... station information for callsign VE4FEB ...
station equipment and tools ====
1. Yaesu FT221 VHF transceiver
a. installed modifications ctss tone generator
2. Kenwood R-1000 Communications Receiver
3. tx1 80 to 10m band transmitter Crystal controlled 20W output
4. tx0 3-band QRP transmitter Analog VFO
a. 03Jun2022: Ongoing replacement of filters to reduce RF
leakage between LO->Preamps, Also final amplifiers will
be redesigned
5. Rigol DS1052E Digital Oscilloscope
6. Quansheng uv-r50
7. tx3 DDS/SI5351 transverter-transmitter
8. Hammarlund HQ-145A updates, restoration done
a. recap seems to have been done by previous owner
b. replaced HF OScillator with 6100 tube
c. fixed broken smeter needle
d. minor HF Oscillator alignment - target specs was 1% to 2%
dial accuracy.
e. minor RF alignment - target specs was 0.6uV to 1uV
sensitivity
f. 29may2022: after 3years of service, hq145a is now waiting
for one of its if transformers fixed as it seems to be
suffering from the silver mica disease. As of 16Dec2023,
this has now been resolved.
9. Commodore C64
a. secondary propagation display
b. secondary callsign lookup directory
c. secondary skimmer check and submit
d. qso log book entry using an ed like editor
10. Atari 600XL
a. USB keyboard for a Plan9/unix machine
b. cw keyer
11. Homebrew Spectrum Analyzer
12. NanoVNA type Network Analyzer version H3.4 10Khz to 1.5Ghz
13. QRPLabs QCX Mini for 20m - allows battery power for outdoor
use
14. QRPLabs QDX - allows quick digital mode qso when too busy or
tired from work.
a. 2024Oct13 QDX is now offline due to unable to transmit.
Debug serial transmit mode no output. Quick investigation
no CLK0 from UC11 probed at IC3 and R41. Further investi-
gation needed. QMX is now used for digital mode. untill
this is repaired.
b. 2024Oct26 QDX now under testing. Replaced IC3 ,Q9 and Q11
to make transmit again. So far made a few FT8 contacts.
C63 was also replaced as it was cracked. It was damaged
since it arrived. I did not have the parts to replace it
then.
15. QRPLabs QMX - this is for multi-band support for outdoor use
a. currently waiting on new firmware that fixes birdies and a
few needed features
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1st_transmitter.html 2018-May-31 19:16 1.7 KB | |
EM15 2021-May-11 16:59 139.5 KB | |
EM18 2021-May-11 17:00 139.5 KB | |
EM18.dat 2021-May-11 16:47 0.9 KB | |
EM44 2021-May-11 17:00 139.5 KB | |
EM48 2021-May-11 17:00 139.5 KB | |
at_the_top_of_their_field 2021-Sep-17 18:08 0.4 KB | |
chess.txt 2021-Jan-10 01:09 6.1 KB | |
dBmW.awk 2023-Apr-08 19:11 0.2 KB | |
dBmmW.awk 2023-Apr-08 19:11 0.1 KB | |
dbm_to_milliwatt_table.txt 2023-Apr-08 19:11 1.8 KB | |
dbm_to_watt_table.txt 2023-Apr-08 19:11 1.8 KB | |
ft221audio.html 2018-Jun-02 14:07 0.6 KB | |
mkdBmtable 2023-Apr-08 19:04 0.3 KB | |
pred 2021-May-11 16:59 0.1 KB | |
propagation_20m.txt 2022-May-25 18:06 1.5 KB | |
propagation_30m.txt 2022-May-25 18:06 20.6 KB | |
propagation_40m.txt 2022-May-25 18:06 1.5 KB | |
propagation_hap_winnipeg.txt 2024-Apr-27 19:00 0.7 KB | |
propagation_index_winnipeg.txt 2023-Nov-19 15:37 1.3 KB | |
station_photo.html 2023-May-14 20:53 0.8 KB | |
station_rbn_activity.html 2022-May-25 19:24 0.1 KB | |
voacap_for_plan9.tgz 2021-Apr-24 13:06 58.1 MB | |
wspr_activity.txt 2020-Aug-03 21:51 4.5 KB | |
wspr_using_shell_script.txt 2019-Oct-28 20:58 0.7 KB |