Read and heed, or you'll be sorry. The cold weather causes us to spend more time in the shack and to work on new homebrew project. Some of these projects may involve sensitive, delicate, solid-state components that can be instantly wiped out by that little winter spark from your finger...
Take a look:
http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2016/01/an-electro-static-bandaid-to-protect.html
I have to be especially careful this year, because Northern Virginia is now officially in a drought. So that spark-friendly dry winter air is likely to be even dryer this year.
Tracking the KJ7VBX-11 Pico-Balloon over Ireland & the UK - 8th May 2024
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As we are now at the peak of the solar cycle, some radio amateurs are using
WSPR on the 28 MHz band for their Pico-Balloons as they travel around the
wor...
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