MFJ1278 – TNC Commander
In the course of working on the TreeRatTNC, I needed a “Talk-to unit” – a second TNC that I could use to test the modulation and demodulation, as well as…
QSL cards… full color, a dime a piece
I’ll start by saying I hate powerpoint. I’ve seen it used as an engineering design tool when visio isn’t available – and it makes my skin crawl. That said… I’m…
APRS… a New Take
After the challenges I had with finding a bluetooth solution for APRS, I more or less gave up on using existing TNC solutions. During my last installment, I started looking…
Day 13: El Reno, OK to Shamrock Texas – the last day
Weatherford, OK – I had to stop there… since I live in Weatherford, TX… turns out, this day would take me between the two Weatherfords! On to Clinton, OK to…
Day 12: Tulsa to El Reno, OK
Tulsa is known to be the home of the Giants – photos to come soon – those are all on the big camera. They had a neat shop right by…
Day 11: several weeks later – Springfield to Tulsa
I made the trip back to Springfield… while I hit the big cities, I still had a lot of ground to cover… I needed to get to Kansas, and even…
Day 10: Rolla to Springfield, MO
For a stretch of the country I’ve driven before, this was a big change. There were a number of original bridges to see, some small towns, neon sign parks (would…
Day 9: (Joliet) to Rolla, MO
The day started out pretty wet and rainy – nothing severe, but some locally heavy rain. I left Morris, headed to Joliet and started down the road. I saw parts…
Day 8: Santa Monica to (Joliet)
At the end of Day 7, I found myself in LAX. I woke up on Day 8 in the sky over… somewhere… en route to ORD. I landed around 6AM,…
Day 7: Barstow to Santa Monica – West end!
Another Mel Blanc Day! But I’ll get back to that. I got a decent start from Barstow – I will say, the Barstow Days Inn was a bit nicer than…