I was bored and decided to pop some capacitors!

    I recently got my Technician Class ham radio license. Call sign KD0NXG. I've been looking around for a decent VHF or UHF rig. If you have a suggestion on what to get, I would love to hear it in the comments below.

I recently did an interview with EEWeb for their "Featured Engineer" section. Check it out.

Here are a few pictures of my workbench! This is for The Amp Hour's workbench of the week segment.

Overview:

    I thought I might as well do a short book review of this book. The author (Stan Gibilisco) really does a good job of explaining the basics of electronics. It covers a wide range of topics, everything from inductance and capacitance to vacuum tubes, to radiolocation. I've found this book to be great reference material if I just want to look something up quick during a project. And of course since this is a self-teaching book there is a quiz after each chapter. Overall this is an excellent book if you're just getting started with electronics or want to brush up on some theory. One downfall is that Stan doesn't always go into the greatest depth of explaining some things. Thumbs up for this book from the Hacker's Workbench!