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August 18, 2018

RasPad Part 2 - Connecting a Bluetooth Keyboard with the Raspberry Pi

RasPad Part 1 - New Raspberry Pi Tablet from SunFounder

July 22, 2018

DMR Radio Roundup - Four Handheld Transceivers for Ham Radio

A brief review of Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) and comparison of 4 popular makes/models of dual-band handheld DMR transceivers that are available on the market. Provides a good guide for a ham operator looking to jump into DMR!

July 21, 2018

Baofeng BF F8HP - Program the radio from the keypad - Part 2

In part 2 of this review, I show how to program the radio from the keyboard for your local repeaters in 6 steps.

1) Enter VFO mode, enter receive frequency

2) Menu 12 - CTCSS code

3) Menu 25 - Tx Shift

4) Menu 26 - Offset Frequency

5) Menu 27 - Store Channel

6) Press * Scan - reverse mode, press Menu x 3

Baofeng BF-F8HP - Review New Features - Part 1

We take a look at the 3rd Generation Baofeng BF-F8HP, discuss the new features and the improved Owners Manual from BaofengTech. Programming the radio from the keyboard is covered in Part 2.

September 28, 2017

Retro Gaming - Arduventure the 8-bit RPG for your wallet

August 25, 2017

Retro Game Emulation on the Raspberry Pi - Jason Allen

July 25, 2017

Building The GoPiGo3

July 17, 2017

Building a MicroBit Remote Control Buggy

GoPiGo3 Unboxing

June 09, 2017

Carrie Anne Philbin - Raspberry Pi

Using the Raspberry Pi in the Classroom for CS Education

January 03, 2017

How I Learned to Program circa 1978

Just for fun, here's a vintage photo of what it was like learning to program in BASIC back in 1978.

Spend a couple hours punching in one line of code per card. Hand the stack of cards to the person at the counter (you didn't actually think you got to operate the computer yourself, did you?). Get the print out of your program a couple of hours later. Easy peasy!

#LearnToProgramRoanoke #Vintage