Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

Just an old guy with opinions that I like to bounce off other people.

Stumbling around with the SI4732 Pocket Mini: Updated again

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Kevin

What you see is a circuit board, a battery (lower left) and the speaker lower right. The story starts with how weak the speaker sounds. I thought some earphones might help but they didn’t; in fact, I could barely hear … Continue reading →

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Watching the Weather

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Kevin

This little trek started when I found an old weather sensor in a drawer. These come with weather stations to show what the temperature is remotely (or wind speed, humidity or rainfall). The specific FCC ID for my sensor is … Continue reading →

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First Impressions: SI4732 Pocket Mini

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Kevin

The radio arrived today, a day early, from AliExpress. The box didn’t look too good, but the contents were fine. The photo doesn’t carry the idea of how small this is. The radio is about 3 1/4″ wide and the … Continue reading →

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ATS25 Notes

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Kevin

I have an ATS25 max-Decoder that I’ve used some, and struggled with some. I keep plugging away trying to get some use from it. I’ve picked up some stations, gotten FT4 to work, listened to SSB, and decoded CW training … Continue reading →

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Incoming Radio: Degen DE1131

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Kevin

For the time being, there are pre-tariff Chinese radios for sale in the US at reasonable prices, and I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel for things to review. I came upon on this new-condition Degen DE1131 Touch Screen Controlled … Continue reading →

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De maximus: Updated

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Kevin

I’m no fortuneteller and I don’t have any special expertise in international trade, but I can report what I saw today. I ordered a Chinese-made WWVB time signal receiver module from a Canadian seller on eBay. It cost $9.13. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Artificial Interaction

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Kevin

I thought I would try out the Grok AI today, so I asked Microsoft Copilot to make up a query to test it out. Copilot knows things I’m interested in and it came up with this challenge: Analyze the impact … Continue reading →

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