Welcome to MiscDotGeek

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.

2020 Drone Review: Good? Yes. But it gets better…

Some time back I posted about a cheap little drone that I was gifted, and despite it getting ran over by a car, it still flies, mostly. With its 720p camera, the photos were as ...
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Receiver Build Gone Wrong: Proper Troubleshooting and Accepting Failure

Last night I wrapped up the build of my QRP Labs Receiver project and fired it up. I'll give more detail about the project itself when it's done, but as the title says, it didn't ...
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Backpack SDR: A modular QRP SDR Transceiver

Edited 12/13/20 to reflect the move to Groups.io from Facebook Today I wanted to post about a new SDR project called "Backpack SDR" that's taking shape. Since August, Keith Myles, VE3IFT has been sharing pictures ...
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Cheap Soldering Iron: Which one?

This article was originally published in January 2017. It has been updated. In this entry we'll talk about my search for a cheap soldering iron. I've been burning myself with cheap soldering irons since I ...
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The QCX Mini: A truly Miniature QRP CW Transceiver

In May 2020 the QCX was killed off in favor of the larger, easier to assemble QCX+, and as a result, Hans over at QRP Labs found himself in a bit of a quandry! A ...
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