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Camping with my new Operator G1 from Hardened Power. Good for use with non-hams/family and plenty of battery to juice up your phone. I too have been playing with a monoband JT65 transceiver.
Next project is auto control of my az-el rotors. have an old kit supplied by TAPR that I intend to build, but part of the project will be interfacing to an old U-110 rotor, which is very different than interfacing to the KenPro KR500 (similar to modern "yaesu" rotors which many use). Odds and ends projects include: soldering some cables, replacing a battery and light in my FT-736R, and recapping some old broadcast radios.
Plan to make a second 20 meter coaxial-dipole (bazooka) to go with the first one I made so I can phase them together and get more directional gain.. Also have plans and materials for a 160 meter inverted L. Just made a homebrew paddle, needed to program the CW memories in my TS2000 as the memories can't be programmed with a straight key or a bug, which I actually prefer over the keyer (the paddle is kind of touchy - end up with extra dits or dahs sometimes). Plan on getting a decent used paddle @ next hamfest I attend, would love to find a used Begali, but I don't think people sell those once they get them they're so nice LOL .. Just getting back into CW after 45 years and it's been a real blast !
@K9PLG This is a key I made (printed from provided file). It works well enough. I used paperclips and plastic from a ketchup bottle for the arms. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1253711 . This is another key that looks very interesting for only $40. http://www.w8cso.org/index.php?page=teneke
Me too! My Digimaster MiniproSC came in the mail last night. I stayed up till midnight getting it running. I did not stay up that late because I had problems, I stayed up that late because I was having so much fun! Yes there were some challenges, but that also was part of the fun.
Currently I'm working on pairing up a Raspberry Pi with a Yaesu FT-8900R inside a Pelican case for a portable EmComm / satellite kit. I'm also wanting to get into JT65
I'll built my Tiny Gate modem for digital modes. Now I'm using SignaLink USB for JT65 on 40m. It's also good for digital modes. 73 de DB2WH --- DB2WH Peter S. Unkel/Rhine Rhineland-Palatine nr. Bonn
Thanks for links ! -- I really like your design & build ! GREAT JOB ! the ten-ne-ke 's just too small for my taste ) - think I might get a KK2 paddle from American morse - they seem to get good reviews and are not too pricey ($75) or see if I can find a used vibrokeyer @ a hamfest - I like & have a Vibroplex bug since I had one as a novice, but I must have been better then than now since I needed to make a weight extension to slow the thing down LOL... it''s just too fast without the extension /
The Overlook Mountain Amateur Radio Club recently created a forum for our members to share ideas and progress on projects. Some things we are focused on as individuals and as a group include: Here you can see what we are making public for the time being. Members have access to other stuff a general viewer can not see. Adding usability and applications for commercial single board transceiver made ny Ritron Data and packet Antennas Much more.
