ajvTech https://ajvtech.com Hack, build, plugin. . . .zap and repeat! Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:04:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 51485427 Benchmarking my PC https://ajvtech.com/computers/benchmarking-my-pc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=benchmarking-my-pc Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:01:04 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1703 My PC is a horrible gaming machine but an excellent desktop and a decent workstation! Of course, it never was supposed to be a gaming PC, so that’s OK. I used the download from https://www.userbenchmark.com UserBenchmarks: Game 42%, Desk 113%, Work 75% CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K – 87.3% GPU: Nvidia GTX 950 – 34.4% SSD: […]

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]]> 1703 Trying SMD https://ajvtech.com/electronics/trying-smd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trying-smd Mon, 24 Feb 2025 03:43:30 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1258 So I’m sourcing all the parts to build something small. . . .need a better soldering iron!

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]]> 1258 Just a note about. . . https://ajvtech.com/uncategorized/just-a-note-about/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=just-a-note-about Sat, 13 Jun 2020 02:41:56 +0000 https://ajvtech.com/?p=1710 So I updated PHP to 7.1, WordPress to 5.4.x, added SSL certs, and reviewed the whole site to see how I can change it. A lot of ideas and wishes are swirling around. I may go nuclear and just re-do from scratch. Oh my! So, now to come up with a plan. . . .

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]]> 1710 Busy, busy, busy. . . https://ajvtech.com/blog/busy-busy-busy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=busy-busy-busy Tue, 24 Jun 2014 01:57:19 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1569 Wow, it’s been 2 months since my last confession! Yes. . .busy, busy, busy. Between work and work and work, there’s barely anytime to work. Just look at this mess on my workbench. Every time I set out to clean and organize the bench, I get caught up in a software issue or a capacitor […]

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]]> 1569 SMD Breadboarding https://ajvtech.com/blog/smd-breadboarding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=smd-breadboarding Fri, 11 Apr 2014 01:35:09 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1513 So I watched Dave Jones’ EEVblog #555 video – 555Timer Kit where he puts together a kit of resistors, NPN and PNP transistors that recreates the famous 555 Timer integrated circuit in a large scale. It was interesting and nostalgic because everyone starting in electronics plays with a 555. So I figured I might go down to […]

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]]> 1513 ARRL DX SSB 2014 Fun and Earache https://ajvtech.com/blog/arrl-dx-ssb-2014-fun-and-earache/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arrl-dx-ssb-2014-fun-and-earache Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:15:41 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1530 I was active this weekend in this year’s ARRL DX single-sideband contest. . . . .well at least active for me. I’m not a hardcore contester, but besides meals and sleep and a few hours of TV with the XYL, (wife for you non-hams),  I was pretty much listening and sitting at pile-ups waiting for […]

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]]> 1530 Test Lead Snarl https://ajvtech.com/blog/test-lead-snarl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=test-lead-snarl Wed, 15 Jan 2014 23:10:00 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1479 So I was putting together all the test equipment on the bench. Each piece of gear came with their own set of test leads. It wasn’t long before they began getting all snarled up. . .the BNC leads with the banana plug leads with the alligator clip leads with the adapters. Rather than wait and […]

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]]> 1479 Dead End PC? https://ajvtech.com/computers/dead-end-pc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dead-end-pc Sun, 12 Jan 2014 02:45:22 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1463 I finally ran into one. Ok, so it is a 9-year old Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4, but I’ve upgraded her over the years…XP to Vista to Win7 to Win8. And then I wanted to take her just one more step…Win8.1. And no! Sorry, you can’t install the update because it’s not supported by your […]

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]]> 1463 New Tech Toys Pt.2 https://ajvtech.com/blog/new-tech-toys-pt-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-tech-toys-pt-2 Mon, 06 Jan 2014 03:06:06 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1439 On to the workbench! The holidays brought an abundance of technology which I started to describe in Part 1: Overcome with technology.  Now I’m headed down to the workbench. Since I work on mobile and desktop radios, transceivers and associated equipment, many of which use 12 – 15VDC, I got a power supply dedicated to that […]

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]]> 1439 Overcome with technology! https://ajvtech.com/blog/overcome-with-technology/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=overcome-with-technology Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:04:04 +0000 http://ajvtech.com/?p=1414 My-oh-my I was inundated with technology throughout December! It all started in November when I received a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9,  ordered in September. That kept me busy through Thanksgiving as I ooh and ah’d and converted my iPad friends. But even though the screen res is great and it’s fast, it still has the same […]

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