Have fun at LFNW. If you run in the the Jupiter Broadcasting crew make sure you introduce yourself and say Hi. They seem to be ham curious and could use a little push to get licensed. About a year ago they did a very well received episode of Linux Unplugged with former host Noah Chelliah KC0SKE. He will probably be around too. I know they like to record little mini interviews and play them in their podcasts so that might be a great signal amplifier to reach an even wider audience.
When I last attended LFNW I 2012 or 2013 they had a booth. I'm not sure if they do anymore since they have gotten more involved in organizing the fest. It sounds like they may be running the grill.
Regarding my high rate of new projects / products, one thing that has really made it easier is that I try to use the same enclosures and board outlines as much as possible. Using one extruded aluminum chassis (available from Adafruit, or directly from the Chinese supplier) lets me design starting from a board template that I know is going to fit. My face and back-plates are circuit boards, again using a template design so the screw and connector holes are known, or at least easily manipulated. In some cases the face and back panel designs are physically symmetrical which lets me design a single panel, with a different silk-screen on each side. This reduces cost and effort (although in any case these faceplates are stupidly cheap). Other boards are designed to fit inside a small die-cast box, commonly available from multiple suppliers. Simple boards also start from a common template. Of course there are exceptions, and I don't always get the mechanical details exactly right, but starting from known-good physical designs really improves my success rate and speeds up the mechanical design. This way I can concentrate of the electronics without having to constantly reinvent the wheel.
BTW, I will be at the Dayton Hamvention, mostly hanging out with the HamSci and TAPR folks. I will have some of the Turn Island products with me for show and tell. I look forward to meeting a lot of interesting people!
Have fun at LFNW. If you run in the the Jupiter Broadcasting crew make sure you introduce yourself and say Hi. They seem to be ham curious and could use a little push to get licensed. About a year ago they did a very well received episode of Linux Unplugged with former host Noah Chelliah KC0SKE. He will probably be around too. I know they like to record little mini interviews and play them in their podcasts so that might be a great signal amplifier to reach an even wider audience.
When I last attended LFNW I 2012 or 2013 they had a booth. I'm not sure if they do anymore since they have gotten more involved in organizing the fest. It sounds like they may be running the grill.
Zero Retries hat you say? Do you have Zero Retries Polo shirts or T-shirts for sale? :-)
Regarding my high rate of new projects / products, one thing that has really made it easier is that I try to use the same enclosures and board outlines as much as possible. Using one extruded aluminum chassis (available from Adafruit, or directly from the Chinese supplier) lets me design starting from a board template that I know is going to fit. My face and back-plates are circuit boards, again using a template design so the screw and connector holes are known, or at least easily manipulated. In some cases the face and back panel designs are physically symmetrical which lets me design a single panel, with a different silk-screen on each side. This reduces cost and effort (although in any case these faceplates are stupidly cheap). Other boards are designed to fit inside a small die-cast box, commonly available from multiple suppliers. Simple boards also start from a common template. Of course there are exceptions, and I don't always get the mechanical details exactly right, but starting from known-good physical designs really improves my success rate and speeds up the mechanical design. This way I can concentrate of the electronics without having to constantly reinvent the wheel.
BTW, I will be at the Dayton Hamvention, mostly hanging out with the HamSci and TAPR folks. I will have some of the Turn Island products with me for show and tell. I look forward to meeting a lot of interesting people!
Sad news. John Hays K7VE of NW Digital Radio is an SK.
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