The Silicon Graybeard

In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from repeating them. Silicon Graybeard is my term for an old hardware engineer; a circuit designer. The focus of this blog is on doing things, from radio to home machine shops and making all kinds of things, along with comments from a retired radio engineer, that run from tech, science or space news to economics; from firearms to world events.

Special Pages

The SN8 Test Flight Was Worth Waiting For

A Hectic Day Leads to a Mixed Up Post

For Those Attempting to Watch The Starship Test Flight Tuesday 12/8

100th Falcon 9 Launch Sends NextGen Dragon Cargo Capsule to ISS

Student Debt Cancellation - Is This The Worst Policy Idea in History?

I Can't Keep Up With These Guys (SpaceX)

White House Again Asks Congress to Allow Europa Mission to Not Fly on SLS

Starship Watchers - Looks Like Monday Is Hop Day

Walter E. Williams RIP

Four Weeks After Election Day

The Next Big Thing - A Private Space Station

A Ham Radio Series 19 – What is Phase Noise?

I Prefer a Different Name

I Think It's Becoming My Annual Black Friday Post

Tuesday Was a Make Up Day

My Little Engine is Pointless

NASA Has an Anti-Exploration Group Fighting to Keep the US Earthbound

Back to Normal at SpaceX Boca Chica

Test Post and Infobleg

Rocket Lab Recovers First Mission Flown Booster