Our block on Hunter street in Mullan, ID during the 70’s and 80’s was a great place to be a kid. We could pretty much roam wherever we wanted without fear, and without our parents fearing much as well. All […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cranking up the tunes tonight and watched several performances by Rammstein. These were in several locations. One song performed in Paris and I recalled some of my history classes. Just made me think. Then another song performed in Moscow. Made […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
DDS I found this page which was helpful in figuring out which pins to wire to communicate with the DDS. http://webshed.org/wiki/AD9850_Arduino I learned that Reset on my board is “REST”. The init sketch (bottom of page) had that line tied […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m only happy when it rains I’m only happy when it’s complicated And though I know you can’t appreciate it I’m only happy when it rains You know I love it when the news is bad Why it feels so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nightmare! (Now your nightmare comes to life) Dragged ya down below Down to the devil’s show To be his guest forever (Peace of mind is less than never) Hate to twist your mind But God ain’t on your side And […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dont you mind people grinnin in your face Dont mind people grinnin in your face You just bear this in mind, a true friend is hard to find Dont you mind people grinnin in your face You know your mother […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime Reflecting on my past life and it doesn’t have much time ‘Cause at 5 O’clock they take me to the gallows pole, The sands of time for me […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got the bug. Well, not that bug. Not a Vibroplex. But I’ve been playing on 10 Meters with KE7MTF learning CW. Picked up a Ten-Tec single paddle and built some keys out of PC board material. Got a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
BACKGROUND It all started with beer and HF radio over at Thor’s house. We were sitting around the radio and the bands seem dead, and we wanted to do some kind of radio operation. I had just upgraded to General […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The little USB sound card interfaces I ordered from China on eBay came in today. These are based on the CM108 chip that is necessary for the usbradio channel driver in Asterisk. The plan is to build a cheap radio […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…