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* NEW!
Password Generator Program
Produces passwords, and is a GUI front end for ccrypt, the popular, strong encryption program. |
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* RECENT!
Wave-missile 'Portable', Vertical Antenna Project
Another variant on the popular amateur radio, HF multiband, quarter-wave vertical antenna. This one is 'Portable' and free-standing. |
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* Nova Scotia RV Parking Ban
Lastest News and Economic Impact Study on Nova Sctotia's RV unfriendly past. |
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* NEW UPDATE!
Storing medicines, etc. at a safe temperatures.
A device for storing medicines and other materieals at safe temperatures. |
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* Digital Relative Field Strength Meter.
Inexpensive and simple to make meter for measuring comparative RF field signal strengths. |
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* Experimental Tuning Assistant Design for Amateur Radio
Low cost, easy to build tuning assistant (aid) for Yeasu FT-897 / FT-857 transceivers. It may be useful for other radios too. |
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* Assembling the VK5JST Aerial Analyser Kit
How I put together the VK5JST Aerial Analyser kit. The VK5JST is a low cost, high quality, antenna analyzer in kit form sold by the South Coast Amateur Radio Club of Australia. |
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* Eratic Cursor Problem with Dell 1501 Laptop
Description of the 'erratic' cursor problem of my Dell 1501 laptop computer when powered by a DC to AC inverter. |
* Curing Honda Generator Hash
The cure for reception interference (hash) when operating some amateur radio equipment with a Honda EU1000i (maybe others) generator. |
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Other Information:
* 1999 Supermarket Pricing * Portable Computer Laptop Electricity Usage * Cost of the Alaska RV Trip * Real RVers Guide to Seeing Nova Scotia * Tekonsha Brake Controller Temperature Problem
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Password Generator Project
This project started as a simple GUI programming exercise, but with the ability to Front End the command line encryption program 'ccrypt', by Peter Selinger, it turned into a useful utility.
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Wave-Missile Antenna Project
Free-standing
** THE CURRENT VERSION OF THIS ARTCICLE IS A DRAFT **
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Cooler-Heater Device for Safe Temperature Storage of Medicines and Other Temperature Sensitive Materials An Effective Way for Safe Storage At 'Room' and Other Temperature Ranges.
Use in Mobile or Fixed Locations
The description of this project is in three parts
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Improved Cooler-Heater Insert  Click on Image for Article |
Controller Circuit and Program  Article Not Yet Available |
After posting the article on the erratic cursor of my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop I've received several responses by Dell Inspiron 1501 owners asking if I had found a way to fix the problem. Unfortunately, I have not. Recently, Ted Hughes contacted me about his solution. Dell gave Ted a new 65 watt power adaptor with a 3-prong AC power plug (Item # F7970 Asy ADPT; AC; 65W; ULD; LTON and Item# K2596 KIT; CORD; FLAT; D3W/3P; P65; US plug) and updated his drivers and BIOS. Here is what Ted reports:
Well I want to give you more feedback on the cursor problem we share with the 1501 when using an inverter. While the 3 prong adaptor did make the cursor 70% better it is still not what I would call a success, but worth doing. I have since been in contact with Dell for a follow up to resolve this, and just a few hours ago they called me back and remotely loaded the latest drivers and the newest BIOS (2.6.3), and it seems as if this has totally fixed the issue. Now I don't want to be hasty ... so I would prefer to use it a few days. It probably won't get any serious mobile (inverter) use until I return to work on Monday, but today I sat in my vehicle and switched back and forth between both power adaptors and I admit it really seems that the latest drivers along with latest BIOS did make the problem go away while using the new power adaptor.
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(received noise) from My Honda EU1000i
Adding a Simple Common Mode Filter to the
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The VK5JST is a high quality yet low cost Antenna Analyzer
Link: This kit is sold by
the South Coast Amateur Radio Club (Australia) |
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for Yaesu FT-897 / 857 Amateur Radio: Low cost, easy to assemble Antenna Tuning Assistant Intended for Yaesu FT-897 / 857 transceivers - may work with other transceivers This is an experimental design (for me) Please send me your comments. |
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Amateur Radio: Inexpensive but Effective Relative Field Strength Meter for HF, VHF, and UHF Bands. Nothing Could Be Simpler Please send me your comments. |
