Well we finally got off the carousel and purchased the one Solar Oven design I had literally wanted for what seems forever – a “Sun Oven”, which I have considered to be the absolute *best* of the “Box” style solar ovens. Back in the 1980’s the original Sun Oven was designed by a retired restraunteer named Tom Burns – here […]
I am rebuilding a post from 2017 that was lost after the old blog was hacked/infected. In early 2017, I kept seeing YouTube videos and post from other Amateur Radio Operators about using relatively inexpensive boom microphones and foot switches of more than just reasonable quality – they were all very pleased with the results. I am always alert for […]
Sorta kinda. Today, “Arduino” is an “open source computer hardware and software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices and interactive objects that can sense and control objects in the physical and digital world.” (That long definition was blatantly borrowed from Wikipedia, and happens to be one I agree […]
OK, so last September I decided to see what I could learn about Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) as my first incursion into the digital voice part of the Amateur Radio Hobby. This was primarily a financially driven decision and there were several relatively inexpensive DMR handhelds that were on the market. Other digital voice radios include DStar, (primarily ICOM), System […]
I’ve mentioned it several times, I am slowly but surely getting involved in the various digital modes associated with the Amateur Radio hobby, but more recently in digital voice. In my case, that means Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) is where I’ve chosen to put part of my study/energy. Unfortunately, a couple of the 2017 posts on this subject were totally […]
Harbor Tool & Freight is selling three different sizes of “Apache” cases that are very durable, and great “bang for the buck”. This 3800, (the largest), was $29.99 and I had a 20% off coupon on top of that, making it an even better deal. I am certain I will be returning, (armed with coupon), to buy another of these. […]
This event occurred Feb 13, 2018 I’m going to start this post by saying there is *nothing* exciting about sending an email in the times we live in – until you can’t… Then it suddenly can become *very* important depending upon your circumstances. The Internet does go down – when it does, Hams have a means of sending email via […]
This event occurred Jan 31, 2018 A project I’ve been thinking of doing for a long spell now is to build a kind of “hotspot” for Ham digital communication on UHF. Glad I waited – technology has been jumping greatly in this arena. Ham Radio Outlet is now selling the Zumspot which was exactly what I needed to pair with […]
Somehow my “Dave’s Outdoor Cooking, etc.” blog became hacked/infected. Must admit I became angry and simply deleted it. Being very old, and seriously out of date, it was simply the easiest way to handle the problem. In time, I will update this new site – but only after doing some pondering on what I really want to do with it […]