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A Starter for 10 GHz
Well,Due to being rather poorly and  ending up having my thyroid removed, I've not done much in the way of radio.However, for some time now I have been interested in learning more about the microwave...
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Well,Following my last post here about my 10GHz setup:Starter for 10GHzHere's a quick video of the RX test:Local conditions.
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Another Windom, Really?
Well,Having been thinking a little about my antennas I decided to take down the wire dipoles I have for 40M and 30M and try and squeeze in a full size Windom. It has fitted in the garden but the...
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Baluns - Yet Again!
Well,Part of the Windom I made last time here was a 4:1 balun. Now I tested one of those way back in time here. Back then I didn't much like what I saw as the frequency increased - it looked like the...
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Windom Test - Shhhhh
Well,Following the build of the Windom Antenna, I wanted to see if it was functioning, my primary band of interest was 80M. I left the TS-590 WSPRing on 80M last night and here is the result:Looks like...
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More Testing - Starter for 10GHz
Well,You may recall a while ago I started a microwave project called "A Starter for 10GHz" and I did some basic testing of the RX here. Today I have been to visit Peter, G3PHO and his amazing emporium...
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Nearly Done - Starter for 10GHz
Well,The final parts have fallen into place today. Firstly I have adjusted the HB100 from the ARRL $25 10GHz signal generator I mentioned last time to be as close to 10.368 GHz as possible using the...
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A Starter for 10GHz - RX Test
Well,Myself and Vince, G0ORC headed to Alport today:We aimed the antenna at the Leicester repeater GB3LEX on 10368.955MHz and here's what we heard:It was rather foggy, but an excellent site that we...
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Its a funny old world
Well,I have a good relationship with the chaps at LAM Communications in Barnsley. I received a parcel from them today which was addressed thus:Which was fairly amusing....I have also recently done a...
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Well, What did you win?
Well,Look what's just come through the post:Local conditions.Good, egh?
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Antennamabob Swap
Well,Having played with the antenna I installed back here  for a while now, I have decided to go back to the Cushcraft MA5B that I had previously.I have found that the Q52 antenna had little or no...
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A repeater, Really?
Well,Whilst musing at the recent HamFest myself and my chum Vince, G0ORC decided it might be a good idea to learn something of the new System Fusion technology.Having studied a repeater coverage map...
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Repeater Filter
Well,You may remember last time I mentioned we were setting up a repeater.I've come home from some work related travels to find the duplexer for the repeater at the house. It looks like this:I've...
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Shack Move!
Well,Do you ever take on a job and then regret it way before it's done? Here's my shack (old):So it's basically destroyed!Here's the new taking shape:Cats already playing "shelf swat":Local conditions.Â
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MB6GX - Experimental Wires-X Node
Well,In my new shack I have set up a dedicated Wires-X internet gateway.I hold two internet gateway NoVs; MB6GX for 2M and MB6IGX for 70cm. As the 70cm NoV stipulates that there is no unattended...
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Progress, Really?
Well,I've concluded its tricky being DIY Dan whilst popping back and forth to Singapore. No matter how many times I travel, the distance and time zones do me in considerably!The new shack is finally...
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Well, Well, Well, what's news?
It's been quite a while since I updated my blog, and there's been quite a bit going on in my life. Primarilly I have been travelling to the Far East and back working for a living.We've also had a new...
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UKAC - Up there, Really?
Well,We had our second bash at entering a UKAC contest last night. Myself and my chum Vince, G0ORC headed to the top of Alport Heights in Derbyshire with a generator, some poles an antenna, a radio and...
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23cm - From a hilltop?
Well,I mentioned a while ago that myself and Vince, G0ORC were planning to have a bash in the UKAC contests. We have a capability for 6M, 2M and 70cm but nothing portable yet for 23cm. So hence the...
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23cm - From a Hilltop - Oh Yes!
Well,You may remember last time I was rambling on about my portable 23cm project; well I had come a little unstuck with what looked like thermal runaway in the PA block.I managed to acquire a suitable...
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