Monday, 25 July 2016

70MHz Trophy

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Enthused about 4m from previous outings we decided to visit British (IO81KR) again. We were late starting by 30 minutes by eating cake and c...
Saturday, 4 June 2016

June 70MHz UKAC

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After the success during the previous Sunday's 4m contest, thoughts turned to the 4m UKAC the following Tuesday evening. Blorenge is ...
Friday, 3 June 2016

70MHz Cumulative Contest

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Having finally  finished integrating my I0JXX dual band 50/70MHz amplifier it needed trying out. The contest calendar showed a 2 hour 4m (2n...
Saturday, 2 April 2016

The K3S must be working alright on 475kHz!

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Having done the K3S upgrades for 475kHz see here  it was time for DX.  I was duly rewarded with my First transatlantic WSPR decodes of the y...
Monday, 28 March 2016

Upgrading the K3S for 475kHz

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Having had the initial try of the K3S on 475kHz here It was time to properly implement the low frequency bands on the K3S. The first step w...
Friday, 11 March 2016

Initial 475kHz use of the K3S

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The one big improvement in the K3S, mainly due to the new synthesiser, is the ability to tune it down to 100kHz. The original K3 hardwar...
Monday, 7 March 2016

The new K3S arrives

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Having had K3 for a while now I was interested to see the arrival of the "upgraded" model the K3S. While it is possible to ...
Saturday, 13 February 2016

Replacing the USB Connector on a Nexus 7 (2013 version)

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Getting the charging cable to actually charge my Nexus 7 (2013 model) has been becoming Increasingly difficult. Having to balance the unit o...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016

BARTG RTTY Sprint 2016

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Having missed the ARRL RTTY contest earlier I was looking forward to a RTTY contest. The next one was the BARTG Spring Sprint.  The cont...
Tuesday, 29 December 2015

Using RCFOrb On a Nexus 7

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Having Used RCFOrb  for a while on my laptop as mentioned in my blog I was keen to try the Android Version to control the K3. The Christma...