31 Dec 2025 Builds Programming HomeLab Weather A Weather Station for Christmas: What Can We Make This Baby Do?! This is the first in a series where we’ll see how far we can integrate weather station data into useful applications I was gifted
16 Dec 2025 Builds Toughbook Winlink (Email over Ham Radio) is Really, Really Cool! Every once in a while, an aspect of amateur radio lands on my lap that gets me really excited. SOTA (Summits on the Air) (”ham
17 Oct 2025 Builds Meshtastic: Down the Rabbit Hole, and a Repeater in a Tree. Is it worth the hype, or the fuss? Our friend Jeanna recently asked me to help her get started with Meshtastic. She already owned some of the nicer devices, but couldn’t get
14 Aug 2025 Builds Building a W5GI Mystery Antenna After hearing about the W5GI Mystery Antenna for years, it was time to try it out, and boy am I glad I did Background My
13 Aug 2025 Builds General Knowledge Tree as a Mast: Grief, Convenience, and Lessons We rent a small house on a 1/4-acre lot in North Hollywood, hardly a suitable place for a 100' long antenna- OR IS