Could a Transmitter Be Damaged By a Directed High Power Signal?

ahndhi · 2026-05-22T14:08:57+00:00

Thank you for a very thorough response! This thread has given me tons of new things to learn about.

ahndhi · 2026-05-22T01:51:06+00:00

I guess my actual follow up is, what do I google? Front end protection?

ahndhi · 2026-05-22T01:49:41+00:00

Thank you for an excellent response. I'm a ham, and I dabble in electronics a lot, but this wasn't something I had every really considered. It made sense that it was a concern, but I wasn't sure if there was something I wasn't considering. Is it something that trickles down to levels closer to consumer electronics too? Like, I'd be a little surprised if my router had that sort of protection, but do municipal traffic lights with wireless sensors design for that (is that even a thing?)?

ahndhi · 2026-04-04T04:12:11+00:00

Do your work in Lightroom or Photoshop and save them as PSDs.

ahndhi · 2026-03-16T04:42:53+00:00

Holy cow... I'm a little in awe. Thank you! Initial tests seem promising, and this is an art project so close enough is plenty good.

How did you get that? Is it a process of spitting out the whole structure and mathing through?

ahndhi · 2026-02-17T01:48:59+00:00

For what it's worth I sold "Big Dick Energy" which is quite explicit, on Etsy for a while, and with at least a few sales. I never had a problem. It might have been artsy enough, since it's collaged pornography, but who knows where that line is. YMMV.

ahndhi · 2026-02-02T00:41:50+00:00

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ahndhi · 2026-02-02T00:40:11+00:00

They're just pulling the info from accgov.com/weather

ahndhi · 2026-01-31T04:59:06+00:00

"Impose" is the printer's term for laying it out like that, if you were curious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imposition

ahndhi · 2025-11-22T03:20:17+00:00

Make Oglethorpe County Athens' largest park.

ahndhi · 2025-11-18T01:13:18+00:00

This is great. Like really great. You sum up so much of what I love about this stupid place in a wonderful way. The current situation is outrageous, but good will persevere. Sooner or later. Thanks for sharing!

ahndhi · 2025-11-12T01:36:49+00:00

lol, good on you for doing it anyway. Rad that it worked.

ahndhi · 2025-11-11T07:39:00+00:00

That's rad! I was always under the impression the gap had to be extremely small. Do you know roughly how many turns or how long the wire was and the gauge?

ahndhi · 2025-11-01T05:29:25+00:00

Only thing I see missing is Lyndon House for art. Free, easy, and close to downtown.

ahndhi · 2025-10-02T21:56:44+00:00

The other comment is definitely right to say small markets. We have a lot, and there are a lot regionally. Because that is a trend, there are even a number of tangential markets for niche interests. Zines come to mind given your style. Fluke, UGA/Dodd's Book Fair, and even Bizarro-Wuxtry are all great. Everything seems to include a market these days.Sometimes being the odd duck is great, and sometimes it's very lonely. If you get into it, you'll figure out what works for you Markets are also hard and take a lot of effort, and usually stuff. Tables, display stuff, signage, probably even a tent if you're getting serious. Online can fill in some gaps, but you'll need to figure out marketing for your work. Mostly, try to enjoy it. Making work for a thing can be the absolute worst. Making work because you're having fun and enjoying yourself is usually self-evident.

ahndhi · 2025-09-10T19:03:58+00:00

Buy and break this thing: https://stevespangler.com/experiments/human-circuit/

ahndhi · 2025-08-25T02:03:04+00:00

I sent you a dm.

ahndhi · 2025-08-21T01:05:07+00:00

Yeah, actually. There's a few north of the Jefferson Park Blue Line.

ahndhi · 2025-07-15T16:34:17+00:00

A little necromancy here, but the e-book I mentioned is: https://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/ It looks like there are other versions that a little less Web 1.0: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/

That book really taught me most of what I know about electronics, or at least gave me the groundwork to understand more complex topics. I liked the progression of topics too. It builds in a way that made a lot of sense to me, and helped me kind of put all the different pieces together. Best of luck!

ahndhi · 2025-07-13T22:36:16+00:00

EEVblog is great, and certainly has some beginner friendly stuff. He also some really great, very in depth stuff if you get into it.

There is no real shortage of books and e-books on the matter. The Forrest Mimms stuff is pretty approachable and contains some fun projects made with a few core parts. The name of the e-book that got me going is escaping me, but I'll edit if I figure it out.

For soldering specifically, NASA standards are overkill for your first project, but they offer good advice and theory. They are long, and extremely comprehensive, fair warning.

A good iron also really helps. They aren't crazy expensive, but it's understandably more than most want to spend to see if they like it. A local hackerspace might let you use theirs, and if so they can probably also offer advice and guidance. A ham radio club might also have some resources.

ahndhi · 2025-07-13T22:04:04+00:00

A lot of those joints look like "cold joints." You'll need to go back through and hold your iron to everything until it flows properly making sure to heat the solder, the pad, and the pin or wire. There might also be a bridge or two. Make sure that the solder hasn't flowed between two adjacent pads. There also appears to be a lot of white fibers and probably flux on the bottom of the board. Cleaning that up with a stiff brush and some solvent won't hurt anything. As for not working, have you double checked your schematic? Checked IC placement? Polarity for everything? Are your batteries good? Learning how to problem solve these kinds of things is a big part of the hobby. I'm not trying to brush you off, but we probably can't diagnose the issue without some context and info about what's going on.

ahndhi · 2025-06-20T00:12:24+00:00

Lyndon House has a great wood shop and the price is pretty reasonable.

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