Amateur Radio, Electronics, Raspberry Pi, Arduino & WordPress in Ormskirk, Lancashire
Following our trip to the far south west of Cornwall I’ve added a new lifeboat gallery . It currently contains photos of St. Ives Lifeboat being recovered from our trip and some photos of Filey’s old Oakley lifeboat and photos of the Zetland Lifeboat & Museum that I took a couple of years ago; more will […]
We’ve just come back from a trip to the far south west of Cornwall and we took lots of photographs. View my new lighthouse gallery to see some of the lighthouses and aids to navigation we visited and sailed close by to. Hope you enjoy them.
Many amateur radio transceivers and receivers are sold as being waterproof and dust proof; but just how waterproof and dust proof are they? Not every piece of equipment is as waterproof as their competitors. IP ratings Tests have been developed to test how waterproof and dust proof an item is. The results of these tests […]
Vodafone Broadband – very early termination The Internet; it’s a quick medium of communication – that’s a generally accepted fact. Fibre Broadband should be faster than copper Broadband – that’s an expectation that most would hope for. Well. not if your a Vodafone Broadband customer. My new Vodafone Broadband contract went live on the 18th August, […]
Rebecca (M6BUB) and I (Derek, G7LFC) selected to exhibit and represent our hobby at Electromagnetic Field Camp 2016: a prestigious technical, scientific, engineering and maker festival held in Guildford at the beginning of August. They were really excited; but what happened? Read our report to find out (hint: it was amazing!!!)
All About Circuits is a brilliant web site for teachers, students and those with a general interest in electronics. It is jam packed with everything you’d want to know from a book costing many tens, if not hundreds, or pounds. I’ve looked at several electronics ‘bibles’ recently with a view to purchasing one to base […]