Category Archives: Ham radio
Remote setup
Long time with no activity on blog but a lot of activity in life. I have been playing around with a new remote setup for the last couple of days. Finally decided to try to use my mobile phone for … Continue reading
Evening view
Long time since last update. spending weekend in the summerhouse working some radio. This is the view from the temporary shack on the terrace. Running an IC-703 on 5w and antenna is a 90m horisontal loop connected with open feeder … Continue reading
Soldering experiment
Have done some soldering. Spent sunday evening building a morse keyer. Not pretty but fun. Will be cotrolled by an arduino processor
Playing with Arduino
Made my first arduino project today. Ok Í borrowed the software and tested a bit with an experimental board. it looks like crap but actually is a great cw keyer. Unfortunately I cant get the Winkey emulation to work. Will … Continue reading
Update on softrock
Promised a while a go a little update on the Softrock transciever. I is now put in a box and still working. I have some problems with side image rejection and still have not had the first QSO on it. … Continue reading
New toy
Sitting in the couch playing with a new toy. Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 I really like it. This will not be a review, its more a test for me of the wordpress app. Regarding the softrock rig. Well its alive … Continue reading
Playing with softrock
Have proceeded with my softrock Ensemble tranceiver. So far I have finished the steps involving the receiver. And I’m amazed. What a great little piece of equipment. Have spent a couple of weekends now just playing around with receiver part … Continue reading
Tonights work
First night in a long time I had some time to spend with the softrock. Finished 3 toroids and studied how to make the transformer. Ballpen just there for size reference.
It´s working!!!!!!
USB controller and oscillator working. What a feeling. Had some issues first but that was a problem with the USB hub. Now it connects. And whats even better. I can hear the oscillator in the other rigs. And I can … Continue reading
USB power built
So…. I have soldered my first surface mounted stuff. Im not happy but I managed to do it. with some difficulties. But now the USB power supply is built and measured and values are as expected. Now moving on to … Continue reading