Sparks' Journal

Sat 21 April 2018 by Eric H. Christensen

Moving to Pelican

I’ve maintained a blog for the previous ten, or so, years in one form or another. The first iteration was hosted on some platform that I don’t remember followed by WordPress (.com and self-hosted). I’ve grown weary of all the third-party stuff that gets brought in when … read more

This entry was tagged on #Pelican

Wed 21 February 2018 by Eric H. Christensen

Ditch All Those Other Messaging Apps: Here's Why You Should Use Signal

Completely agree! https://www.wired.com/story/ditch-all-those-other-messaging-apps-heres-why-you-should-use-signal/ read more

Mon 29 January 2018 by Eric H. Christensen

API for the Tesla Powerwall 2 Energy Gateway

I suspect I'll be needing this discussion in the future... https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/rest-interface-powerwall-2-energy-gateway read more

Sun 14 January 2018 by Eric H. Christensen

Content Security Policy and WordPress

For your protection, I've been working on securing this website with all the proper security HTTP headers. Of course, by running WordPress as the backend, I'm making it easy to manage all the data but making it difficult to manage all the pieces and parts of the system's backend. The … read more

This entry was tagged on #Content_Security_Policy and #HTTP_Headers

Sat 13 January 2018 by Eric H. Christensen

NASAR SARTECH II Complete!

Over the past few months a small group of us from Calvert K9 Search Team (CK9) have been working towards our NASAR SARTECH II certification. The four of us have been meeting several times a month, in addition to studying at home, to learn lots of material and become proficient … read more

This entry was tagged on #SARTECH_II

Sun 24 December 2017 by Eric H. Christensen

SOTA Activation: Snowy Mountain W3/PD-007

[caption id="attachment_1270" align="alignleft" width="244"] Hey look, a flag![/caption] Stats When: 2017-12-24 from 1543Z to 1625Z Where: Snowy Mountain - W3/PD-007 Who:Just me Ascent: 148' over 0.64mi** ** Equipment:Elecraft KX3, SOTABEAM MIDI antenna APRS Coverage: Excellent T-Mobile Coverage:Good. Had 4G (no LTE) coverage at … read more

This entry was tagged on #Pennsylvania, #QRP, #Summits_on_the_Air_(SOTA) and #W3/PD-007

Sat 23 December 2017 by Eric H. Christensen

SOTA Activation Report: Methodist Hill North W3/PD-006

[caption id="attachment_1259" align="alignleft" width="300"] Portable HF setup on Methodist Hill North[/caption] Stats When: 2017-12-23 from 1832Z to 1915Z Where: Methodist Hill North - W3/PD-006 Who: Just me Ascent: None (see below) Equipment: Elecraft KX3, SOTABEAM MIDI antenna APRS Coverage: Excellent T-Mobile Coverage: Nil I arrived at … read more

This entry was tagged on #Digital_Operations, #Pennsylvania, #Summits_on_the_Air_(SOTA) and #W3/PD-006

Mon 18 December 2017 by Eric H. Christensen

Upcoming SOTA Activation(s) - Methodist Hill North and Snowy Mountain

Updated: 2017-12-20 @ 0315Z -Not doing Long Mountain, adding Snowy Mountain. Looking at taking a few days and going hiking up in Pennsylvania this upcoming weekend. I have at least two summits in my sights: W3/PD-006 and [STRIKEOUT:W3/PD-013] W3/PD-007 that I'd like to activate for Summits on … read more

This entry was tagged on #2m, #QRP and #Summits_on_the_Air_(SOTA)

Sun 29 October 2017 by Eric H. Christensen

The Radio Shack

Somehow, in all this mess, work does get done... [caption id="attachment_1179" align="aligncenter" width="2617"] WG3K Operating Position[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1180" align="aligncenter" width="2895"] WG3K Electronics Workshop[/caption] The scary thing is, I haven't yet fully moved-in yet so this could get better, or worse. read more

Sat 28 October 2017 by Eric H. Christensen

For Sale: Down East Microwave 2304-144 Transverter

UPDATE: This item has sold. Going through some stuff I've had in storage and haven't used in a while and came across this transverter that I won't be putting on the air because of the 2m IF. I bought this from a ham years ago who said it worked but … read more

This entry was tagged on #DEM_2304-144_transverter and #For_Sale