How to host your own QRP gathering similar to Melbourne's 'QRP by the Bay'. It's easier than you think and doesn't cost a cent.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGQ9awjOJl4
Portable with 20m of wire as a WSPR antenna. Antenna inspired by http://www.f6ciu.com/630m/630vk2/630vk.html
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How a filter-type HF SSB transceiver works.
The PCM Hawk transceiver pictured here was built in the 1980s and has 10 fixed crystal-controlled channels between 2 and 8 MHz. I haven't measured the RF output power but my estimate is somewhere between 50 and 100 watts.
The intermediate frequency is 1.650 MHz. Crystals are be 1.65 MHz above the desired transmit and receive frequency. The SSB signal generated is lower sideband, but because it is subtracted it becomes upper sideband, which is the general standard.
Widely used in outback Australia (4 wheel drive, school of the air, flying doctor etc) these transceivers were simple, rugged and designed for use (and abuse) by non-radio people. Until satellite phones, radios like these were the only connection with the outside world.
Though most radio amateurs prefer frequency agile equipment so they can operate across the whole band, converting a set like this is still a great project. Luckily the set fitted has channels for 2, 4 and 6.9 MHz so very little work is needed for use on 1.8, 3.5 and 7 MHz.
The main problem is the upper sideband which is not generally used on these amateur bands - lower sideband is preferred. To fix this you can change the mixing scheme (so you add the 1.650 MHz IF so don't invert the sideband) but this requires some tuned circuit changes. Or you can leave the mixing as is and change the 1.650 MHz carrier crystal so it's below, not above the filter's passband. It requires a lot of effort to swing a 1.650 MHz crystal down to 1.647 MHz, but it can be done by (i) adding an extra crystal in parallel, (ii) adding a lot of series indductance and (iii) fiddling with capacitor value(s) in the oscillator.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9saTnTsAe4U
Got 18 metres of wire, a couple of poles and not much space? If so this vertically polarised delta loop might work for you. It operates from 10 to 24 MHz and can give DX contacts. But is it directive? Watch the video and find out.
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Testing an LED light for interference on 144 MHz FM.
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A hamfest cheapie I couldn't resist. Could I get it going? Watch and find out.
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A look at the Dick Smith Fun Way into Electronics books and kits produced from c1980 into the 2000s.
Alex Cochran's Fun Way site http://www.funwayelectronics.com/
Gough Lui on FW1: http://goughlui.com/2014/11/09/tech-flashback-dick-smiths-fun-way-into-electronics-vol-1/
Gough Lui on FW2 & 3: http://goughlui.com/2014/11/09/tech-flashback-dick-smiths-fun-way-into-electronics-vol-2-and-3/
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Not radio but it might help me make radio videos. Do videos from your bike.
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