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Author: Bill Meara Publisher: William R. Meara ISBN: 9780578053127 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
SolderSmoke is the story of a secret, after-hours life in electronics. Bill Meara started out as a normal kid, from a normal American town. But around the age of 12 he got interested in electronics, and he has never been the same. To make matters worse, when he got older he became a diplomat. His work has taken him to Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, the Spanish Basque Country, the Dominican Republic, the Azores islands of Portugal, London, and, most recently, Rome. In almost all of these places his addiction to electronics caused him to seek out like-minded radio fiends, to stay up late into the night working on strange projects, and to build embarrassingly large antennas above innocent foreign neighborhoods. SolderSmoke takes you into the basement workshops and electronics parts stores of these exotic foreign places, and lets you experience the life of an expatriate geek. If you are looking for restaurant or hotel recommendations, look elsewhere. But if you need to know where to get an RF choke re-wound in Santo Domingo, SolderSmoke is the book for you. SolderSmoke is no ordinary memoir. It is a technical memoir. Each chapter contains descriptions of Bill's struggles to understand (really understand) radio-electronic theory. Why does P=IE? Do holes really flow through transistors? What is a radio wave? How does a frequency mixer produce sum and difference frequencies? If these are the kinds of questions that keep you up at night, this book is for you. Finally, SolderSmoke is about brotherhood. International, cross-border brotherhood. Through the SolderSmoke podcast we have discovered that all around the world, in countries as different as Sudan and Switzerland, there are geeks just like us, guys with essentially the same story, guys who got interested in radio and electronics as teenagers, and who have stuck with it ever since. Our technical addiction gives us something in common, something that transcends national differences. And our electronics gives us the means to communicate. United by a common interest in radio, and drawn closer together by means of the internet, we form an "International Brotherhood of Electronic Wizards."
Author: Bill Meara Publisher: William R. Meara ISBN: 9780578053127 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
SolderSmoke is the story of a secret, after-hours life in electronics. Bill Meara started out as a normal kid, from a normal American town. But around the age of 12 he got interested in electronics, and he has never been the same. To make matters worse, when he got older he became a diplomat. His work has taken him to Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, the Spanish Basque Country, the Dominican Republic, the Azores islands of Portugal, London, and, most recently, Rome. In almost all of these places his addiction to electronics caused him to seek out like-minded radio fiends, to stay up late into the night working on strange projects, and to build embarrassingly large antennas above innocent foreign neighborhoods. SolderSmoke takes you into the basement workshops and electronics parts stores of these exotic foreign places, and lets you experience the life of an expatriate geek. If you are looking for restaurant or hotel recommendations, look elsewhere. But if you need to know where to get an RF choke re-wound in Santo Domingo, SolderSmoke is the book for you. SolderSmoke is no ordinary memoir. It is a technical memoir. Each chapter contains descriptions of Bill's struggles to understand (really understand) radio-electronic theory. Why does P=IE? Do holes really flow through transistors? What is a radio wave? How does a frequency mixer produce sum and difference frequencies? If these are the kinds of questions that keep you up at night, this book is for you. Finally, SolderSmoke is about brotherhood. International, cross-border brotherhood. Through the SolderSmoke podcast we have discovered that all around the world, in countries as different as Sudan and Switzerland, there are geeks just like us, guys with essentially the same story, guys who got interested in radio and electronics as teenagers, and who have stuck with it ever since. Our technical addiction gives us something in common, something that transcends national differences. And our electronics gives us the means to communicate. United by a common interest in radio, and drawn closer together by means of the internet, we form an "International Brotherhood of Electronic Wizards."
Author: Carrie Williams-Lee Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1546243917 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 150
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You know, you could have stopped it anytime you wanted to! Imagine hearing these accusatory words spoken to you by your abuser, your own grandfather. Imagine hearing these words as a thirteen-year-old girl who has just mustered up enough courage to finally end the atrocious sexual abuse you have suffered during the most important developmental years of your life. Imagine the lifetime of guilt and shame, the loss of self, and how these devastating events have impacted your heart, mind, body, and spirit. Here is the haunting yet empowering autobiographical journey through the life of just one of the abused.
Author: John-David Warren Publisher: Apress ISBN: 143023184X Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 621
Book Description
This book will show you how to use your Arduino to control a variety of different robots, while providing step-by-step instructions on the entire robot building process. You'll learn Arduino basics as well as the characteristics of different types of motors used in robotics. You also discover controller methods and failsafe methods, and learn how to apply them to your project. The book starts with basic robots and moves into more complex projects, including a GPS-enabled robot, a robotic lawn mower, a fighting bot, and even a DIY Segway-clone. Introduction to the Arduino and other components needed for robotics Learn how to build motor controllers Build bots from simple line-following and bump-sensor bots to more complex robots that can mow your lawn, do battle, or even take you for a ride Please note: the print version of this title is black & white; the eBook is full color.
Author: H. Ward Silver Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118592204 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 388
Book Description
An ideal first step for learning about ham radio Beyond operating wirelessly, today's ham radio operators can transmit data and pictures; use the Internet, laser, and microwave transmitters; and travel to places high and low to make contact. This hands-on beginner guide reflects the operational and technical changes to amateur radio over the past decade and provides you with updated licensing requirements and information, changes in digital communication (such as the Internet, social media, and GPS), and how to use e-mail via radio. Addresses the critical use of ham radio for replacing downed traditional communications during emergencies or natural disasters Provides updates to all documentation of the American Radio Relay League Explains recent changes to picking your own call sign Places a special emphasis on the major reasons people get into amateur radio: emergency communication, digital communication, and do-it-yourself science Looks at online mapping and charting of websites Whether you're just getting turned on to ham radio or already have your license, Ham Radio for Dummies, 2nd Edition helps you with the terminology, the technology, and the talknology.
Author: Reed Ghazala Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9780764588877 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 450
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Fans will get bent out of shape if they miss the first book to cover circuit-bending-"bending," for short-the method by which an electronic toy or a device such as a keyboard is short-circuited and modified to create an entirely different sound Written by the inventor of the technology, this book covers the tools of the trade, shows how to build a bending workshop, and reveals secrets that will have readers of all levels making sweet music in no time Readers learn basic bends, body contacts, and other bending skills, as well as ways to create bent instruments from a variety of popular toys and electronic devices Features some of the author's own unique creations
Author: Charles Platt Publisher: Make Books ISBN: 9781449344047 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 392
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Shares step-by-step experiments that teach how to add computational power to projects, including light bars, timers, decoders, phototransistors, op-amps, and various sensors.
Author: Michael Burnette Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781794054066 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 154
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Award-winning ham radio author Michael Burnette, AF7KB, takes you on a journey through every form of radio wave propagation, from ground waves to propagation in outer space.If you've thought "propagation is a lot like the weather -- you can talk about it, but there's nothing you can do about it" -- think again! For each form of propagation, you'll learn the best ham radio practices to increase your chances of "making the hop," whether that's across town or across the globe.* Ground Wave Propagation* Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide Propagation* Line-of-sight Propagation (It's almost never line of sight!)* Terrestrial ScatterPropagation* The Fresnel Zone* Knife Edge Diffraction* Tropospheric Scatter* Tropospheric Ducting* Tropospheric Bending* "Normal" Troposhperic Ducting* Elevated Tropospheric Ducting* Other Forms of Tropospheric Propagation* Ionosphere Basics* The Anatomy of The Ionosphere* How the Ionosphere Bends our Signals* Ionospheric Absorption* What Frequency Should I Choose?* Space Weather and the Ionosphere* Sunspots and Sunspot Numbers* The Solar Flux Index* Solar Flares and Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances* Coronal Mass Ejections* Geomagnetic Storms* Space Weather Terms* Types of Ionospheric Propagation* Getting Started in (Smart) High Frequency DX* Meteor Propagation* How the Pros Use Meteor Scatter* Working Meteor Scatter* Auroral Propagation* Space Propagation* Satellites* Moon Bounce*How we Figured out This Ionosphere StuffEach topic is fully explained in the conversational, plain-language style of the Fast Track ham license books, with a maximum of illustrations and a minimum of impenetrable math formulas.
Author: John Figliozzi Publisher: ISBN: 9780945053002 Category : Languages : en Pages : 168
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This new 10th edition of John Figliozzi's popular Worldwide Listening Guide explains radio listening in all of today's formats - "live," on-demand, WiFi, podcast, terrestrial, satellite, internet, digital and, of course, analog AM, FM and SW. The introductory section explains all the newest delivery methods for radio, and the devices used to access broadcasts from around the world at any time of day or night. Listening to programs from distant lands is no longer a late-night activity dependant upon shortwave propagation conditions. There is a whole other world of radio out there for your listening enjoyment. Thousands of radio stations worldwide use the Internet to stream their broadcasts. Traditional radio is being augmented by computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, satellites, WiFi receivers and multiplexed digital transmission methods, greatly enhancing the listening experience.Use The Worldwide Listening Guide to join in the excitement of listening to worldwide radio, listening to news, information, music and entertainment from around the world broadcast in English. The Guide is organized to make it easy and convenient to find radio programs of interest to you. All program listings are provided two ways:First, programs are listed by UTC time, station, days of broadcast, the type of program, and their frequencies and web addresses.Second, special Classified Listings are provided to help listeners find programs of specific interest. The 37 classified program listings make it easy to find programs by topic or subject area.
Author: Bill Meara
Author: Bill Meara
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