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from AC4MO



from N1TKO



1st SX-140 a boat anchor resurrection

from K5CXO
Bought this SX-140 via the internet I knew it would need a little work.

See photos @ http://www.k5cxo.net/hallicrafters_sx140.htm



20 Meter Vertical Beam

from W4LGH
My next antenna project is to use 2 Parz End-fed dipoles, mounted vertically in 2 trees and co-phaze them to get a little gain. If this works, I will add 2 more so I can switch them from N-S to E-W.

Should prove to be a very interesting pr ... Read More About This Project



20 Meter Vertical Beam Cont....

from W4LGH
Now that I think about it....I think I will build this N-S/E-W vertical beam completely. Can use my antenna analyzer to get the coils right...easy enough to do. Use 1" pvc as coil form, Tap it and tune with a cap. This way I can make it handle f ... Read More About This Project



2m Slim Jim

from KJ4HDY



40 Meter Loop Antenna

from W5BRW
40 meter full wave loop fed with 1/4 wave 75ohm matching cable. antenna installed at approx. 30 feet at the top apex and 10 feet at the bottom. Coming off the support at approx 45 degrees.



6m yagis

from DU1GM
I'm planning to build at least one 8 ele yagis for 6m but that won't be for a few months. I've been in the throes of selling my house in UK and when that is completed in a couple of weeks I will have the funds to start getting materials together for ... Read More About This Project



700 watt Solid State 2 meter PA

from NG9R
Several years ago I converted a Quintron (Glenayre) QT8505 paging transmitter to ham use.

The 8505 is a 500 watt CCS rated VHF paging transmitter that uses 6 MRF174 FET’s in the final, driven by a single MRF174. The PA originally was desig ... Read More About This Project



80 meter no-trap dipole

from KA8WWK
I am in the process opf building a Hertzian dipole for 80 meters. I hope to have it completed by the end of November, due to my nursing work schedule.



A Weekend Project for your KWM-380 / HF-380

from W9JXN
For some time now, I had been looking for a way to spruce up the keypad used on my KWM-380. The former owner had mounted the standard Pipo keypad on a cheap Radio Shack gray plastic project box along with about an inch and a half wide ribbon cable. I ... Read More About This Project



ANTENNA NO SPACE NO RADIALS

from WD0GOF
Since a radial field is impossible at my site I chose the Gap Titan DX. It covers 10M thru 80M. It went up easily. The only band I had to tune was 15 meter. Rich at GAP confirmed the proper approach for tuning. The antenna is on an 18 ft mast tied to ... Read More About This Project



APRS

from W0STL
Wiring my Harley for APRS, so my family can track me via the internet while I travel on 2 wheels.



Arrl LOTW And You

from KB9YGD
This is an article by Me Kb9ygd about arrl`s Logbook Of The World which is so well done.Please review the article.Thank You,Norman/Kb9ygd



Attachement for steppir or hf beam

from VA2PZ
More easy to repair any type of HF beam, without the need to put the beam on ground

See this video
http://www.youtube.com/user/va2pz

play Steppir systeme de pivotement



big wheel antenna for 2 meter ssb

from KC5YHQ
I am going to attempt to build a 2 meter ssb big wheel. I have done a lot of research on the internet.



Bill's- Pan Cake - 40 Meter TAK-tenna or tak tenna or Tak Antenna

from KA6KBC
Homebrew: Tak-tenna or Tak Antenna

SEE a MUCH better Write up:

http://billbrwn.tripod.com//id3.html

So I've been reading about this Small Space antenna that is being sold as the TAK-Tenna.
Really neat idea - ... Read More About This Project



BLT+ QRP Kit

from N2ZXE
Currently building the QRPKITS BLT+ Antenna Tuner



Building my first hamshack

from KB1QQM
Needs: SPACE, power, heat, A/C, quiet...

I finished off a "bonus" room over the garage.

It turned out to be a 16' by 24' space with 48" knee-walls.

Two individual power circuits (1 for mics, 1 for ele ... Read More About This Project



Drop in board for power supply restore.

from WD0GOF
I rebuild from 10 to 15 power supplies each year for the Hallicrafters SR series rigs. There are 7 rigs in the series and three differant board cover all 7 power supplies. I designed the boards using free software. I print the positive layout on peel ... Read More About This Project



emergency backup power

from K2NCC
Okay. Everything seems fine on the first run.

Here's my notes:

Batteries drop about .1v on TX.

Started 09MAR09 @2100, reading 13.5v, 100% "full."

Operated with my typical usage, several QSOs, many ... Read More About This Project



Emergency Portable Repeater

from W0STL
I'm building a portable repeater for emergency operations (search & rescue,law enforcement, wildland firefighting).It will work on 2m, 70cm, crossband, GMRS, and the federal VHF band,by changing out portable radios.



First try...

from SA6YLE
....get one of our receiver to work as wanted.



flagpole antenna

from KE5HTB
30 ' flagpole bought at harbor freight

need plans for the wiring needed to build a 80-10m vert using this flagpole setup. or any flagpole for that matter. this harborfreight.com flagpole is easier for me to get is all.

have not ... Read More About This Project



Getting the antennas in the air

from KC9KXT
I live in a 3 story house in which the roof peak is 30' to 40'. I have 2 three legged tripods i'm going to mount on the peak for my antennas. The problem with this is it's near impossible to get to from an extension ladder. I have a verticle, And a c ... Read More About This Project



Hallicrafters SR-150 restore

from WD0GOF
I have two of these inprocess. Power supplies are complete. Every thing works on one now but the RX is just a little (about 6db) weak. I have it narrowed down to RF amp or first mixer. The other has intermittant oscillations in the TX



Hallicrafters SR-2000 Restore

from WD0GOF
The power supply has been recapped tested and is completed. The R/T unit is in process. The Rx is finished and working fine. The TX has some bias problems.



Hallicrafters SR-500 restore

from WD0GOF
Power supply required complete rebuild all caps and rectifiers, now complete. RX works, but motor boats with high level signals. So still have some agc work to do. TX works works great 420 to 550 watts with a clean spectrum.



Ham Radio Novice Course or Ham Radio Initial Course

from YY1CIR
To use technical radio expertise, IT skills and knowledge, instructional and trainer experience plus design studies to develop a fresh ham radio course. These course must be aimed to employ all multimedia and web capabilities avalaibles and under th ... Read More About This Project



Home Brew Computer Defined HF Rig

from W3YK
The plan is to do the A/D conversion directly after the preamp/LNA and pre filter input and use a digitally derived oscillator for the transmit so that the transciever is as digital as possible.



Homebrew 4 to 1 Balun

from KU4GW
I recently burned up my factory made balun due to an ice storm shorting out the feedpoint on my 260 feet doublet antenna. I found the plans for a homebrew balun at http://www.bloomington.in.us/~wh2t/balun.html and it works fantastic! I have uploaded ... Read More About This Project



Icom IC-7000 and AH-4 mobile

from KC7BYY
Install radio, tuner, antennas



KT-34 antenna

from WD4OHM
I have purchased a KT-34 antenna and I have taken it totally apart cleaned each piece thoughly. I have purchased upgrade kit for it from M2 along with new balun. It will go on my tower and I will move 6 meter antenna to the other tower. At long la ... Read More About This Project



LEO Satelite AZ/EL Controller

from KE7MRB
I am starting work on a simple system that will allow me to operate the LEO birds with simple light weight antennas. What I am thinking is a set of VHF/UHF egg beater antennas that are controlled by a microcontroller.

Ideally I would like ... Read More About This Project



Low Cost APRS Weather

from KE7MRB
I am designing a low cost Microprocessor Based Board that will provide an APRS weather solution. The board is very low power and will interface with a radio directly, no TNC is required. This low power board is designed to run from a solar charged ... Read More About This Project



LP-PAN Panadator

from N4GW
I recently purchased the LP-PAN from Telepost which allows me to tie into the IF port on the back on the Kenwood TS-850. The LP-PAN then ties into my USB emu 0202 soundcard so I can use spectrum scope software on the Computer. See my profile on you ... Read More About This Project



Motorcycle Amateur Radio

from W0STL
Wire my 2000 Harley Davidson Police Road King for 2 meter and/or 70 cm mobile operation.



Motorola R-1247/GRC-129 NASA Receiver

from WB7QDR
I received this radio over a year ago.
Not knowing what I had, and after much research,
to my surprise I found this radio was modified for the Nasa Space Program, by Manson Labs. This radio is real clean, a little front panel wear.
I f ... Read More About This Project



Mulitband Fan Dipole

from KC0VEP
I had wanted to start this project for a while. I got the idea from the ARRL antenna book. In it, they showed how someone had used ladderline to make a mulitband fan dipole for 4 bands. I decided that I wnated to try and make one for 8 bands. Aft ... Read More About This Project



My BRAND NEW PADDLE! the Black Widow Paddle Kit!

from CT1BWW
I don't know why but I always get more preference for Paddles, Iambic instead of Straigh Key.
A few years ago I get a small collection about 16 Paddles, nowadays a reduce for the Paddle I think are really Good Paddles: Viroplex, ETM, CT , Kent,a ... Read More About This Project



My Projects will be on a seperate blog.....

from KC2PLJ
http://kc2plj.blogspot.com/

This is where I keep all of my new notes and reviews. I plan on placing a couple of easy antenna ideas on here as well, check it out!



My vertical - home brew

from W3NRL
OK just finished making my vertical and installed it in the back yard. hooked everything and went inside the shack went to the tuner and tuned 40 meters wooooow no problem put my call out and first dx came back ua3dx ( Gena) came back my report 59+ ... Read More About This Project



QSL Card Printing

from W8ASH
I am new representatives for UX5UO Print in USA. If you are interested in purchasing cards, contact me at w8ash@arrl.net.



RadioTelephone Tutor: GROL plus Ship Radar Endorsement

from
RadioTelephone Tutor prepares you for the FCC GROL and Ship Radar Endorsement exams. Acts like a real tutor. Drill you on missed questions till you know the answers backwards and forwards.



Restoring a AM TX (40 / 80 meters) 2x6DQ5 Tubes

from PY2VR
This is a AM TX manufactured by a old brazilian ham, Mr. Jose Minilo. Minilo was a Car Mechanician, he didn't knows drive cars however he was a very competent guy to build excelent AM Transmitters for ham radio. This TX receveid a commercial name, ... Read More About This Project



ROCKMITTE QRP 5 Watts

from CT1BWW
From Small Wonder Labs, I've already received the Rockmitte 20 Meters Transceiver KIT.
Very good packaging and very good comunication
more info here: http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/
That's a good Challenge of course electronic today i ... Read More About This Project



RS-232 (DB9) CWtalk Interface

from KI4UJY
This project was built to overcome my lack of CW skills and to hasten my ability to get on the air. The only working radio I have is a QRP rig so I want to go CW and RTTW quickly. The interface isolates the Radio completely from the computer using ... Read More About This Project



Small Wonder Labs SW+ series of single band QRP transceivers

from WA7DUY
Dave Benson, K1SWL sells a series of single band cw transceivers at a reasonable price ($55 each right now). These are direct conversion QRP transceivers with a vfo that covers all or part of the band of interest. I am currently trying to debug a S ... Read More About This Project



Software-Defined Radio Familiarization

from DV1VHY
This is my second go with ham radio. Now I have my own station and operating on HF and VHF. I met new friends and we seem to be on the same wavelength. Max, has introduced my to the world of software defined radio as well as homebrewing. I am terribl ... Read More About This Project



Tarheel II Mount on Spare Tire Rack (Jeep Liberty)

from KD7UFF
I needed to change the mount I was using for my Tarheel II 6M-80M Screwdriver antenna.. I was using a K-400 Diamond mount.. The problem I had was when I would open the rear door of my Jeep Liberty I would have to pull the antenna back just a bit to g ... Read More About This Project



test

from N4QB
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test

from N4QB



The "simple" 20m vertical

from KE5OVE
Wanted to get more contacts on 20m PSK...well I got them. With the simple 20m vertical. I know all of the Elmers out there will say it cannot work....well, it works and very well at that. Check out the PICTURES of it. Farthest contact made with i ... Read More About This Project



The great 160 meter loop experiment!

from KW4VL
Allright here goes ...im gonna put up a 560 feet run of aluminum fence wire into the trees and see what happens. more later k4tty



The small Antenna with 30 inch boom

from W3NRL
I started this project with the interest from reading many reviews on the little antenna which is build by the company TAk-tenna. this little guy real got my attention so i got myself involved and started this project by ordering the guy, i was going ... Read More About This Project



The small Antenna with 30 inch boom

from W3NRL
Send your feed back -- Please --



THE UK RADIO DXING & LISTENING GROUP

from 2E0SCO
WWW.YAHOO GROUPS
PLEASE CHECK OUT YAHOO GROUPS UK SEE MY NEW AMATURE RADIO SWL INFORMATION GROUP
FEEL FREE TO BECOME A MEMBER AND GET IN TOUCH WITH OTHER RADIO AMATURE'S



Tower

from YB2VTO
On Nov 7, 2008 my old antenna (dipole) was hit by strong wind. The iron mast was almost broke into 2.
So I need new antenna and mast to support the antenna. Instead of using the same kind of antenna and mast, I decided to use new kind of antenn ... Read More About This Project



TRANSVERTER 28-50 MHz (6m)

from IK0IXI
A 20W 6m Transverter with I.F: 28 MHz.



Upgrade to General Class

from KJ4FFD
I want to get my General Class ticket, want to really get out there and work some serious DX.



W5GI MYSTERY DIPOLE ANTENNA

from W8STU
THIS DIPOLE WORKS GREAT AND IS VERY INEXPENSIVE TO MAKE GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR DETAILS.

http://www.w5gi.com/mysteryantenna.htm



Yaesu AMP

from K9KUZ
Yaesu FP-1000 amp died after power outages. Problem is in power supply, which is now on the bench in pieces. Looks like a resistor is blown. - Collins S-line twins at the War Museum, are now undergoing updates. -