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Welcome to MiscDotGeek! If it’s geeky, it’ll be here eventually. QRP, home brewing (electronics, not beer), welding, bicycles, and more. If I’ve dabbled in it, you’re bound to find a post about it here.

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Diagnosing Car Battery Trouble, the Geek Way

On a recent trip to go see Weird Al's Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour (which was amazing by the way!) I had some car trouble. My Corolla just would not start. Sometimes it did fine, but other ...

A One Man Mission to Restore a Historic Sailing Yacht

Imagine for a moment that you were somebody who's been building and crewing boats as a career for some time. Now, you have the opportunity to buy a boat that needs some work. But it's ...

Matlock Old Timer’s Fair 2018

On May 6, 2018 I attended the Matlock Old Timers Fair. Situated about 30 minutes from my current home in the tiny town of Matlock, Washington, I have to admit that I wasn't expecting a ...

Time Lapse Camera with the Raspberry Pi Zero W: Part 1

Today we'll talk about using the Raspberry Pi Zero W to make a Time Lapse camera that can also be used for home security.  But first, I'm going to get a little meta with The Blog ...

Dual Band BITX40 Project Update

I've written about putting together a dual band BITX40 in the past and the methods I used had varying success. The idea was to augment the built in filters with switched in/out add-on filters from ...