Ft. Tuthill 80 Transceiver Build — Update 1
(Happy Spring, by the way) Used my new awesome AADE L/C meter IIB to match a bunch of .1μF caps to within ±.0.5% and stuffed the board a little. I was stealing time away from work so I did not forge through…as much as I was tempted. So far this has been a thoroughly enjoyable kit-building experience. Tweet
Ft. Tuthill 80 Transceiver Build
When I learned that Arizona QRP Club AZ ScQRPions released a new QRP Transceiver kit designed by N7VE (Dan Tayloe) I placed my order without even thinking twice. N7VE pushes the performance envelope of HF design to new levels (think the famous Tayloe Detector) and this little transceiver kit is no exception. Tweet
G5RV vs. Ground Plane on 80M: G5RV by 5dB!
Excited by the possibility of adding to my DX worked totals on 80M during the ARRL DX CW contest a few week-ends ago, I hurriedly installed a new 80M ground plane (GP) antenna. Like the year before, I intended a single-band effort and the new GP was going to be my secret weapon. Tweet
Paths to Everywhere!
I have been playing with HFTA software from the ARRL Antenna Book to determine the typical take-off angles needed to communicate to DX locales. First step was to develop my elevation profile, which I did based upon the instructions included using a program named MicroDEM. While not the most intuitive thing in the world, I did manage to […]
