Issue 347 September 14th, 2024

B-Sides

I'm travelling again this week which means I haven't had the time to get a proper newsletter together. Instead of skipping it altogether like last time, I put together a series of B-side links. These are links from the past several months that were excellent, but didn't quite make the cut. Enjoy! -K4HCK

Top links

NASA to develop Lunar Time Standard
NASA will coordinate with U.S. government stakeholders, partners, and international standards organizations to establish a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).
NASA

Build the Frankentenna
The ultimate portable Ham Radio vertical antenna.
KB9VBR

Exploring international analog TV from leaky cable TV networks via the Airspy Server Network
Use SDR# and the Airspy Server Network to explore cable TV stations across the globe via cable TV signal interference.
RTL-SDR

How well does 17 meters work?
The higher the bands get the further they tend to reach more distant stations for me.
WK4DS

War of the Worlds in CW
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells in Morse Code starting at 20 WPM.
AA7FO

Rise and stall of GPS
The average age of GPS satellites hits 13 years.
Payload

Improving the antennas on Heltec ESP32 v3 devices
A neat little quarter wave 868Mhz vertical antenna for this device.
M0AWS

HF in small spaces
Loop antennas like these are typically used only for receiving, but in a pinch they can be used to transmit as well.
Hackaday

The great shack QRM hunt
Now that I’ve taken up POTA and know how nice S0-1 background noise is, I wanted to have another go at the home situation.
Ian Renton

Video

Comparing desoldering tools
Is the Hakko FR301 desoldering tool worth 4X the ZD915 clone?
More Fun Making It

Making a hot dog talk with RF
We devised a test to see just how dangerous the RF energy can be on an AM tower.
Geerling Engineering

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