My Amateur Radio and Related Hobby Activities

A summary of some of my hobby activities along with many of my home built projects...

Monday, May 19, 2025

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Sunday, February 16, 2025

Kitchen Timer

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I built this handy little kitchen gadget after my wife mentioned she wanted a regular timer that also gave the current time. The result is a...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Haiku Display Console

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My next project started out as a standalone unit (ie. battery powered) for displaying haikus.  These are poetic forms of Japanese origin tha...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Programmable Timer Using an ATtiny45

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I've been wanting to be build a simple timer ever since I got my amateur radio license a few years back.  FCC regulations state that you...
Friday, May 21, 2021

Nixie Tube Clock (or Revisiting the 70s)

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I built my first digital clock back in the mid 70s.  It was a Heathkit of course (one of many I built as a teen) and it had a cool looking N...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Bird Cam

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One of my wife's hobbies is watching and sketching birds.  We even installed a bird feeder outside of our bedroom window so that she cou...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Weather Station - Finale

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For several months I've been exploring various ways of gathering and displaying all of my environmental sensor data.  Well I'm now r...
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