Wahhh! I just discovered another victim of the lightning disaster at the ol’ homestead. I have a small FM broadcast band transmitter (1/4 watt) that I use to transmit Christmas music for my computerized light show. Yesterday I discovered it had become a paperweight. It was setting among the computer gear on my large desk and was plugged in but turned off using the button on the front. It is powered by one of those...
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Stay Tuned
I am sure you have noticed I am using a bit more space here in Ramblin’ Dan to write about my amateur radio interests, mostly due to the fact that I lost my main station gear to the lightning strike. That has forced me to put a lot of attention to this aspect of my avocation interests at this point in time. This is because when I don’t have something (because it was suddenly taken...
Continue reading...It’s Small
This is a small keyboard but the size in this case is exactly the intention. The keys are normal size and the action is very good. Some of the keys are in slightly different places than other keyboards but that hasn’t been an issue for me. The board itself is rather heavy so it stays in place. There is nothing cheap or “cheesy” feeling about using it. I may swap the function of the Delete...
Continue reading...The Sacred Keyboard
I ran across this again last night as I was searching for a small keyboard for use with the computer I will be using for my amateur radio operations. There are two distinct camps. The largest is the “Windows” keyboard and the smaller group is the Apple Keyboard. If you want neither the selection becomes very small. I am looking for a UNIX keyboard! I am not talking about anything critical here. Any style keyboard...
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