I finally got my G5RV antenna from Maple Leaf Communications up in the air. I live among many very tall oak and pine trees, easily 100 -140 ft high. A number of them are right outside my shack…so, what to do? Use nature-made towers! My son, Jon, is an avid bow-hunter but he was apprehensive […]
Surprise gem of a find!
In getting sound our of my Zotac Linux PC (see earlier post), I thought I’d just use my Bose Computer Companion Speakers. Plug in the mini-plug to the audio out plug and we’re on to other things! I tried umpteen RCA to mini-plugs from the Zotac audio out to the Bose speakers and all I […]
Parting is, well, just sorrow
I’ve been SWLing and BCB DXing for over 50 years now. In reorganizing my amateur radio station, I figured that I would examine my equipment to be more efficient in what I buy in the future, and so forth. The two receivers that I’ve been using the past few years are both superb: the JRC […]
Zotac Zbox and Linux
Parts of the past two days were spent getting a bare-bones PC assembled, operating, and getting my favorite flavor of Linux installed. Since I’ve been battling a cold virus this week, progress has been good. It’s running bit without network connections! The Zotac ZboxHD-ND22 is a small-format PC that’s directed at the streaming-media market but […]