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Category Archives: Technology
Hands On with the FLIR One for Android
Several months ago I ordered a FLIR One for Android, a small attachment which adds infrared thermal vision capabilities to most Android smartphones and tablets. After the backlog of pre-orders finally cleared out, I got my hands on mine today! … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Gadgets, Technology, Test Equipment
Tagged android, camera, FLIR, FLIR One, infrared, night vision, Thermal Imaging, thermal sensor
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New Toy: HP 143 Wide-Screen Oscilloscope Mainframe Restoration – [Part 1]
At the risk of becoming a test equipment collector, I am picking up a few pieces of vintage test equipment that need some work, but will be very useful pieces of shop gear as well as interesting pieces of history … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Electronics, Hardware, Projects, Test Equipment, Toys, Vintage
Tagged 1402a, 1423a, 143a, 143a mainframe, compactron, dual-trace amplifier, HP, hp 143a, mainframe, nuvistor, oscilloscope, oscilloscope mainframe, plug-in mainframe, plug-in oscilloscope, scope mainframe, timebase, toy, toys, transistor, tube, vintage, vintage oscilloscope
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For Sale: The KN0CK and KF7LZE RTLSDR for HF Rev. 5!
I’m happy to announce that Rev 5 of the KN0CK and KF7LZE RTLSDR for HF is now available for sale in its 5th iteration – now featuring Direct Sampling, while still keeping the familiar wide-band pre-amplifier! On account of the … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Gadgets, Hardware, Radio
Tagged direct sampling, easy-kits, ham radio, hf, kf7lze, KN0CK, RTL-SDR, RTLSDR, shortwave, up-converter, Upconverter
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Coming Soon: KN0CK and KF7LZE RTLSDR Receiver Rev. 5!
Edited 6/10/2014: Now for sale directly at KF7LZE.net! I’m proud to announce that in just a few days, Easy-Kits.com in cooperation with KN0CK will be releasing Rev. 5 of the popular RTLSDR Integrated Upconverter with a brand new design and … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Gadgets, Hardware, Radio
Tagged hf converter, hf up-converter, hf upconverter, kf7lze, KN0CK, rev 4, rev 5, RTLSDR, up-converter, Upconverter
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KN0CK HF Converter Rev. 4 is Released!
The complete Rev 3 KN0CK HF Converter has sold out and been discontinued. That’s okay, though, because it’s been replaced with the KN0CK RTLSDR for HF Revision 4! This model incorporates a lot of the feedback from the community about the … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Electronics, Gadgets, Radio, Technology
Tagged 6 meters, 6m, ham radio, hf converter, hf up-converter, hf upconverter, kf7lze, KN0CK, radio, RTLSDR, SDR#, shortwave, up-converter, Upconverter
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Introducing Easy-Kits!
I’m proud to announce a new venture from KF7LZE in partnership with KF7LZR! Easy-Kits strives to provide easy to find parts to complete the projects you find on my site, not to mention offering other interesting projects and parts to … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, DIY, Electronics, Gadgets, Ideas, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Technology
Tagged easy-kits, Kit, kits, RTLSDR, SDR#
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Colorful NTIA Poster of U.S. Frequency Allocations
This great infographic looks like it could really help me figure out who’s talking on all of those data channels I pick up with my RTLSDR. Click through for the full size, a 3.5MB JPEG. You could also get your … Continue reading
Posted in Radio, Technology
Tagged amateur radio, chart, frequencies, frequency allocations, ham radio, infographic, poster, RTLSDR, SDR#, u.s. government, united states
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Australian TV Tuner Offers 4 RTLSDR Tuners in One Internal Card
Over at RTL-SDR.com is a report of a fascinating development with the DigitalNow Quad DVB-T Receiver, apparently well suited to working as a very powerful multi-SDR solution. I just wanted to let you guys know that the Digital Now Quad … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Electronics, Gadgets, Hardware, Radio
Tagged Australia, digitalnow, dvb-t, integrated tuner, multi tuner, quad, quad tuner, Realtek, RTL-SDR, RTL2383, RTL2383U, RTLSDR, SDR#, software defined radio, tuner
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Kegerator with Arduino-Based Beer Level Indicators
Andrew of Andrew’s Telephony/IT Blog came up with a fascinating project where he built a 3-tap kegerator out of a 7 cu. ft. GE chest freezer, an Arduino, and a variety of flow rate sensors to display exactly how much beer is … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Hardware, Projects
Tagged arduino, beer, chest freezer, flow rate sensor, GE, kegerator
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Hands On with the new Acer Chromebook 13
I was recently in the market for a new laptop to replace my aging ProBook 4415S. It was a middle of the road HP business laptop from 2009, and over the years I’d upgraded the RAM to 4GB and installed … Continue reading →