Covid has hit the house. We're all doing as well as can be expected, but as a result KD0FNR rockmite station control has moved down a floor. The Flying Rockmite is paying dividends, even grounded at the house.
So! I set out bulidng a CW version of N6MTS's open headset interconnect standard with the thought of building a better antenna-mounted 'Flying Rockmite'. Relativey though (special and general) teaches us that well, it's kinda obvious, all things are relative. Consequently, when I tested positive for COVID, after a day of being completely down, I sent out an order for a 25 foot CAT-5 Ethernet cable. It arrived today. I'm back up and around a bit, so I went up to the kitchen where the Rockmite is sitting on a table, and unplugged the short cable used in the original prototype #6 :
I plugged in the 25 foot cable to the rig, anchored the cable to the table with a copy of The Empire of Gold, picked up the headset/keyer, and then toodled back down to my bedroom where the cable was waiting, hanging in the air patiently, for me just outside the back door.
I attached the cable to the keyer. (I guess it's more of a cozy keyer now? Maybe I should have anchored the cable with an Agatha Christie or Maureen Johnson cozy mystery? I digress.)
The 11 year-old and I immediately tried the radio out working remotely from my room, and???
(Once again remembering we're in San Francisco, even when RBN thinks we're in Sound Beach.
Covid has hit the house. We're all doing as well as can be expected, but as a result KD0FNR rockmite station control has moved down a floor. The Flying Rockmite is paying dividends, even grounded at the house.
So! I set out bulidng a CW version of N6MTS's open headset interconnect standard with the thought of building a better antenna-mounted 'Flying Rockmite'. Relativey though (special and general) teaches us that well, it's kinda obvious, all things are relative. Consequently, when I tested positive for COVID, after a day of being completely down, I sent out an order for a 25 foot CAT-5 Ethernet cable. It arrived today. I'm back up and around a bit, so I went up to the kitchen where the Rockmite is sitting on a table, and unplugged the short cable used in the original prototype #6 :
I plugged in the 25 foot cable to the rig, anchored the cable to the table with a copy of The Empire of Gold, picked up the headset/keyer, and then toodled back down to my bedroom where the cable was waiting, hanging in the air patiently, for me just outside the back door.![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/363004/207954850-1833bb53-9afd-4cce-94f0-38c8a84699fd.png)
I attached the cable to the keyer. (I guess it's more of a cozy keyer now? Maybe I should have anchored the cable with an Agatha Christie or Maureen Johnson cozy mystery? I digress.)
The 11 year-old and I immediately tried the radio out working remotely from my room, and???
(Once again remembering we're in San Francisco, even when RBN thinks we're in Sound Beach.
The little rig is up and running!