The 122G Project
(The cover photo for the project is Andrews dish (VK3CV/WQ1S) from the DUBUS article.) I encountered a fascinating project by a group of Amateur Operators, where they are re purposing a radar module made by a German company,…
Read More »Racal Matel 2c800 Field Phone
So, I was browsing the Internets a while ago, continuing my search for interesting ex military radio gear, and I encountered these awesome Racal Matel Field Phones. There were a couple of people selling them, so I picked…
Read More »Tuggeranong Hill Activation
Today, I activated Tuggeranong Hill (VK1/AC-038) again. Unfortunately, I was late leaving home, and the walk up took *much* longer than I expected, likely because of the staying inside with Covid (That’s my story, and I am sticking…
Read More »Using the USB ATTiny 85 boards
I have always loved the Arduino universe. I started originally with Microchip PIC devices, but once I discovered Arduino, my world changed :-). For the last year or so, I have been playing with a tiny board that…
Read More »The world of Raspberry Pi Clusters
(or – how to chuck a heap of computers into a small space… to do SDR functions.) So – One of my fellow Ham operators here in Canberra, Wade (VK1MIC) showed me a photo of his cluster of…
Read More »Building Hardware to Communicate with a LORA Satellite
A couple of months ago, a Spanish PicoSatellite (5cm x 5cm x 5cm) was launched called FossaSat-1 ( https://fossa.systems/ ). It was designed using open source principles and provides a LORA downlink on 70cm UHF using a standard…
Read More »QRP Labs Ultimate3S
Sooooo. A long time ago I discovered that I enjoyed using the Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) to see how open various bands were during the day. I even went to various parks at lunchtime to set up…
Read More »G90 and JT8
Today I worked on getting JT8 working with my G90. It was a bit of a journey, so I thought I would add it to my blog for later use. Rig control: The G90 CAT interface is a…
Read More »Ham Radio Delux and the Xiegu G90
I am enjoying the G90 that I purchased the other week, and now that work is over for the year I have time to start getting it ready for digital modes. One thing that infuriates my enormously is…
Read More »Xiegu G90
I recently gave myself a small Christmas gift of a Xiegu G90. I have been eyeing them off for a number of months, and a large client order associated with one of my businesses provided the funds to…
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