I’ve been saying and insisting for a few years that notifications of all kinds are interruptions.
Turn them off.
You do not need to send out a notification that an automatic process as run automatically.
Turn them off!
You never need to tell someone that an automatic thing has occurred “just in case” they would find it helpful.
Stop interrupting!
Or people will implement their own automation to simply suppress the constant, incessant interruptions.
An assortment of parts that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a key.
Before.
Not nearly as complex as the two transceivers and oscilloscope that I’ve recently assembled.
After.
I suppose with the dexterity issue I currently have, it replicates closely enough an iambic paddle. I’d like a real paddle — but I have absolutely no interest in dropping the going rate for one.
I should also see about locating some hundred-plus year old tech and some robust wire to hook up keys. Hmm… or maybe there’s even a simplistic wireless tool that I can use to bridge the gap between devices. Yep, there’s something of a conflict in pondering the use of modern Bluetooth technology to interconnect tools, to then send nearly 200-year old signal (Morse Code) over a 125-year old (Radio) medium.
I am a bit of an anachronism.
This is certainly a shocking way to begin a day.
We are deeply saddened by what’s transpired in Sri Lanka. Our thoughts go out to everyone across Sri Lanka and to our friends and families around the globe.
Don’t assume that somebody else possesses the same knowledge that you do. And never become frustrated when you feel that you’re either talking beyond them, or well-beneath them.
Another person’s knowledge and experience differs.
You will need to find a way to communicate your ideas at a level that they can understand.
This means you’ll need to reduce the concepts significantly…
…or expand your own knowledge to communicate at a differing level than you’re accustomed to.
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Also, common sense isn’t.
Nothing is ever truly complete. But, this is complete enough for now:
Had to power it on and work through an alignment procedure and make sure it works.
This does explain that 50Ω dummy load a bit as well.
It’s complete enough: It works, so I’d call that successful. If I get really obsessive (I’m not), I could rework a few components and install it in a suitable enclosure and fabricate a suitable battery to keep it portable enough for lightweight QRP work. Maybe I’ll attach the already-mentioned GPS receiver and convert it into a WSPR node when I’m not using it.
Maybe I’ll build another for a 40 or 80-meter band.
All of that, of course, will need to wait. I’ve a few simple projects that I’ll be taking on, and, quite importantly, improving my morse-code comprehension and speed.
For now, I’d like to thank QRP Labs and designers of the kit that was originally intended for Britain’s RSGB Youths On the Air Summer Camp of 2017. This was great fun and was hugely beneficial for me, not only for learning, but also to improve some manual dexterity and mental focus during this extended TBI recovery.
the rest of me 