Author: Chryseus
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Setting up SSH / SFTP on Steam Deck
Having SSH and SFTP access to your steam deck is very convenient for file transfers and remote administration, setting it up is fairly straightforward. First you need to have set your password to be able to use sudo, to do this open konsole in desktop mode and type passwd, enter your desired password twice to…
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LiteVNA Review
The LiteVNA is a portable vector network analyser, it offers reasonable performance for a very low price, making it an ideal tool for electronics hobbyists and amateur radio operators, it can be had for under £100 from China. For those who are not familiar with a VNA, it measures the amplitude and phase response of…
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Crystal Radio Improvements
Previously I made a basic crystal radio, since then I’ve made a number of design improvements. Multiple Bands There is only a few medium wave stations where I live so I decided to add shortwave as well, to achieve this I used a rotary switch and a 7uH inductor, this is wound on a T50-2…
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Making a Crystal Radio
A crystal radio is a radio designed for receiving audio (voice) broadcasts, it was invented around the beginning of the 20th century and became extremely popular in the 1920’s and 1930’s, allowing millions of people to access radio broadcasts that otherwise would have been prohibitively expensive, the majority would have been self constructed sets rather…
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Useful Linux Utilities 2020
There are a number of very useful tools that people may not be aware of that can be a significant boost to productivity in your day to day usage of Linux, or just plain cool, this article will cover some of the more interesting ones I have come across, all of these are completely free.…