RIT Crew Fall Season

We've started classes for the Fall quarter here at RIT and I have started my first year as a Varsity rower for RIT Crew. Early morning practices (before dawn) work a lot better with schedules and its great to have so much competition between all the boats. Being on the shorter side, it's daunting to be competing for a seat in the varsity boats but I feel that it's a goal that I can reach. If this year continues on its path, RIT is going to have some fast boats!

dynDNS deleted my account for KB1LQC Website

So apparently the dynDNS.com account I had redirecting to my website at http://kb1lqc.ham-radio-op.net was deleted for no reason. I apologize if anyone wanted to see some projects or whatnot and could not view them. The site will go down while I move back to Rochester Institute of Technology at the end of the month. I hope to set up a .com while there and will probably buy a domain name. Thanks to the open RIT network they should allow a DNS server so I can do this. At home Comcast does not allow personal DNS servers on a home account and in order to host from my house I must buy a comcast business account... not happening!

It's Been a While

It has been a while since I have last posted. I have been home and very busy! Like I would actually sleep even while not at school haha, I'm still working on projects into the late hours of the night! So far I have taken on the immense task of researching the RIT Amateur Radio Club history as the newly appointed club historian. Since I started I have found out a lot of information that was lost over the years! More can be found on the K2GXT website history section when I update it (probably sometime in September, I want to put up most of the information at once).

As for other projects, I am now hosting a website off of an old Pentium II computer! Comcast does not allow a DNS server on home users so until I get back to RIT I cannot have a ".com" but the website is located at http://kb1lqc.ham-radio-op.net. I am slowly updating it, working full time and designing some cool projects takes up a good amount of my day! I will eventually get everything on there.

Right now I am designing a Sofware Defined Radio! It's almost done! After taking a class about digital circuits I feel that I have enough knowledge to tackle this type of radio. Before this projects I have only worked with analog (still my favorite!) circuits. Recent redesigns of the circuit have really improved its performance and soon I will be printing and etching my own PC boards!

As the academic year approaches at RIT I will start updating the blog more! If there is any interest in any of these topics please comment and I will try my best to answer.

Finals Week

Well It's finals week and its been pretty crazy. I will update the blog when I get back home this weekend!

New York State Championships

I am currently in Whitney Point, NY at the New York State Championships. I raced in the Mens Novice 8 in the second heat against Merist, Ithaca, and Buffalo. We came in third and qualified for the Grand Finals tomorrow (Sunday May 4, 2008). We raced today in conditions that were rougher than we are used to on the Genessee River. There was a strong headwind and the waves were very high. I had at least four waves that totally drenched me during the race. It went well and we are happy that we put our all into it.

Were getting ready to race in the Grand Finals in the morning against Merist, Ithaca, University of Rochester, Army, and Hobart. Were ready to fight for a medal!

Web-Based Software Defined Radio

Well it's been a crazy quarter... super busy and just making me crave summer more and more! Onto what I want to talk about now! I was informed of an online web based Software Defined Radio for anyone to use. It allows multiple users of the radio on different frequencies which an uncommon ability for online radios.

The radio is located is located at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. It allows anyone to monitor a portion of the 40 meter and 80 meter amateur radio bands. You can use it to monitor morse code conversation, PSK31, other digital modes, and SSB. It is a very fun project to use and makes me want to finally experiment with software defined radio this summer! Follow the link to access the web-based receiver!

WebSDR

Enjoy,

Bryce

Busy Spring Quarter, Sprint Racing With RIT Crew

So the spring quarter is insane with the sprint season for RIT Crew. I am really trying to keep my grades up and row. Most of my weekends are gone, traveling for races so the time to do homework has shrunk even more! In addition to the craziness, the Engineering House (NRH 8) sprinklers went off, flooding my floor. I've been really behind in my work because of it, but I am slowly catching up. Thats why I haven't been updating the blog recently.

So right now I am in Worcester, MA for the weekend at a hotel. I am racing WPI, RPI, and Tufts University on Sunday morning in a 2000M Sprint on Lake Quinsigamong. It's great to be near my hometown, Massachusetts is awesome and I can't wait to relax over the summer!