Monthly Archives: December 2013
HNY 2014
It’s been a fantastic year for me. I’ve ‘discovered’ a great new facet to my hobby of Amateur Radio in High Altitude Ballooning. I’ve had lots of fun and made many new friends. One of the many highlights was my … Continue reading
Neu VAYU
I’m very happy to report that the new VAYU-NTX v1.04 PCBs have arrived along with a solder stencil. The boards and stencil are of the normal high quality from Hackvana (Thanks again Mitch). Although I enjoy the process of hand … Continue reading
Hellschreiber
One of the real pleasures of having Amateur Radio as a hobby is the amazing breadth it covers. There are so many facets, to it. One facet is the transmission modes available to experiment with. My first love in radio … Continue reading
Comments Active
Just a quick update post: I’ve re-enabled comments, this time with a CAPTCHA device. Comments may be left at will now and I will see how it goes. Mitch from Hackvana has kindly notified me that the VAYU-NTX v1.04 PCBs … Continue reading
Adding a default stencil layer in Eagle
After all the work setting up a stencil and adding a layer to produce the Stencil Gerber in the last post, I wondered if there was a way to automate the process a little more. What was needed was a … Continue reading
Designing a Solder Stencil with Eagle
With the completion of VAYU-NTX I wanted to explore the use of a solder stencil rather than use my component by component soldering approach. I haven’t got an oven yet but I believe I can still use the hot air … Continue reading