Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Chemistry of Propagation

Obligatory Warning.......


What you are about to read should be taken more along the lines of semi-informed interpretation. The truth of the matter is no one knows for a fact everything about propagation and all the factors in creating it. These are all things that I've learned and hopefully interpreted correctly. I may be wrong and if I am please let me know. I do not claim to be an expert in these things, but like most people, I want to learn.


(Or Lasers)


Wednesday, August 8, 2012

A Poor Mans Introduction To TDR

Introduction!

 I was browsing the Amateur Radio subreddit on Reddit.com late last night when I came upon a post about someone trying to build "A Poor Mans TDR" using an Arduino. After reading his blog and some of the comments in the thread, it occurred to me that perhaps a small introduction to TDR or Time-Domain Reflectometry would be in order. So without further ado ... Here it is!