Jim, May I bother you with what may seem to be a trivial question? I am about halfway through assembling the circuit board for a Softrock Lite V6.2 with your mods for 136. I have come up against a pr
Chris, Mike, Many thanks. I intended to send directly to Jim, but forgot to change the To: field. Yes, the colours are as you describe. Regarding getting the polarity the wrong way round, in the mid-
A few points: Since its early days, amateur radio has been a broad pasture. Before the Second World War the RSGB had two main sections: Experimenters, and Transmitter & Relay (T&R), which reflected s
[ ... ] ? In the 1970s the REOU journal carried demands for higher power so that 'British ships could compete with the kW of John the Greek'. 73 de John F5VLF
Thank you everyone who replied, direct or via the reflector. The problem has been solved (and as a spin-off, Madame's cordless vacuum cleaner is now functioning again). Regards, John F5VLF
** REPLY SEPARATOR ** One of my lecturers told me that in the 1960s the GPO still banned bugs for ship/shore from UK vessels. Seasons greetings. John F5VLF
I believe that in the Irish Republic, our fellow enthusiasts are officially described not as "Radio Amateurs" but as "Radio Experimenters". John F5VLF ** REPLY SEPARATOR **
For some of my portable equipment I have been using NiCd cells. These are being phased out and it is much easier to get NiMH cells. Do I have buy new chargers or should I be able to use the NiCd ones
Maplin have been selling these but their paper catalogue does not seem to give detailed characteristics and doing an online search of their catalogue is not practicable as I am typically getting 14.4
In sorted out some of my testgear, I have found the above document. Would anyone like it? The equipment itself is is long gone. 73 John F5VLF/G3PAI ** END FORWARDED MESSAGE **