[HomeBrew] building "stuff"

[pete wokoun, sr.]

Still enjoy building stuff after 45+ years.  Not too complex these days, more like practicable, usable stuff.  Been putting some of it on a website but doing the website uploading seems to take almost as long as building it.  My stuff is at :

http://www.qsl.net/kh6grt/page4/technical.htm

pete wokoun KH6GRT


> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:31:42 -0700
> From: pelican2 at silcom.com
> To: homebrew at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [HomeBrew] building "stuff"
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> ** Please do NOT cross-post messages when posting to HOMEBREW **
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> People who DO build their own circuits and get them running should probably go
> one step further and post the results on a website... for others to see and
> build... it isn't that hard to make a website, ( very simple, really ) and it
> doesn't cost anything for a small one... internet providers "give away" server
> disk space to their customers, to use for a personal website, at no charge...
> but a lot of people don't know that, and never use it.
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> If anyone here has written a technical article ( describing a project ) and
> QST ( or others ) can't or won't publish it in a timely manner, then take
> control of the situation and and publish it yourselves.... on the web. It's
> never been easier in the history of the world to publish something and have it
> viewed "worldwide".
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> Then, after the website is up... come here and announce it to others... don't
> keep it a secret.
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> The fact that others "have already done it" is just an excuse to not do it
> again... if the objective is to learn some interesting technology, and get a
> working, useful circuit when the work is done, then the motive for homebrewing
> is as strong as ever... and so are the rewards...
>
> Bob Simmons
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