Today I visited the shack of OM VU2JN and helped him with configuring his Debian GNU/Linux. This is third time I am meeting him, even though we have corresponded for some time . I am pretty impressed with his shack and his old school methods. He is around 70 and still one of the finest… Continue reading The Charm of Old School
Journey to the Hiranges
I am just back from a long journey to the high ranges of kerala. In fact Idukki is my home district, even though I am away from there for a long time now. My destination was a place called “Chempakapara” and my plan was to attend the marriage of one of my cousins. I started… Continue reading Journey to the Hiranges
Electronics forum
My ham radio licence has definitely rekindled my interest in electronics. While searching for some information I have come across the following forums. http://www.electronics-lab.com/ http://www.electro-tech-online.com/ http://www.dutchforce.com/~eforum/ All of then are invaluable resource to home brewers. Electronics lab forum has some excellent howtos and construction ideas. They also have a resources forum where you can find… Continue reading Electronics forum
My First Contact on air
Finally I got my ham license on 7th November 2005. I checked into the trivand\rum City VHF net at 9.30 pm using the equipment kindly spared by VU2SXA. There\ were 4 people on the net: VU3BHU the net controller, vu2csb vu2lbm and myself.\ They were all excited about getting a new member to the community.… Continue reading My First Contact on air
Some interesting articles to read
I have been reading a lot of radio related stuff this week. Some of them are, How to make a 40m reciever from a cheap chinese FM radio Manual of TDA7088 Crystal Radio Softrock40 Two other interesting articles I read were Does Visual studio rot the mind and Remembering Prof. John Kraus . My ham… Continue reading Some interesting articles to read