Welcome to the Nerdpit !This site is permanently under construction - hart adze and steal toad-boots are mandatory. In this place, creativity, hacking (original meaning), and problem solving are valued more than tidyness, political correctness or rigidity. If you're allergic to dust, uncomfortable with disorganization, or unwilling to try new stuff, this may not be for you. If you need someone to blame for this website, you can use me, Doug Elliott, VA3DAE |
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| A) | A1) TR events | A2) ReconAdvon | A3) Halifax Photos | A4) Halifax Story | ||||
| B) | B1) Robots - HFR | B2) Git hub | ||||||
| C) | C1) Radio - HF Log | C2) pref-by-pref | C3) Azi Map | C4) HF Bands | ||||
| D) | D1) HAM Course site | D2) Chapt tests | D3) full test | D4) Tricky exam ?s | D5) Fox Hunt Intro | |||
| E) |
| TOPIC |
LINK |
DESCRIPTION |
| Pandemic | Kids Activities | Some suggestions on how to occupy your children while they're spending a lot of time at home. See also Kids Happy Hour below. |
| Pandemic | Cabin Fever? | To help people determine if they are suffering from cabin fever, I have put together a little self assessment questionnaire to help you evaluate your situation. Tongue in cheek! |
| Pandemic | Happy Hour | The story of our daily 3 country video call that is keeping our grandkids occupied, and their parents sane. Really successful. Both Skype and WhatsApp support 3 plus connections per call. We're going to try to record Skype sessions. Includes activity suggestions. |
| Family Adventures | Adventures | Stories of various adventures of the Elliott, Marshall and Sandbrook families |
| Ham Fox Hunts | Aug'21 Preso slides | General presentation on Fox Hunts, Aug 8, 2021 |
| Zoom FH Training | Link to Zoom recording of Doug's Fox Hunt training session on Vimeo | |
| FH Overview | Fox Hunting overview by Barrie Amateur Radio Club | |
| Info Updates | cumulative details such as meeting place & time, COVID precautions, maps bing provided... | |
| Ham Simplex | Simplex Tests | Results of Simplex tests done by the London ARES team, including 2021-01-27 |
| For New Hams | Things to do | Things you can do now that you have your ham license |
| Ham events | Ham Calendar | A listing of Ham Radio events in the London area, with web site references |
| Kit Builders | Kit Builders Wiki | The story of the London Amateur Radio Kit Builders group, with reference materials |
| Morse Code | CW Wiki | Information on the CW course put on by Mitch Power in 2018, CW activity, and the computer software we used |
| Ham-Interference | Interference Logs | ongoing summary of attempts to reduce HF interference at my home |
| Ham - ARES | Grab-and-Go | A list of things to bring when there's an emergency and you're called upon to assist with Ham Radio Communications - ARES = Amateur Radio Emergency Service |
| Ham-Balloons | High Altitude Balloons | The story of the May 2018 UWO High Altitude Balloon launch, which included assistance from the London Amateur Radio Club (Doug Elliott, Dave McCarter and Tom Pillon) with the radio tracking to find and recover the payload. |
| Canoeing 2018 | Canoe Trip Planning | My efforts to organize multiple canoe trips for our merry band of paddlers in 2018 |
| CPAP batteries | Truckdriver CPAP power | Our attempts to help a fellow ham who is a truck driver who sleeps in his sleeper cab frequently when on the road, and needs to be able to power his CPAP machine, and a few other devices overnight, without draining the truck battery. |
| Ham Radio | Ham License Course Info | Reference information for the L.A.R.C Basic Ham License Course that started September 9, 2019. Click on the link on the left for more information |
| Grandkids | Activity List | Ideas of what to do with the grand kids when they're driving you nuts. |
| Ham Radio | Reference Info | a collection of technical reference material related to Ham radio. Index at top of linked page. |
| Ham Radio | MS
Tour 2015 |
stuff on the Ham Radio support for
the MS Tour on July 25/26 2015 |
| HAM SET
2015 |
Info on the SET exercise, Wednesday
Oct 7, 2015 |
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| ARES-NET |
The script I follow for the Wednesday
night ARES net. |
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| Ham
License Course 2015 |
The next L.A.R.C Basic Ham License
Course is tentatively planned to start on Saturday, September 12,
2015. Click on the link on the left for more information |
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| IMS 100 | Introduction to the Incident Management System - online course | |
| RIC7 |
updated
and
annotated partial list of questions from the 2014 Basic Ham Radio
license exam question bank |
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| RIC8 |
updated and annotated partial list of questions from the 2014 Basic Ham Radio license exam question bank | |
| Self-Study |
A
suggested way of learning the material from the publisher of the
Study Guide |
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| 2014-Intro |
Handout
for
2014 course including the schedule, facilitator contact info (Doug
Elliott), info to access the Studyguide publisher's website, and
memory aids for resistor colour codes and most of the basic formulas
you'll need. |
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| practice
exams |
Industry
Canada practice exam generator |
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|
distracted
driving |
Current law, with ham exemption, Sep, 2020. Suggest you put a photocopy of your Ham Licence with this
document in your glove compartment. |
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| available
callsigns |
Where
to look to see what callsigns are available, so you can select
your preferences to be used on your licence application. |
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| HF Band Plans |
Doug's
chart
showing the details of the Canadian HF Bandplan, plus the callsign
prefixes |
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| DX Code of Conduct | Good advice on good behaviour while you're chasing DX. See also Ethics & Operating procedures, Operating Practice | |
| Starex-2017 | Planning Doc | Summary of the approaches, techniques, & schedule for Starex-2017 on Sat Aug 19 |
| Grandkids | Activity List | Ideas of what to do with the grand kids when they're driving you nuts. |
| Family
Photos |
photo gallery |
Coming
soon |
| Robotics |
GitHub.com | info on Doug & Andrew's robot project
is on GitHub, under usernames nerdoug and va3wam |
| Canoeing | ||
| Knots |
ahh, so many things to follow up on. |
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| Nicole's Baby | Mini-Marshall | The friendly wagering on when Nicole Elliott is going to deliver her second child in Amsterdam |
| Summer Activities for Grandkids | |
| 1 | make a bird feeder |
| 2 | walk part of Bruce, Thames trails |
| 3 | camp in back yard |
| 4 | St Thomas train tour |
| 5 | visit port elgin |
| 6 | Goderich museum |
| 7 | Kitchener's farmers market / Mennonites |
| 8 | canoeing |
| 9 | fire on patio - marshies, weenies |
| 10 | visit Gibbons park |
| 11 | find a petting zoo |
| 12 | do a farm tour |
| 13 | corn maze |
| 14 | Toronto zoo www.torontozoo.com |
| 15 | make / fly kites |
| 16 | run thru sprinkler with the water dog |
| 17 | build a fort in rec room |
| 18 | play in schoolyard - soccer, climbers, sommersaults, headstands... |
| 19 | plant some seeds early |
| 20 | playhouse party, ice cream in cooler |
| 21 | kids taking photos |
| 22 | play with drone? |
| 23 | walk in the rain |
| 24 | make a huge marble run |
| 25 | get out the parachute |
| 26 | visit the airport / 427 Wing |
| 27 | put flagpole on playhouse |
| 28 | pick apples, peaches, pears, cherries, strawbellies… |
| 29 | climb onto playhouse roof |
| 30 | make a bird house |
| 31 | make a wooden game |
| 32 | record some singing |
| 33 | make some jam or corn-in-a-bag |
| 34 | kids BBQ a meal |
| 35 | go on a picnic somewhere unusual (Arva, conservation area, park, Sharon Creek) |
| 36 | visit Niagara Falls - ride Maid of the Mist |
| 37 | watch a construction site |
| 38 | make a xylophone, chimes (google DIY xylophone) |
| 39 | Clovermead bee farm encore. clovermead.com |
| 40 | make a jigsaw puzzle with coping saw |
| 41 | hike thru Komoka park https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/komoka |
| 42 | make a hammock / use Hennessey |
| 43 | make a rain barrel |
| 44 | make a storybook / photo book |
| 45 | go to unusual beach |
| 46 | fire hall tour |
| 47 | EMS / ambulance tour |
| 48 | plant nursery tour |
| 49 | East Park https://www.eastparkgolf.com |
| 50 | Geocaching |
| 51 | visit yoga class while kids yogo |
| 52 | watch herons nest |
| 53 | go to Greenway park |
| 54 | view Perseid meteor shower (Aug 11-13. google perseids 2017) |
| 55 | pig out on Watermelon |
| 56 | paint the playhouse inside / outside |
| 57 | go to Storybook gardens www.storybook.london.ca |
| 58 | Learn how to tie some knots |
| 59 | find, photograph, and identify some bugs |
| 60 | throw water balloons at something / someone |
| 61 | put up a historical measuring board for kids heights |
| 62 | play the trumpet, trombone or recorder |
| 63 | build something out of popsicle sticks, string, cardboard, toothpicks, glue... sculptures, chains |
| 64 | explore the bank of the river with camera, lunch, binoculars, blanket... |
| 65 | go visit whatever festival is happening in Victoria Park |
| 66 | African Lion Safari http://www.lionsafari.com/home |
| 67 | Lift up the van with its jack |
| 68 | Go see fireworks on Civic Holiday - Mon Aug 1 |
| 69 | Fanshawe Pioneer Village http://fanshawepioneervillage.ca/ |
| 70 | http://www.londontourism.ca/Events/Canada-150-Celebrations/Lambeth-Rose-and-Flower-Show June 21 |
| 71 | http://www.londontourism.ca/Events/Canada-150-Celebrations/SESQUI-and-Ontario150-Present-The-SESQUI-Cinematic-Dome-Tour Jun29-Jul3 |
| 72 | http://www.londontourism.ca/Events/Canada-150-Celebrations/Confederation-Party Eldon house Sat July 1 |
| 73 | Elora Gorge |
| 74 | Butterfly conservatory |
| 75 | Fergus Scottish Festival |
| 76 | lower and raise the canoe to/from the garage ceiling. |
| 77 | Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary |
| 78 | Alpaca / Ostrich farms |
| 79 | Peterborough Canoe Museum |
| 80 | air condition the playhouse |
| 81 | Centennial Hall: https://centennialhall.london.ca/london-event-listings.html |
| 82 | Watch the Northern Lights |
| 83 | Watch satellites or the space station |
| 84 | Follow the total eclipse of the Sun on Aug 21 |
| 85 | (Thanks, Vic) Blow something up. Balloons, Bottle Rocket |
| 86 | Look at something using great grampa's microscope |
| 87 | Feed ants coloured water |
| 88 | |
| 89 | Lock the little blighters in the basement |
