LF, I have just spent three hours trying to find any practical information on the Web on how to wind a honeycomb coil at home. I can see pictures of the finshed coils but without some step by step ph
Dear Jim, and all the others who replied, Thank you for your responses. I am building the interim loading coil as a solenoid, because of simplicity and materials available, which include: PVC Formers
Mike, Alex and LF, I agree that spending my time on the antenna and ground would produce a more dramatic improvement, but it is winter in Yukon, and -30 outside.... I am trying to get my initial sign
Alex, Thank you for running the calculation for me. I will wind the coil with 55 turns to a length of 160 mm and use the roller inductor for fine tuning. 73, J. -- Original Message -- From: "Alexande
Alex, and LF, I posted a message to LF when I had "First Fire" a couple of days ago. Even though no one copied, it felt good to have the system finally able to transmit. Your help with the antenna ca
Scott, Alex and LF, I now have two programmable divider chips and plan to make the divide by 100 to use my FT990 as a VFO. I will be doing some prototyping and circuit tests today which means that I
Marek, Thanks for the feedback... I will remember to use the 50 Ohm loading resistor as you suggest. When I modified the FT-990 for output as a VFO on 13,700 kHz., I also modified the unit for QRP ca
LF, Is anyone on this morning on 922 or thereabouts? Is there a grabber so that I can see who is on? With conditions this good, I wonder if the EU sunrise might be an advantage. J. VY1JA
All, VY1JA on 137573.5 is beaconing 24/7. Of course, minus time for listening, QSOs, weather, and system maintenance. In a couple of weeks, the frequency will shift to 137778.45 when a parts shipment
Lawrence, Thanks for the feedback and the kind words. The weak traces were those of Steve, VE7SL. His station was on 137573.0 I really did not expect my signal to be seen even in BC at its current po
Hello, All, This morning, 2006/05/25, at 08:13 UTC Steve, VE7SL, made a two-way QSO on 137.5735 kHz with VY1JA using QRSS60. His signals were so strong that in the end, I asked him to switch to conve
Jay, and All, The power level of the beacon on 137,778.48 is currently ~30 Watts TX power out. How much power I will be running at any day/hour over the next week will be determined by how fast I can
Hello All, The VFO is now working and the beacon has been set on ~137,778.48 QRSS60. Please let me know when/if you see any trace. Captures would be appreciated. JA VY1JA
Mike, I used to have an 850. I may have a connector here to send to you... I have forgotten how many pins does that particular 850 connector has? I have the service manual here and am looking for ano
Hello All, The antenna matching system is being replaced and I need to do repair on the scope which is used for the scopematch here. Does anyone have a schematic or manual for a B&K Precision 1432 du
Friends, I greatly appreciate all the support the LF groups have given me. The station is beaconing, has made one QSO and very nearly completed its second with Scott, VE7TIL. Your help has made this
All, Here is another approach. All that needed is to send a computer signal over the RS232 connection to the TS450 and have it raise or lower the frequency by 10 Hz. If anyone has a copy of the Visua
