2018 Gift Guide: Weird but really useful gadgets
This is a listing of some of the weird, odd gadgets that I've picked up over the years -- but I have found them to be super useful and use them pretty much daily. They have practically become ...
Invisible problems are the hardest to fix, and until we evolve eyes that respond to radio waves, wireless will remain thoroughly out of sight. Radio engineers have long bypassed their organic shortcomings with specialised test equipment, the most highly prized of which is the spectrum analyzer. This sweeps through a band, plotting energy received at the frequencies where it’s found. With practice, all manner of problems can be recognised by the patterns they make.
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