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.…
Ramblings of yet another nerd...
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I was headed out to a cub scout campout, and needed an antenna for Jamboree On The Air (JOTA). I needed something flexible, robust, and visible. After digging in the…
ok – this should be the final post…. I did one more batch of updates… this time I designed for EMI. Not only did I ensure I had full isolation…