What will you do with all those atomic clocks if WWVB goes silent? We’ve got hacks! There is a lot of buzz about the possible closure of erstwhile NIST time stations, WWV, WWVH and WWVB. For many of us, WWV was one of the first stations we heard on our…
Category: Ham Radio & Computers
Here’s something fun. Play around with circuit design using your favorite browser. Works best with basic circuitry. A good parallel to software solutions like Multisim & PSpice
One of the coolest things about integrating a computer with your rig is the things you it can do for you when you’re not by the radio. PSKReporter.info is one of them. Integrated with the DM780 application in Ham Radio Deluxe, it can read the entire PSK pass band, grab…
Just launched on Kickstarter, NextThing’s CHIP is a $9 Linux PC with a 1-GHz R8 processor, 512 MB of RAM and 4GB of flash storage. It goes a step beyond the $35 Raspberry Pi with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built in. NextThing also touts $49 Pocket CHIP, a handheld device for the CHIP with a470 x 272…
A cool technological topping to the Raspbery Pi. From the TNC-X.com website: “TNC-Pi is a special version of TNC-X designed to interface directly with the Raspberry Pi computer. It can connect to the Pi either via the Pi’s serial port, or via the I2C protocol. In the latter case, a…