RSGB 160m Club Calls Contest 2004
Sunday, 14th Nov 2004
First contacts on Top Band!
News Archive (2004 - 2002)
CQ WW SSB 2004
Tuesday, 2nd Nov 2004
My humble contribution to CQ WW SSB 2004. QRP K2, Helical whip antenna and Belgium Beer. The usual suspects..
K2 - Transceiver Kit Construction
Friday, 29th Oct 2004
Time to progress further with HF. Once again there were many options to chose from, but for me there was really only ever one..
Starting HF QRP Portable
Thursday, 30th October 2003
Sidmouth, Fish 'n Chips and CQ WW SSB from a Micra.. The easy way into HF..
Frequency Counter
Friday, 27th June 2003
The successful completion of the Kingsdon Transmitter, Midney Receiver and Digital Dabbling highlight the need for a Frequency Counter..
Digital Dabbling
Thursday, 12th June 2003
Vowing not to mix computers and radio.. But hey, how long was that going to last..
Lake DTR 3-5 CW Transceiver
Sunday, 10th May 2003
Attended the excellent Stockwell Park Rally and purchased a Lake 80m CW Transceiver from a Stevenage club member (!)
Dummy Load
Tuesday, 31 December 2002
Seeking an interlude from the Kingsdon project. I decide to build the Dummy Load, needed for transmitter testing..
Kingsdon TX Kit
Saturday, 28 December 2002
Following the successful completion of the Midney Receiver I was keen to start the Kingsdon transmitter..
Midney RX Kit
Thursday, 10 October 2002
Keen to make a start on HF I did consider purchasing a commercial transceiver, perhaps the well regarded FT100D. But after building the Kenwood PC interface my imagination had been fired and my thoughts turned to further construction - An HF kit..
TH-7FE -> PC
Saturday, 17 August 2002
Although it was perfectly possible to program the radio via the buttons it was soon clear that doing it from my PC would be much easier! I knew that Kenwood supplied a PC interface, but..