015
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Friday, February 27, 2015. Built a smaller quadcopter. A new build from parts ordered from China. This time I'm using the excellent OpenPilot flight controller. Here's an early flight in the back yard. Thanks Cat for filming. It's basically this "kit":. Http:/ www.banggood.com/X240-Mini-Quadcopter-With-CC3D-Flight-Controller-p-954482.html. I didn't use their supplied power distribution board as I didn't have any documentation and had one at hand.
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marxy's musing on technology: July 2014
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Marxy's musing on technology. A bloke with too many hobbies. Saturday, July 26, 2014. New transceiver for the shack - with valves! Great day at Dural today. Particularly impressed with the home brew moving coil compass built for a model boat. I didn't mean to but ended up walking away with a beautiful Yaesu FT-101E for $200. Had a contact with Stephen, VK2BLQ, who reports that I sound normal so that's all good. Plate and Load knobs are new to me but fun to learn about. Links to this post. I'm interested ...
