Name: The HamCan first power up. No smoke, but not perfect either... @brainwagon
Uploaded: 2011-05-09T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Heres an example of my first power up of the HamCan. Its about 2.5Khz off from the nominal crystal frequency, and has a pretty warbly, unstable frequency on transmit. It also appears that its receiver may be fairly wonky (I just hear clicks on receive). Probably more of what N2CQR attributes to the demonic nature of the regenerative receiver.

A timelapse video, filmed with an $8 keychain camera... @brainwagon

Uploaded September 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

I got an $8 Turrnigy keychain camera with my last order from Hobby King. My first scratchbuilt foam airplane wasn't quite ready, so I attached it with some Velcro to the front bumper of my car, and recorded some video as I did my errands. I then converted it to a timelapse using ffmpeg. The quality is suprisingly good for such an inexpensive camera.

A timelapse video, filmed with an $8 keychain camera...

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The HamCan first power up. No smoke, but not perfect either...