Don't read today' s Blog. Just some bits and pieces for me to share but no Technical stuff and no CRAP (Cool Radios And Projects)
One bit of technology however that I found really interesting, a result of my interest in personal care and now I share with you. All of us should have a concern about our health from eating properly to exercising and extending that to annual physicals and routine check ups.
I do that religiously and one test currently in progress is the wearable heart monitor that is about the size of a Timex watch. They glue this thing to your chest and you wear it for two weeks where it measures your heart parameters.
That in itself is amazing technology. Along with the monitoring you have an option to write down in a small book provided you, any time you sense any symptoms such as a rapid heart beat or dizzy spells.
Now this is where I saw brilliance and stupidity. Optionally you can scan a QR code and manually record these same events on your phone. At the end of two weeks you rip off the monitoring device and mail it back to the supplier of the monitoring unit where the data is downloaded and a report provided your doctor.
So the stupid part. Why not set up the whole test so the normal process is that you link to your phone with Bluetooth and it is all automatic where the data collected is routinely dumped over the internet to the suppliers computer. In fact should an event occur that is life threatening --automatically 911 rolls. That my friend is called real time monitoring! The hardware structure is there so why not?
But that is not unlike our radio gear. Recently I showecased two products from Xiegu, the G1M and the G106C SSB Transceivers.
The review of these products (somewhat non-technical) noted that there was no way to adjust the Mic gain either by a physical control or a hidden menu.
Also noted was the cheapo microphone that would need replacement in due course. So if you had a microphone in the junk box --its level could be too low or too hot but no gain adjustment to accommodate that mic. A problem -- so you would have to find an exact replacement of the cheapo supplied unit. Why?
We can all think of other examples where common sense would tell you that what is there certainly falls short of the mark. The same with our health -- common sense says take care of yourself.
73's
Pete N6QW