Zeb Palmer Writes…

Occasionally I run APRS (automatic position reporting system) on VHF Ham Radio. If you’re not familiar with APRS it takes a gps signal and formulates it into a packet and transmits it via radio to be picked up by other stations and or gateways which put the packet onto an internet server for all to [...]

With a trip coming up this weekend and it being ham radio’s field day, I decided it’s time to take the second attempt at fixing my ATAS 120 automatic HF mobile antenna. Last time I took the base off and cleaned some corrosion out of it reseated some grounding screws and tried it. It worked [...]

I’m going to be traveling quite a bit this summer, mainly over the next thirty days or so.

The weekend of the 23rd I’ll be on Field Day in Salmon.

In the latter part of July I’ll be in Glacier National Park for about a week. I will be operating ham radio off and on while I’m [...]

It’s late… I’ve been working on a firewall for a client over the past few days. Based on their specific needs and budget I’ve decided to go with a modified IPcop setup. I’m working with a test box here and will be deploying it next week. It’s been a while since I’ve used IPcop for [...]

Don Herbert, “Mr. Wizard” died Tuesday at the age of 89 from multiple myeloma.
“After “Watch Mr. Wizard” ended its 14-year-run in 1965, Herbert showed up frequently on talk shows, including “The Tonight Show” and “Late Night With David Letterman.”
“Watch Mr. Wizard” was revived in 1971 for a season, and “Mr. Wizard’s World” ran on [...]