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this is way too low rent to go in the amateur radio thread but i was pretty proud that i completed something you would give to a 12 year old not only does it work but i did not burn myself with the iron, not even once   some of those solder connections are real gnarly but its because i ran out of the narrow gauge stuff and had to use this back up giganto-solder so ended up with some serious blobs what i really need are suggestions for beginner-ish projects that are a step above this but still leagues below what the HAM guys are doing, i have an understanding of basic circuit elements and the math governing them, but have zero education or experience in circuit design so I want something a little more sophisticated than "solder component A to tabs B" but something still geared for people without an engineering background edit: the only thing that came pre-installed was the surface mount IC above the battery box Hesh Ballantine fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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how do you pick the station or are you stuck with whatever's the strongest signal which is probably a crappy top 40 station even though you really want to listen to npr
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the first button scans up until it finds something strong enough and then stops, the second button resets to the bottom of the range ~88MHz i havent spent enough time with it yet to figure out which local stations it gets but a few scans up got me at least 3 or 4 clear-ish stations, no idea how far up the band i actually got because i didnt listen long enough for a station ID on any of them
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Feb 21, 2015 18:43
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dude you're totally welcome in the ham thread and this is badass. i was always intrigued by the little auto scan FM chips! my wife wants to solder up one of those blinky LED heart kits one of these days
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Feb 21, 2015 18:53
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minivanmegafun posted:even though you really want to listen to npr hey hows life over in bizarro world
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Feb 21, 2015 18:53
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the car talk guys are amusing sometimes
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Jonny 290 posted:dude you're totally welcome in the ham thread and this is badass. thanks man, i have been working my way through the ham thread and its totally fascinating even though most of the technical discussion is over my head
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