Archive for October, 2009
Ham Shack Envy – K9KJM
This fantastic wrap-around console is the creation of Kenneth Meyer, K9KJM of Sturgeon Bay, WI. It looks like it came straight out of a science fiction movie and a joy to use, I’m sure.
Posted: October 29th, 2009 under Ham Shack Envy.
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Ham Shack Envy – WR3S
The shack of John Kimbrough, WR3S of Murfreesboro, TN is a thing of beauty. From the class Ten Tec line up to the wall-mounted flat panel to the paneling itself. This works for me, John!
Posted: October 23rd, 2009 under Ham Shack Envy.
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For God’s Sake (and Yours), Be Safe People
I read this horrific story on the ARRL website today. Please, please, please be safe when doing any kind of tower or antenna work:
Three People Killed While Erecting Antenna
At approximately 8:40 PM on Monday, October 12, a man, woman and their 15 year old son were killed while trying to erect a 50 foot [...]
Posted: October 11th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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A New Paradigm in Amateur Radio
An excellent piece of software called PowerSDR has been developed specifically for the Flexradio line of SDR radios. The screen print above is how the standard software appears currently. The software and it’s myriad of features are detailed here on the Flexradio website. That page does a much better job of summarizing the software than [...]
Posted: October 10th, 2009 under Software-Defined Radio.
Tags: PowerSDR, Pretty Betty
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Cables! Cables! Cables!
Let me pass along a few words of wisdom that I learned the hard way and that may save you a lot of grief on your SDR-1000 installation. As you know, an SDR-1000 installation has lots of cables. More than traditional rigs. These cables exist in a high RF environment and cheap cables will be [...]
Posted: October 6th, 2009 under RFI Issues, Software-Defined Radio.
Tags: audio cables, ferrites, Firewire, RFI, toroids
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