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| Radio Tech:
So we have this nice new shiny forum here thanks to Dave. :-+ Guess we should get to using it since we have ham operators on board. So what projects "amateur radio related" do you have going on? Quite a bit of personal projects here let alone costumers stuff. And been so busy as of late. Really leaves little time for my own stuff. Two projects I have to get back on are the Kenwood ts-940 and the ts-50. I just picked up two Yaesu ft-757GX units. VCO problems I think. Bought a Heathkit HW-101 that needs a restore. Transmit but no receive. My National NCX-3 has started humming on me. Guess it does not know the words, time to restuff some caps. Several years ago I picked up a Icom IC-745. Everything above 24MHz became intermitted. Talked with Sue (AL6FJ) quite a while ago and she told me what is needed to fix the rig. But then the thing started back working and has not missed a beat since. Until today lol. Looks like a new YouTube video repair for that one. So lots of bench time here dealing with my own radio equipment. What's on your bench? |
| dkozel:
I'm working on my first 10 GHz system in preparation for a talk on GNU Radio I'm giving next month. I need to build, buy, or borrow a mixer and filter to replicate this system. http://sourceforge.net/p/sodaradio/wiki/A%2010GHz%20Transceiver%20with%20the%20USRP%20B210/ In addition I'm currently pondering an offer I've received of either a 6 foot or 12 foot mesh satellite dish. I'm hoping to construct an EME system for 1296 MHz, but the infrastructure requirements, 1m^3 (2400 kg or 5300 lbs) of concrete for the 12 foot dish!, are somewhat intimidating. I've just acquired a Boonton 4200 power meter with a pair of 4200-6E-S16 sensors covering 100 kHz to 18 GHz up to 2 Watts. I'm picking that up on Thursday and will do a post here covering the initial use and calibration of it. |
| VK5RC:
@dkozel , have you seen this stuff? Good value not super cheap but very good. http://www.vk3xdk.net46.net/1_6_10Ghz-3cm-Transverter.html |
| MrSlack:
A working 12v linear power supply, 40m varactor tuned VFO that drifts way too much for my liking to the point I'm going to widlarize it and start again and a semi-working attempt at a discrete gilbert cell mixer after watching w2aew's videos on the subject. That's as far as I've got. Eventually I'll have a nice 40m CW QRP transceiver, probably in about 2023 the way this is going. No callsign so receive only to start with. I haven't done the RSGB test (yet). |
| warnberg:
Elecraft Transverter number 2 currently on the bench.. XV144... XV432 already completed but needs some fine tuning.. :D |
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