Ok, I’m going to trying to do a dictation of my new blog entry using this software called VOSK. V O S K. Anyway, it’s been eighteen months since I’ve done an entry and a lot has been going on. I’ve done a few things with IoT devices. I’ve been replacing the factory shipped firmware on these IoT devices with Espurna and Tasmota. This has involved opening up factory sealed devices and making physical changes to allow reprogramming. I have…
The SDR hardware sold online usually includes an antenna. These antenna are not suitable to pickup radio transmissions that are low powered or distant. Here is an example of NOAA weather radio that is transmitted about 15 miles from my location. This first image is with the standard antenna shipped with the SDR adapter. The signal noise ratio is narrow, meaning the noise floor is high and the signal ceiling is low. The audio is noisy and hard to hear….
Recently, someone I know purchased a network printer that was the same make and model as mine. They weren’t sure on how to setup the printer and asked for my help. The setup is not difficult, however the default settings leaves the printer open on its wireless interface. So there are more steps that are required to secure it. The challange facing us was distance, they live in another state. However, I was able to export my printer settings, which…