Category Archives: SDR

Fun on 10GHz – Adding a Panadapter to the /P Gear

Posted on December 13, 2024 by g4hsk

Since completing my 10GHz /P TVTR I have been using it indoors monitoring beacons via rain scatter (RS). Being able to “see” what’s happening on the band is extremely useful. Not only does it help find the signal and peak … Continue reading →

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Fun on 10GHz – Rain Scatter 2024-07-15

Posted on July 21, 2024 by g4hsk

Summer 2024 has been pretty poor so far weather wise, in summary it’s been pretty wet! On the 15th July we had some very heavy bursts of rain with lots of nearby rain cells as shown in the photo above. … Continue reading →

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K3 Panadapter using the NooElec Upconverter + SDR + SDR-Console

Posted on October 24, 2021 by g4hsk

My K3/10 has been used primarily with transverters for the VHF and higher bands (it has seen hardly any real use on the HF bands). A FCDPP connected via a splitter to the IF output of the 2m transverter, plus … Continue reading →

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QO-100 Experiments – LNB Modifications

Posted on July 28, 2020 by g4hsk

I have been using a Goobay 67269 LNB with a small Horn antenna on 10368MHz for a while to monitor beacons via rain-scatter. This was a fairly basic setup, the Chaparral horn had been cut-off and the LNB mated to … Continue reading →

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An SDR based QRSS Grabber

Posted on January 30, 2018 by g4hsk

About a year ago I purchased the NooElec Ham It Up v1.3 bare bones HF Up-converter (HFU) to use with their NeSDR SMArt dongle. The plan at that time was to get an SDR-based QRSS Grabber running online 24/7. For … Continue reading →

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USB Tuning Knob

Posted on December 1, 2013 by g4hsk

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 →

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