I remember well Garriott's 1983 shuttle flight. Our family lived in Honduras at the time and I marveled at the possibility of hearing the space shuttle. One day I was doing something outside the house

I've got an Emtech ZM-2 I built about a decade ago. Still works like a champ. It'll frequently tune what my Elecraft T1 won't. I needed to use it for my Cricket 30 because the antenna was really

Speaking of magic/fun, and antenna experimentation, and balanced wire feedline... you might consider adding a z-match tuner to your arsenal of ham goodies. Something like:

Bob, I have been using WSPR for a couple of years now to check the effectiveness of my antennas for TX & RX. In just a few minutes you can see just how your system is working, make some changes and

Sorry to hear that. I recall that his operation from Columbia was a rather big deal and even got a nice full page article in the Washington County (Kansas) News. I was a newly licensed Novice so I

Dang sad news.

NY Times Obit... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/obituaries/owen-garriott-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Obituaries 73, N4EO

Glad you could give us the great presentation. I think folks in the audience were impressed at the software and depth of use. Definitely a break-out session would be in order. Thank you, Barry, great

Thank you Barry for great presentation. I was quite amazed at what Ki-Cad could do, even though my lap top had other idea's. We may consider some additional smaller seminars next year, but right now

Reminder: Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 17 April 2019 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Organizer: jomatlock@... Description: The 40

Kevin K9NSE, Great job! A true labor of love and respect for the hobby. Your arms must still be aching after all that rock steady "Armstronging" of your phone/ camera Kevin. Hope to make OzarCon

All, I want to say I had a great time at OzarkCon!  Everyone I talked to was very friendly and interesting. I hope you all enjoyed the presentation on KiCad. There is a lot to learn and I really

Hi Bob, Antennas are the magic part of ham radio. Your 4sqrp tuner is a great one, basically designed for use with a "random length wire" antenna and a counterpoise wire. For portable use, the antenna

I've found the same thing, Curt. Using ExpressPCB to make SMT toner transfer designs, the footprints that are standard are no-doubt fine for machine assembly or paste & heat, but if you are using a

The Sparkfun libraries are a good resource for getting started. I use Eagle extensively, and generally Mouser has libraries available for most parts they stock. I usually order most of my components

Well, as it happens, just now found the SparkFun libraries https://www.sparkfun.com/EAGLE , which look promising. Not sure how missed these. I am going to wander through those parts to see what the

Bob, ESD mats are for benchtop usage. The same applies to the Craft E Mat or the Kasis S-140 previously mentioned before. Large ESD floor mats or even ESD floor paint exist, but they are mostly

Is the idea to use this on a bench as a work surface or on the floor under your feet? Bob KG5GTE > I had problems following the links. I went to Amazon and searched > for Bertech Rubber ESD and

Hi Curt, Like you, I prefer to have enough copper on the board to be able to work with it easily. For something like a DIP package, the lead spacing is 0.100" The drilled holes are about 0.040"

At age 71, decided to attempt learning how to design a PCB for fabrication by the numerous available shops. Selected Eagle, using the free version at least for starting, managed to draw a schematic