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Novices.
Lately, I have been completely preoccupied with the completion of my Novice station at the alt-qth (Otego, NY). It all started with participation in a vintage rig event last February, the Novice Rig Roundup. Since then I have been obsessing a … Continue reading
Posted in Ham Radio
Tagged Amateur radio, American Radio Relay League, Cubic Communications, CW, ham radio, Heathkit, HM-2410, HR-1680, HS-1661, HX-1681, Knight T-60, Novice, Novice license, Novice Station, QRP, QRP operation, SKCC, ST-3B, Straight Key Century Club, VFO, Weekend Sprintathon
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T-R Time Machine
This past January, I became aware of a new event celebrating the vintage rigs popular in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, the Novice Rig Roundup. I love the tube rigs from that era, and absolutely had to put together a … Continue reading
Posted in Arduino, Ham Radio
Tagged Amateur radio, Arduino, backwave, building, chirp, ham radio, Homebrew, Key-All, Knight T-60, MOPA, polycarbonate, Pro Micro, relay, T-R, T-R Time Machine, transmitter, Uno R3, VFO
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A tale of two VFOs
I am always a little surprised at the constant learning experience afforded by this hobby. My assumptions are usually incorrect, but the discovery of what is actually going on is always entertaining and instructive. Consider the story of the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur radio, coil dope, ham radio, Heathkit, Heathkit HG-10 VFO, HG-10, Knight T-60, Knight V-44, Novice Station, VFO
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Rockbound no more… almost.
The saga I am about to recount is too involved for a single blog post, so this is part one of two. After enjoying a month of the SKCC K3Y operating event in January, I was really excited to learn of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur radio, building, construction technique, ham radio, HG-10, Homebrew, HW-16, Knight T-60, Radio, SKCC, Straight Key Century Club, transmitter, VFO
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The other display.
Back in March, around the time I had received my SI5351 breakout board kit from EtherKit, I ordered a new Arduino board to use with it. I knew I would need some kind of display, but to date had not … Continue reading
Posted in Arduino, Ham Radio
Tagged 3 band vfo, Amateur radio, Arduino, ham radio, I2C, LCD, LiquidCrystal_I2C, si5351, ssd1306, U8glib, VFO
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More software, less radio.
My recent foray into the world of software defined radio, the SI5351 based 3 Band VFO (3BVFO), has been a fun project so far, but I have to observe that since it is mostly software, it is mostly acting like … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur radio, Arduino, ham radio, si5351, ssd1306, U8glib, VFO
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Definitely not a tube project.
Lately I have been having lots of fun working on a variety of different bench projects, all involving very different technologies, switching between them as parts arrive and time allows. I have been experimenting with space charge tubes, with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur radio, Arduino, breadboard, building, construction technique, CW, etherkit.com, ham radio, Homebrew, Mega 2560, OLED, QRP, Radio, si5351, ssd1306, transmitter, VFO
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