Everest

On By JohnIn sociologyLeave a comment

Many of us have our own Bucket Lists — things that we’ll accomplish before we die. Sometimes meaningful. Sometimes requiring skill to achieve. Sometimes outlandish.

But seeing as I never got round to adding Everest to my personal Bucket List, I’m quite happy not changing that now.

Far too crowded.

Also far too easy to, dare I say, buy a trip to the top.

In fact, anyone who exclaims that they summited Mt. Everest is either full of shit, or full of ego. But I repeat myself.

I suppose it would be quite impressive to see someone summit Everest unaided. No sherpas. No oxygen bottles. No waiting in line for a selfie. Carrying their own stuff. You know… something like this:

Or this.

Same Project, Different Project

On By JohnIn electrics/electronics, radioLeave a comment

In fact, it’s something along the lines that I’ve already done.

IG2OH2hDQuO1kNhgjCVWowPreviously, it was the 20m QCX. Now it’s the 40m QCX kit:

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I’ll be excluding the protective Schottky diode from the power input because of 1) the energy cost and 2) there’s little risk of reversing polarity. Why? Because I’ll instead use Anderson Powerpoles to greatly reduce the risk of inverting voltage. While I don’t like to claim anything is impossible, once configured, they’re rather idiot-proof.

While I’ve only just started on this, and have already completed its 20m equivalent, I feel that I crave a greater degree of complexity.

I should also see about perhaps an UltimateS3 or a Megaprocessor (more) or maybe something somewhere between the two.

Why?

Because I can.