G4ILO (Julian): Solder fume extractor
If you were wondering why you hadn't seen any more about the Iler 40 transceiver kit I bought then here's the reason. First I was distracted by making contacts using the new JT9-1 mode. But I also...
View ArticleVU2NAN (Nanda): An adjustable RF Ammeter
This is an adjustable version of my homebrew RF ammeter. An old 10Ω, 5mA FSD moving-coil meter was used to display RF current.A discarded plastic box was found to fit the bill for the enclosure.RF...
View ArticleKA3DRR (Scot): Read On The Edge: Using QRP Next To Saltwater By N7OU
Good morning from #hamr shackadelic where I'm comfortably relaxing with The Master's Tournament on the flat screen, a cup of freshly brewed coffee, and a stack of ham radio related magazines. I decided...
View ArticleKA3DRR (Scot): Read Dealing With The Skyrocketing Costs Of DXpeditions By W1HEO
Who isn't following the Tiger Woods storyline in Augusta, Georgia this afternoon? An obscure rule, loss of mental concentration, and interactive fans probably changed the outcome for Tiger? On the...
View ArticleST2NH: Nanosatellite linear transponder
3 Unit cubesat:Delfi-C3 is the first Cubesat with a linear transponder. Unfortunately the transponder had failed after short period of operation. TU Delft was planned to fly a redundant transponder,...
View ArticleVE3WDM (Mike): Time to do some kit building
Oliver is keeping an eye on things I was on the radio this afternoon and not much was on the WARC bands (CW contesting on the other bands) it was time to spin my chair 180 degrees to the project...
View ArticleIZ1CRR (Maury): IOTA - The SWL Listing 2012
THE SWL LISTING 2012Pos'n SWL number Total1 UA3-147-412 10762 DL-SWL-Sinke 10683 I1-21171 10664 BRS-8841 10425 I1-12387 9586 ONL-7681 8867 W1-7897 7948 SM4-3434 6269 DE0RFR 60910 JH8GAU 53611 WDX2TAU...
View ArticleKA3DRR (Scot): Read Wire Rope Lubrication By K4ZA
Our early morning marine layer has broken up revealing a partly cloudy sky with a temperature peak in the mid-sixties. I finished reading Wire Rope Lubrication by Don Daso, K4ZA in the 2012...
View ArticleKA3DRR (Scot): Read The World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 Station Test...
If you have ever organized an event or activated a Field Day station then you can empathize with the collosal task going on in New England. Our WRTC organizers will deploy 65 stations with concurrent...
View ArticleKA3DRR (Scot): Read Maliku (Minicoy) DXpedition VU7M By VU2UR
Fortitude and persistence come to mind after reading this article written by Manohar Arasu, VU2UR in the January/February 2013 edition of The DX Magazine. I was impressed when their computer failed...
View ArticleAE5X (John): How Thatcher changed a Soviet man’s heart and mind
Regardless of what one’s politics may be, it’s interesting to get a perspective on western values from the “other camp” – in this case from behind the Iron Curtain. Radio is most definitely involved so...
View ArticleEA2CCG (Joaquin): Sordo en V-UHF.
Estos últimos dísa he hecho algo de radio desde Orcoyen,en concreto el jueves estuve por allí con el Duque.La propa estaba buena e hicimos un QSOmuy majo con Bonaire.Al día siguiente en 15 hice un QSO...
View ArticleEA1CS: 5W0M, 17 abril QRT
Somos conscientes de la gran demanda que tenemos en las bandas bajas, pero estas como os anunciamos en su día, nunca fueron el objetivo principal de la Dxpedition, aunque hemos hecho un esfuerzo por...
View ArticleJ28RO (Freddy): Thalassa: les bases antarctiques
Vendredi, encore une belle émission de Thalassa, dont un beau reportage sur les bases Antarctiques civiles ou militaires chiliennes, ravitaillées par le brise-glace «Amiral Viel»... pour les yeux les...
View ArticleJ28RO (Freddy): Récepteurs HB9KOC
Encore de nouveaux projets chez STAMPFL (HB9KOC), trois récepteurs sous différentes formes ou fréquences... http://www.heinzstampfl.ch/en/projects.html
View ArticleG4VXE (Tim): EME with the washing line - maybe?
A few weeks ago, Julie bought a new rotary washing line. Our old one was almost 10 years old and had seen better days. At the time I eyed it up and decided it ought to be good for making into some sort...
View ArticleF8BON (Patrice): F6KUF /P DX’pedition Noirmoutier Isl. du 18 au 20 mai 2013 !
F6KUF/P NOIRMOUTIER Isl. DX’PEDITION… 18 to 20 may 2013 Le Radio-Club Vendéen F6KUF organise les 18, 19 et 20 mai 2013 une sortie expédition sur l’île de Noirmoutier et sera F6KUF/P EU064. C’est avant...
View ArticleKA3DRR (Scot): 2013 QST Video Contest Winner | Anacapa Near Space Exploration...
I want to thank Jeff, KE9V for sending me this video via his twitter feed. A proud moment for the young minds at the Anacapa Near Space Exploration Club in Santa Barbara, California! Another big step...
View ArticleW2LJ (Larry): Downhill fast
As great as conditions were on Friday night, that's how fast they went downhill over the weekend. Not sure how things went for the state QSO parties, but for casual DXing, things were the...
View ArticleST2NH: PRISM software for message box (1)
Translated from JapaneseUse the message box is open on Saturday and Sunday every week at PRISM, which is one of the CubeSat of the University of Tokyo. I think you can use the message box is still...
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