Everybody's Elmer, Jud, K2CBA
You often ask "How do you know all this stuff?". Well, the answer is easy. Hanging around with Jud and his friends for 40 years. He...
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Jim K2BHM
- May 14
- 1 min
Just Deserts
My wife was looking for a unique way to self serve deserts at her nephew's wedding next week. She saw some things on Amazon, ordered a...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 1 min
The move from analog to the digital cloud
Paul, AC2UQ sent me an interesting article about the translation from broadcast engineering to everything now being digital, on the...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 2 min
The Animal, 7 gallons of fuel for 300 feet!
I was looking around You Tube today and found a bit of my past. "The Animal"! A neighbor of mine in Cohoes had a pulling tractor known as...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 1 min
So, What did they use before Air Horns???
Guy's friend Bob had a problem. A stripped thread. Helicoil to the rescue! They make stainless steel springs out of diamond shaped wire....
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 1 min
Transparent Carburetor
I came across a very interesting you tube video. This guy built a simple carburetor out of clear plastic, describes it's operation, and...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 1 min
I'll do it when I get "A Round Tuit"!
How often have you said this? How do you make a Round Tuit? All you need is a lathe with a radius cutter attachment! I found one on Ebay,...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 1 min
Fulton's Followers
Back about a decade ago, my neighborhood buddy from Cohoes, Ken, WB2TDG, got me involved in a group called Fulton's Followers. They were...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 2 min
A part of my history.
Some of you have expressed wonder at where I get my info from. Well, early in my career, I spent 15 years at the Watervliet Arsenal, just...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 2 min
How to skin a Cat(scanner), or Happy Dentist, Healthy Smile!
So, as many of you heard this morning, I made an emergency dentist visit. His cat scanner sounded like it had a cat wrapped up in the...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 12
- 2 min
Raspberry Pi Autostart Program
The Raspberry Pi is a small handy computer. Lots of programs are available to do all kinds of things. It's easy to use the mouse and...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 4 min
My Pi-Star Hot Spot construction project.
Your results will vary.... So, I bought this kit from Ebay. The selection criteria was demanding. I wanted a kit with the case, and I...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Weather with a slice of Raspberry Pi
A lot of us have recently gotten into weather stations, thanks to Kenny, and having fun connecting them up to My AcuRite and Weather...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 8 min
The Pi-Mometer, a web based thermometer
The Pi-mometer I wanted to monitor some temperatures around the house. I picked up some digital temperature controllers cheap at a flea...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Nice Beginners Guide For Setting Up A Pi-Star Hotspot!
Came across this nice guide written by KE0FHS on setting up a Pi-Star hotspot and also how to use it in a cross mode configuration. A...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 10 min
Raspberry Pi Webcam directions
Raspberry Pi Webcam, With RPi_Camera_Web_Interface & pi-pan THIS IS NOT A GOOD BEGINNER’S PROJECT! There are a lot of steps to setting...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 1 min
How many 1/16th's in 0.137"?
So, you are making a part on a lathe and the drawing shows a hole 0.137" deep. Your tailstock quill only has a ruler engraved in the top,...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 4 min
Chapter 8 Access your Pi from anywhere
ET wants to phone home.. More Raspberry Pi..... This is not for the faint of heart.... But, if you have made it this far, you should be...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 4 min
Chapter 7 Finishing up and Remote Login
The Pi is working, What next???? So, if you have followed the previous segments, you should now have a Raspberry pi up and running. It...
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Jim K2BHM
- Apr 11
- 5 min
Chapter 6 Move OS from SD to external HDD
Your operating system is on a SD card. They will fail. Quickly, if you are saving video. You can move the OS to an external HDD or a SSD...
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