Author Archives: Bryan Bibeau

Lathe project

April 3, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 0 Comments

Did a small job on Saturday repairing a farm implement for a coworker. I had to cut off the damaged threads, bore it out and tap it, then install an exhaust stud with loctite.

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Track our hike in Capitol Reef National Park

March 8, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 0 Comments

Testing out my new TH-D72A in APRS mode. It looks like there should be a repeater on Mt. Ellen that will pick us up. This should start showing data points on Friday, March 9th.


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UV3D APRS working!

March 1, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 3 Comments

My problem turned out to be power related. Whenever the TT3 would transmit, the voltage would drop to around 4.7v and it would reset. I added a LM7805 with 4 AA batteries, and it is working reliably now. I also moved it from the breadboard to a circuit board so I can test it on the highway.
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Wouxun UV3D APRS

March 1, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 0 Comments

Finally was able to get my homemade APRS transmitter working tonight! I’m using a Byonics TinyTrak 3 SMT TNC with a Parallax GPS, hooked to my Wouxun HT. There seems to be something weird going on with the PTT circuit that I haven’t quite figured out yet. The TT3 doesn’t always seem able to pull down the 5V PTT singnal on the handheld. I’m thinking about adding an external transistor if I can’t get it to work reliably.

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Time Lapse Video at Beaver Meadows Resort

February 12, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 0 Comments

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Trip planning for Capitol Reef Backpacking Trip

February 8, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 0 Comments

Erin and I are starting to plan for our Spring backpacking trip to Capitol Reef National Park in March. We’re going along with some folks from my work, and our friend Megan from Park City, UT. We’ll spend 3 days in the lower Waterpocket Fold area. It’s a 9.5 hour drive, but should be totally worth it, especially if we luck out with some nice Utah sun!


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School Bus Trip Photo Slideshow finally finished!

January 7, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 0 Comments

Here is a slideshow I made from the pictures taken on our fall ’11 School Bus adventure vacation from Maine to Idaho and back.

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Fort Collins Pond Hockey with my new GoPro camera

January 5, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 1 Comment

I strapped this on a co-worker (Bike) while he played a little pond hockey across the street this morning. Time for me to put on some skates and learn the game!

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Early morning sunrise over Fort Collins

January 3, 2012 by Bryan Bibeau | 0 Comments

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