There were lots of good things in my Twitter feed this morning. Here are the three coolest.
AMSAT-UK @AmsatUK
Having Fun with #AmateurRadio Satellites by VK4ZQ vk4zq.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/hav…#amsat#hamradio#hamr
This item got my attention because I finally got around to reading the AMSAT Journal that I picked up at Dayton last year. In that issue, there was a short article by Carlos, CX6BT, who, while on vacation set up his HT to scan the 2m band and inadvertently picked up AO-85. This got me thinking that I should be able to do the same thing. So, I’m going to reprogram one of my HTs to simply scan for satellites.
Mark Taylor @ma_taylor4
An interesting RX antenna for medium wave. bit.ly/2hUtzzW
When I was a kid, I built a similar antenna to do AM BCB DXing. I think I got the plans from a National Radio Club newsletter or maybe a Popular Electronics. Mine was a larger loop, but with fewer turns wound on a wooden frame. My woodworking skills were pretty bad (they still are!), so it looked pretty crude, but it worked pretty well.
HackerSpace Tech @HackerSpaceTech
How Rotary Encoder Works and How To Use It with Arduino #HackerSpaceTech #arduino #tutorials vid.staged.com/dZAt
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