Welcome to Blue Feather Technologies

Company logo, address, and phones: PO Box 5327, Kent, WA 98064-5327 253-639-2996 voice, 253-639-4709 FAX

You have arrived at the site of Bruce Lane, owner of amateur radio station KC7GR and, formerly, DBA Blue Feather Technologies

SAGE ADVICE FROM DOUGLAS ADAMS: DON'T PANIC!

I say 'Formerly' only because, since the beginning of 2013, business volume has dropped off to the point where it's no longer viable for me to run Blue Feather as an 'official' business (as in regular hours, merchant credit card account, formal advertising, etc.)

HOWEVER -- I'm still here, and I'm still happy to help out if you need support, repair or modifications for 'legacy' radio hardware, mil spec connectors, and general electronic tomfoolery.

Microsoft's Outlook.com (spam) mail service... Blocked at our end.

Due to a seemingly never-ending flood of phishing and other spam from MS's much-hyped 'outlook.com' mail service, and Microsoft's apparent self-delusion that no such trash could possibly come from their servers (and their subsequent refusal to take any countermeasures whatsoever), I've found it necessary to configure our mail system to refuse all traffic from the 'outlook.com' domain. If you're trying to reach me from any address ending in 'outlook.com,' it will bounce.

The only available workaround at this time is to try sending your message from a different web mail service (Gmail works just fine).

The Blue Feather Tech FTP Archive has relaunched (finally!)

It was a lot of work, but I finally got the thing to where I'm happy with it. I've had to do some locking down to prevent abuse, but it's good to go as of 6-May-19!

Access to the site is FREE to anyone who asks. However, you need to Email me for the current password. Accessing the site will require a file management client capable of FTPS with Explicit TLS/SSL protocols. Such clients are readily and freely available, in the form of WinSCP or Mozilla's FileZilla.

Once I've given you access, please feel free to share the current password with anyone else you think may need it AS LONG AS it's done via PRIVATE messaging (Email, private chat, etc.) Please do NOT post the password to any public forum or on publicly-readable social (antisocial?) media.

Thanks much!

What I can (still) Do...

Easy answer: See the grid below. Pick an item. Click on it. Explore. Relax. Work on your tan. ;-)

Device (Chip) Programming (Memory, PLD, and Microcontroller devices)	RF Services (Motorola radio programming, Commercial-to-Amateur Conversions, Parts, Accessories, Modifications, Alignment, Checkout, and Repair).
Specialized Electrical Connectors (Mil-spec components for either new or surplus aerospace and military hardware)
My amateur (ham) radio page.	The Traveling Technoid (Yes, I still travel a few times a year...)
	Looking for my listings of electronics swap meets and surplus stores? Click the link, and you're there!

So how much will it cost?

Services are rendered at the rate of $50.00 per hour, with a half-hour ($25) minimum.

Payment-wise, I can accept all the usuals: Cash, Check, Money Order, PayPal, Credit/Debit cards (processed as credit through squareup.com).

Thanks for visiting. I sincerely hope I can be of assistance with your next project.

This site best viewed with whatever browser you prefer. Seriously. Anything from Lynx to Firefox, and everything in between, should work. There's no cookies, no bugs, and no surveillance outside of the usual log file any web server generates.

Bruce Lane, Owner

Last update: 24-Aug-14

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