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13cm Complete
Well,I've received the PA for the 13cm masthead project and added it to the box with a heatsync and suitable input attenuation:I haven't stuck it down in the photo hence its a bit wonky.The...
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13cm Sked
Well,Just running a quick test before heading for the hills tomorrow for 13cm sked with @G4ASR.#GHZBands
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Finishing 3cm
Well,Following my musings back here, I've finished the portable 3cm thingamabob:I've moved the sequencer to be on top of the transverter box and added some surplus heatsyncs to the PA module.I've even...
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23cm Portable
Well,Following my changes to the 3cm and 13cm setup to become more portable, I decided it was only fitting to re-make the 23cm setup I made back here. I'll reuse the PA and the transverter.The first...
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Completing 23cm
Well,You may recall last time, I was changing my portable setup for 23cm. Well, on my travels I found a Kuhne Electronic PA for 23cm and have installed it in the waterproof enclosure with the rest of...
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RIP Chopsey
My beautiful Chopsey cat died this morning.He was our git bastard cat from hell and we loved him dearly.
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3cm Learning
Well,Ween up a big hill today to play on 3cm:Pretty nice day in my bit of England:Here's a video of the Finningley beacon as RX today:Here's what I learned today:The beam heading on the dish is...
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PTT Revisited
Well,This all started when my 2M masthead preamp from here failed. This can only be because there has been some RF into the device, as everything else int he preamp looks fine.So, how can this have...
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Afterthoughts
Well,I'm forever adding bits to projects after they are complete. The recent PTT Switching box I made back here is no exception.Since the original design I've added/changed a few things:I've...
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Splashing Out Somewhat
Well,I decided to get myself a new toy. The idea is that this replaces the linear amp, the antenna switching, the radio switching on HF plus the ATU - all in one box. Also it doesn't need to "warm up"...
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Tuning an ICOM
Well,I've been fiddling lately with external ATUs and most recently the linear I mentioned last time.More and more I keep wanting an easy way to generate a tune carrier from the IC-7610. Now, when...
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Over the pond on 6M
Well,After many years of trying, FT8 has given me my first QSO over the pond:I'm rather delighted - it's quite an opening going on:Good, egh?
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Taming the Amplifer
Well,Following my recent purchase of an SPE Expert Amplifier I described here, I've been pondering how to keep the amplifier under control. It is currently back at the manufacturer for three...
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TS-990 on 144MHz
Well,Following some discussions at Ham Radio 2018, Friedrichshafen, I've done another example video of the TS-990 with a G4DDK transverter:There's a document I've compiled on the transverter setup...
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It's a Kind of Magic.....
Well,6M AKA "The Magic Band" sometimes simply amazes me.Today I have worked Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Haiti.Here's my all time 6M QSO log as a map:Amazing, isn't it?
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Splashing Complete
Well,Following my recent post back here about my bonkers SPE 1.3K-FA Amplifier, I thought I should post an update now it's back from its short vacation in Italy.It has been back to the factory for...
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Some Casual Contesting
Well,This weekend is the IARU HF World Championship and I have been having a dabble in CW.I have three monitors connected to the "radio" PC, the primary screen has my main Logger32 window:Going...
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Trap Dipoles - Really?
Well,I've been fiddling with my wire antennas - never quite being satisfied with what I had.Prior to this change I had a 30M dipole plus a full size Windom.I saw some traps advertised by Spectrum...
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60m or 5MHz and all that Jazz
Well,Lat time you may recall that I mentioned I had constructed two new wire antennas; one for 40/30M and one for 80/60M.60M or 5MHz is a new (ish) allocation in the UK and I had to think carefully how...
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