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Yet Another FT-847
Well,I came across another FT-847 recently; I was told it had the full 4M modifications completed. However I can see the old daughter board installed and not the pre-amp I would expect:This was where I...
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The Wall of Obsession
Well,Please may I present the "wall of obsession".Local conditions include a FT-DX-5000 I came across yesterday. Now I personally think my setup has reached ultimate status for what I want to do.I am...
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The Yaesu SCU-17
Well,I've been to see my chums at LAM Communications today and I brought home one of these:It's a Yaesu SCU-17 radio interface unit. I've owned a lot of radios in my time, the most "modern" perhaps...
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DSTAR - D what?
Well,Not being one for newfangled technollogy, I've done no experiments whatsoever with the DSTAR capability in my IC-7100..... until now....I wondered if I could hear the not so far away repeater...
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DSTAR GPS Connections - Really?
Well,You may recall last time I was musing about connecting a GPS receiver to my IC-7100 to complement the DSTAR mode.http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/dstar-d-what.htmlAnyhow, I tested the...
View ArticleMeteor Scatter with the TS-990 - Are you sure?
Well,Fiddling around in the shack this morning and I thought I would share with you a video of the TS-990 being used in conjunction with Gemini 4 linear for Meteor Scatter in JT6M mode.Local conditions.
View ArticleTS-990 on 2M 144MHz - no way!
Well,I've also created this video this morning showing the TS-990 being used with my homebrew transverter for 2M from here:http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/transverting-some-more.htmland the...
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My SWRs got no nose - How does it smell?
Well,You may recall the 6 Element LFA 2M Yagi I installed back here:http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/this-is-even-more-bonkers-than-before.htmlplus the masthead amplifier I built and installed back...
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Transverting - Even More!
Well,Following the success of my 2M transverter project back here:http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/transverting-some-more-some-more.htmlwhich I showed off working...
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Transverting - Even More More!
So,Following from the start of the 4M Transverter project I posted about last time:http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/transverting-even-more.htmlI've done some more today.The power amp module is built...
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Transverting - Complete!
Well,The 4M Transverter I started back here:http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/transverting-even-more.htmlIs now **nearly** complete.I say nearly as I am still waiting for a ZLPLL board from here.The...
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Transverting - Finished!
Well,You may remember the 4M transverter I started making here:http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/transverting-even-more.htmlI mentioned that I was waiting for a zlpll from...
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What's going on here then?
Well,You may remember I've been dabbling with the WSJT modes using meteor scatter and you also might remember that I have a FT-DX5000 with a SCU-17 rig interface.I tried using the 5000 for 6M MS the...
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Whats going on here then - Part II
Well,Following my musings about the really pants audio bandwidth from the Yaesu SCU-17 back here:http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/whats-going-on-here-then.htmlI've found an old external USB...
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The Tigertronics Signalink USB
Well,Following my frustrations with the Yaesu SCU-17 rig interface back here:http://g0mgx.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/whats-going-on-here-then.htmland more...
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It's great to be in the fracas!
Well,Today has been an excellent day for 6M Sporadic E. This was earlier this morning:And then tonight the band opened again:If you haven't witnessed a Sporadic E opening on 6M before, here's a quick...
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They call it the Magic Band....
Well,Been messing about today on 6M. There have been quite a few openings over the past few days due to Sporadic E. This was the sporatic e cloud map from DX Maps earlier today:The numbers in the boxes...
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New Antenna Time
Well,Following all the fun I have been enjoying on 4M, 6M and 2M using Meteor Scatter I decided to upgrade the antennas I have for those bands.Here's the installation after completion:Nut's egh? Both...
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Israel on 6M? No way!
Well,Here's a quick video of 4X4DK as received at my QTH on 16th May 2015. He was stronger on 14th May when I worked him.My QSO is already confirmed in LOTW.Good, egh?
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New Anennamabob!
Well,Quite some time ago I was rummaging on the internet and I came across this site:http://n6bt.com/Now, particularly interesting to me was this antenna:http://www.n6bt.com/n6bt-Q52-p1-1.htmIt's...
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