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Turkey Day Update
Been working on understanding Return Loss (RL) and also various ways to use a return loss bridge (RLB). Todd, VE7BPO and his RF Workbench series are a great help in learning to make meaningful...
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What Am I Up To…
What have I been doing??? Not much of anything. Sort of in a winter funk, but trying to overcome that with some kits. I just finished the Four States QRP Club’s (4SQRP) “HamCan” 40 meter...
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OpenBeacon by EtherKit
I have been doing a beta build for Jason, NT7S who runs EtherKit. It is a QRSS Beacon project that can be run on windows, LINUX or OS platforms. Never did anything with QRSS before, so this all new to...
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QRSS – DFCW Operation
Left my beacon on for a couple of hours today to see if I might show up on one of the grabbers. No luck, and took the beacon down as I need to antenna for 75 meters. I did find out that my 160 meter...
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QRSS Follow-on
Well, got the beacon on the air and actually can see my signal on the KK7CC grabber in Vegas. Was using a long wire (110 feet long) and grounded against my tower. I switched the antenna tonight, now...
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Workbench Progress
OK, the KX1 is done…the firmware chip was bad but thanks to the KX1 guru Don, W3FPR, that along with a couple of solder reflows and he got the rig working. The guy really knows his stuff! The KX1...
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CC & KX1
Made a couple of contacts with the CC1 but have not yet attempted to measure and drill the front and back panels for the case. The KX1 arrived today. A tad over 4 watts out on both 40 and 20 meters and...
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End-Feed Antenna is Finished…
Finished the end-fed antenna for the RV today. I ended up taking off about four feet of the wire so the antenna is about 26 feet long. SWR using my K1 with auto tuner is as follows: 40 meters = 1.3 to...
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FDIM, Hamvention, KX1
Well, as they say, FDIM/Hamvention is in the history books. We camped at the KOA with about 200+ hams and had a very enjoyable time. I think I go now to Dayton for the social aspects of FDIM and...
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Fall 2013 Update
Had a great summer camping (RVing with our fifth-wheel), but the leaves are starting to fall so guess its time to put the RV under the cover and start playing on the workbench and getting back on the...
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Binaural Receiver for 40 Meters
Started a new project. It is taken from the the Lo-Key magazine, number 121, March 2014. It is published by the VK QRP Club from down under, and the article is by Peter Parker, VK3YE. Actually it...
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Binaural Receiver Update
Well, wired up one stage of the AF section (which provided one earphone worth of audio). Using my sig gen I could hear and tune above and below the signal…but that is with about zero dBm of input...
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Corrections/Update
Been wrapped up in a bunch of chores/Honey-Do’s/etc and haven’t had much time to spend at the bench. Finally got back at it tonight and rechecked some measurements I did earlier on the LO and RF...
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Relook at Measurements…
Well, found that a bad scope probe can be a big problem when trying to understand things…LOL. Since replacing the bad probe, I discovered that the LO is working fine, have just over a volt coming out...
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KX1 Upgrades
I have been adding to my Elecraft KX1 rig. Added the 30 meter mod and as of tonight, have built and installed the ATU mod. I plan on using the KX1 while we are in the RV and having the ATU is a...
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