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Author Archives: g4hsk
Anglian 144MHz Transverter
Having moved away from various VHF / UHF transverters and used the TS-2000 and FT-847 “shack-in-the-box” 160m <> 70cms transceivers for many years, with both giving excellent results, it seemed at first a strange decision to embark on a project … Continue reading
Posted in 2M, Anglian TVTR, Blog
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Building a 4m & 6m dual band Yagi.
The following notes will hopefully help anyone thinking of building this or something similar. All design information and credit goes to Justin, G0KSC and as I’m sure many of you will have already discovered Justin has a lot of useful … Continue reading
Posted in 4M, 6M, Blog
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QRSS – Ultimate3 MEPT
Having set up an Argo based Grabber to support some QRSS tests I was soon keen to see what I could do with a relatively simple very low power transmitter, or Manned Experimental Propagation Transmitter (MEPT), and my W3DZZ inverted-V … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, QRSS / WSPR / QRP
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USB Tuning Knob
I have used a number of different PC programs to control my FT-847 and TS-2000 transceivers and the one thing that I found I missed when driving the rig remotely was a conventional tuning knob. Yes, the mouse could be … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, SDR
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24″ Bicycle Rim Mag Loop Update
My first tests using the 24″ aluminium bicycle rim did not work out well. This was, as you may have already read elsewhere, due to problems with the Faraday coupling loop that I was using at the time. Having had … Continue reading
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Magnetic Loop Antenna
I’d spent some time reading various articles describing the construction of magnetic loop antennas. The reason for this interest was that my son (2E0KGG) had moved to a new QTH and to help get him active on one or more … Continue reading
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DigiMode Interface
The following photos show the homebrew interface. More details to follow…
Posted in Blog, QRSS / WSPR / QRP
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4M Low Pass filter
The following photo shows the home made filter based on OZ2M’s design. At the time I was gathering the parts to build the LPF I happened to spot a listing for four 56 pF door knob capacitors on a well … Continue reading
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2 x 8 ele I0JXX
Having had excellent results with a single yagi I wanted to add an additional antenna to get some extra gain on both TX and RX. I originally planned on using a second 9 ele DK7ZB but changed my mind when … Continue reading
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IC-735
I purchased the IC-735 back in the 80’s, it has always been a favourite rig of mine and has spent most of its life as the prime mover for my 50, 144 and 432 Mhz transverters. I retired the rig … Continue reading
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