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February AI6YM Project Updates

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In my last update I said I’d send one of these updates “once a month by the 10th”. Today is, of course, the 21st. To quote Douglas Adams (probably), “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”

Lots has happened since my last update – one of my three planned blog posts was published, the first batch of FoxSniffers went to production, and I remembered that Lunar New Year is a really big deal in a particular corner of the world that happens to be nearly 100% of the electronics supply chain.

January AI6YM Project Updates

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This isn’t a newsletter, but I’m going to send out a brief update on current projects once a month by the 10th. Okay, it’s a newsletter.

The updates will be brief, and many will become full blog posts later. Do me a favor – keep me accountable on updates. If you don’t get something by the 10th drop me a note, I’m probably hunched over a soldering iron with no clue what day it is.

Is this thing on?

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve never had an email list, so staring at a blank page and trying to think about what to say to hundreds of customers, friends, and curious hams is terrifying. The new PicoFox being nearly ready to ship pushed me to finally write this first email.

Behind the scenes I’ve been working on a new manufacturing run of the PicoFox. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the r2 PicoFox. R3 adds adjustable power output up to 65mW, USB-C charging (even when off, such a novel idea!), a much nicer injection-molded enclosure, and many more improvements.