Category Archives: ham radio craft
Winnie the war winner
The other day I noticed a very interesting photo on a fellow Australian ham blogger, Peter Mark’s site. The blog entry was titled a “Radio nerd’s tour of Canberra“. The first photo is described as ‘a transceiver with a nifty … Continue reading
The scoop on loops
Julian G4ILO’s blog is a constant source of interest. His latest post points to an apparently new blog ‘Eclectic Technical Experiences‘ by Sivan Toledo. Sivan built a magnetic loop similar to Julian’s ‘Wonder Loop’ design. This employed a coax loop … Continue reading
Withering filters
Via Julian G4ILO’s pointer, a very interesting and detailed description and analysis of the failure of ceramic filters in VHF transceivers using a 455kHz IF. In true CSI style Tasos Thomaidis, SV8YM undertakes a forensic analysis: “While waiting for a … Continue reading
Setting up a radio shack
Another brilliant piece from Diana Eng on the MAKE site about ‘Setting up a radio shack‘. She shows a simple easy to follow step-by-step sequence to set up a simple HF base station. Very clear illustrations and simple advice. She … Continue reading
MAKE:23 and the immaculate telegraph
Fascinating article in the latest issue of MAKE about a successful attempt to create a morse signal with only available materials, oh and the Internet! Being in Mineral County, Montana was a good place to start this six week experiment. … Continue reading
CQ for August
I really like the totally different editorial style of CQ – compared of course to QST. You get a clearer sense of fun and that different things in ham radio can simply – be done! A good example is in … Continue reading
Homebrew ladder line spacers
It never ceases to amaze me what wisdom is simmering away amongst those email discussion groups I read. Out of the blue today – prompted by mention of a commercial solution on the Elecraft list – came a sequence of … Continue reading
Fabric antenna
Via Southgate News and MAKE magazine news of a collapsible fabric yagi antenna developed by Diana Eng KC2UHB who has combined two craft skills in a stylish way, electronics and sewing. It’s a design for a Yagi for portable amateur … Continue reading
KGD antenna translation
I’m keen to have a go at building a 40m version of the KGD short vertical dipole that used to be sold by QRPprojects. Step one will be to translate whatever information I can find. It’s happening here.
CW Operator’s QRP Club Inc
I rejoined the CW Operator’s QRP Club Inc. after a long absence. I was surprised to discover I’m entitled to my original membership no #56. It’s probably been almost two decades. I have fond memories of the Lo-Key magazine, but … Continue reading
