For lack of a service monitor…
Recently, I had reason to try and check performance on a radio I had acquired, but I had neither a service monitor, nor a second radio like it available (I’m…
The Venerable SB-22x Amplifier
A couple years back, I sold my amplifier at a hamfest… 3 years later, I got an email from the newest owner asking about it’s history… might as well post…
Xiegu X6100
This probably isn’t an “I learned a thing” post, but more of a “I did a thing, check it out” post. The latest crop of SDR transceivers have intrigued me.…
SteppIR Antenna and Station Integration (Update)
Well, the original configuration (SteppIR controller passing commands between the radio and PW-1) worked… for a while. I suspect there was some collision or synchronization that fell out of timing…
SteppIR Antenna thoughts
Background Last year, I acquired a SteppIR “SmallIR 80” antenna… This is their “SmallIR” 20 – 6 vertical, with an additional coil for 30/40/80 meters. I don’t know if it’s…
Icom 7300 Front Panel Interface Box
I love the Icom 7300 – it has a TON of features. One of the intriguing features is the voice keyer – the radio has 8 memory slots, four of…
Behringer HA400 mod
I enjoy contesting…. and often do so with a second person as a logger. A couple years back, I picked up a behringer HA400 to split audio between 2 sets…
Another Shack Reboot
So – after moving, i was presented with a much smaller space to call my shack. Since my wife was working fomr home, we had to build her some office…
Soundcard Interface – A Different Approach… Part II
Well, I went on the trip…. and I couldn’t operate a single bit. The noise floor in the hotel was S9+… on ALL HF bands. It appeared to be the…
Icom 706 mkIIg IF tap
just my experience using the PAT IF buffer from SDR-KITS.COM. power pick off point… 7.8VDC on recieve First IF tap point and coax connection to the PAT board. Note the…