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Repairing a Marconi TF2304 Modulation Meter
A while ago, I got a cheap modulation meter from eBay from a chap in the UK – It was made by Marconi, and was a beautiful piece of gear. Unfortunately, the unit had seen better days, the…
Read More »A new display and CTCSS for the Yaesu FT-290R
I purchased a Yaesu FT-290R all mode 2M transceiver from an estate sale recently – it was the last item out the door, because it had a faulty LCD display. The radio worked beautifully, although it was marred…
Read More »Xiegu G90 Data
One of the delights with having multiple portable HF radios is the capacity to use different specific features that suit a particular radio over another. One particular radio that I like, is my Xiegu G90, which is a…
Read More »A 5/8th Wave Antenna for 146 Mhz.
Last weekend I did some work for WICEN with the National Capital Rally, and during the drive in I remembered how terrible access to the 146.900 Mhz repeater on Isaacs Ridge was for me in the Xtrail. Normally,…
Read More »Brazing a Terminal to Stainless Steel Wire
As part of my HF gear, I would like to make some significantly more robust antennas. Most of my work has been done with heavy duty wire, but I would like to make antennas that I don’t have…
Read More »A New Antenna for 40M/20M
(or how I made a nice balun that should last a while) Inspired by an email I saw recently advertising the Chameleon 40/20 antenna (https://chameleonantenna.com/shop-here/ols/products/cha-4020-fd), as well as a review I saw on the HamRadioConcepts Youtube Channel by…
Read More »SOTA Activation Mt Stromlo VK1/AC-043
I am at the stage of life where I get to have Wednesdays off on a reliable basis – It is a wonderful privilege and an opportunity to do much pottering around the house. Last night (Tuesday) there…
Read More »The South Australian Wireless Institute Journals 1959 – 1977
I recently saw a request from a fellow amateur operator in South Australia looking for somebody to take a box full of South Australian Wireless Institute Journals he had archived from between 1959 and 1977. I decided that…
Read More »Blowing up a Yaesu FT-891
Some posts should never need to be written. Here is one of them. I spent the weekend installing my FT-891 into the car – Radio under the passengers front seat, control head onto the dash, and new FC-40…
Read More »Yaesu FC30 Tuner Protocol
Or how I (almost) interfaced an Yaesu FT-891 radio to an Icom tuner. I recently decided to replace my Icom IC708G in the car, as it had a weird ALC fault on transmit. It is afterall, a radio…
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