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…
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.…
Mini1300 Antenna Analyzer: Initial Impressions
I’ll spare the reader yet another glowing review for the Mini1300 analyzer. No I won’t – I’m still going to spew my thoughts on this thing. I picked one up…
Cable Modem Spectrum Analyzer
Another solution in search of problems, right? I work every day with spectrum analyzers and receivers – so it’s natural that they would have a place on my workbench. When…
SDRTrunk…
So, I sold my scanner. I needed something that could monitor P25 Phase 2, in addition to Phase I and analog signals. I could have spent $600 or more on…
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…
SDR# as a visual panadaptor
It was a fun contest – this year’s sweepstakes threatened to not be a sweep for me – then again, i didn’t put a serious effort into it. I used…
Return Loss, Part 2, or SDR VNA
After my last post on return loss, I ended up scouring eBay for a return loss bridge – or a set of directional couplers – to measure antennas and other…
BC 780XLT IF Tap
Several years ago, I modified a Softrock kit to operate at 455 kHz. The main purpose behind this build was to add the ability to connect it to a receiver’s…
Adding IF Taps to the FT-1000 for Station Monitoring
So, about a year ago, I decided I wanted to tinker with SDRs. Many of these, such as the Flex radios, were way too expensive – so I looked into…