Right then, after a stupidly busy 10 days of work (finally finishing at 10pm last night ... ) I've actually managed to get back to the shack for a few hours this morning. Having solved the issue with

I was just reading the SCAM12 document from Clark ... and ... https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/images/c/ca/SCAM_12_User%27s_Handbook.pdf

What I have intended (but failed so far ... ) to do to mine is fit an "inverted bucket" to the top section, so it completely covers the tops when the mast is in the down position, preventing the secti

I've always used silicon spray ... and I have trace heating tape wrapped around it, with a frost stat .. my biggest worry is it freezing with water in it and distorting the tubes ...

Glad to hear it. I tend to use an Android tablet when out portable, and find that most useful as it saves the added clutter of a laptop, tethering to a data source etc. I'll PM you regarding the other

Hi Dave, I'll contact you via PM for some more info, I have tried this stuff on desktop mac with High Sierra OS, which is quite old, so I had hoped the newer ones would work. it can be quite difficult

I think £50 is a reasonable value to put on a piece of broken electronics that probably only costs double that to manufacture in the first place. I've not insured an outbound parcel in 20 years ... UP

Hi David, not currently. You could of course open two "tabs" in your browser, one for each band. Others have mentioned the "two bands" thing, I'll consider it, I am keen to keep the display simple and

As some of you may have heard, the author of KST2ME, Bo, has said that no more license keys will be issued, once your current key expires, it is dead. If anyone has any specific features of KST2ME tha

Hi John, I've been blogging various bits of "stuff" at https://g1yfg.blogspot.com/ but nothing really complete yet. I hope to complete the final verison of the 13cm LNA at some point which may then ma

I could turn you some up in brass ... sadly I can no longer silver plate as the fish tank full of cyanide has been deemed to be one the "you're not bringing that thing in the car" items that didn't ma

As mentioned before, and as someone who is actively building for 122 GHz ... my *only* reservation is that in my view, the intention to go out and make a contest attempt/entry should be announced publ

Hi Andy, No they were turned from brass and silver plated, with a thicker top section for a bit more "purchase" for the M4 screw. I have a lathe and some brass bar, and I even have some filters ... bu

Do you have the dimensions?

I used very watered down PVA and a fine brush in the past to fix HP meters of that vintage, with good results. You may not know, but each meter face was individually photo-plotted to match the lineari

I've seen the Marconi, the advantage of the HP device is that it is self contained battery powered, which is useful when messing around out in fields.

Hi Kent, I'm planning to use a pair of 20dB horns to "calibrate" (ish) the setup ... I'm not sure if I will have enough power from my source which is around 80mW (a WDG multiplier chain) hopefully tha

Stand down, all sorted I think, thank you gentlemen.

Merci mon ami, je vais le contacter aujourd'hui. À bientôt.

As I get a little closer to 3cm working ... I wanted to do some antenna measurements. Does anyone have an HP crystal detector sitting in a drawer they'd like to sell? I need *something* to go with my