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From my Twitter feed: satellites, MW/LW receive antenna, how rotary
encoders work

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 12:12 PM PST
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There were lots ofÂ*good things in my Twitter feed this morning. Here are
the three coolest.

AMSAT-UK @AmsatUK

Having Fun with #AmateurRadio Satellites by VK4ZQ
vk4zq.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/hav…#amsat#hamradio#hamr

This item got myÂ*attention because I finally got around to reading the
AMSAT Journal that I picked up at Dayton last year. In that issue, there
was a short article by Carlos, CX6BT, who, while on vacation set up his HT
to scan the 2m band and inadvertently picked up AO-85. Â*This got me
thinking that I should be able to do the same thing. So, Im going to
reprogramÂ*one of my HTs to simply scan for satellites.




Mark Taylor @ma_taylor4

An interesting RX antenna for medium wave. bit.ly/2hUtzzW

When I was a kid, I built a similar antenna to do AM BCB DXing. I think I
got the plans from a National Radio Club newsletter or maybe a Popular
Electronics. MineÂ*was a larger loop, but with fewer turns wound on a wooden
frame. My woodworking skills wereÂ*pretty bad (they still are!), so it
looked pretty crude, but it worked pretty well.


HackerSpace Tech @HackerSpaceTech

How Rotary Encoder Works and How To Use It with Arduino #HackerSpaceTech
#arduino #tutorials vid.staged.com/dZAt



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