Thanks to Dave , Clive and Andy Yes tuning the baofung up 12.5 Kz courses the 10 signal to move 300Khz so it is a 10 Ghz that I am receiving additionally when I van get BF out out “Pulse” mode (and he

Chaps Returning to the original Header line re- Baofeng UV 5R on 10 GHz As a matter of interest I tuned my UV3R to 432.0125 and quickly found a very big signal on 10G. So big in fact that i immediatel

Hi – and apologies. Time has come for me “thin” the shack down so some historic bits that may be of use to sombody; 1 off HP 141T SA comprising Frame / 8555A RF and IF sections. Can’t say it’s working

Hi Mike I copy emails to one of my other mail A/C s to avoid Big Brother type interference. Cheers Simon

I am sure they were, as stated, an off set design fed by open feeder at the bottom the back was in essence a section of a parabolic. They were BIG. The single problem was keeping the “horn” and feeder

If somebody really needs some trimmers I have a G4DDK 004 board, partially assembled by G3PFR, which has 6 of the Green trimmers on the board, never used as it is only partially populated. Let me know

Hi Geoff Thanks for the reply – had a good look for a screw but no luck however will try heating the cover. Cheers Simon

While working on the Mast head preamp I noticed the + and – connectors on the relay were lose. By the time I removed the relay from the box one of the internal connecting leads had broken off the term

Umm - what a surprise I had on Tuesday! I have not been active for a couple of years and after a rebuild of the of the station I Thought (?) that 100 W into 67 Ele with DDK preamp would net a good few

Apart from the devices – looks as though the boards have some circulators – may be useful. Simon

Pete After a fair bit of re-build of the station (pre nfd) we became a bit of an a alligator based on the reports we were receiving and were giving. so a rebuild of the station is being considered. th

Hi All I am thinking of using a 28 Mhz to 1296 transverter as part of a Station re-build ( after poor result on VHD NFD!). However I do not know the passband rejection of the above filter at 1268 Mhz.

Hi All Many thanks for the comments and advice. Kent – It’s a 2 way splitter (Shame) but thanks for the offer. Chris – Yes I vaguely remember building an air strip line back in the 70s and had all the

This is a simple question what is the maximum power anyone would risk using a 1/4 length strip line on FR4 on 23cms ? Why because my metal working tools and skills are close zero and I am thinking of

Chaps I need to “thin” my shack down and sell items that I will never get round to using. This will be the first of several postings. For sale:- 2 Spectrain 60 watt O/P boards each contains 3 off XRF2

Ahh now getting closer to me, and one or two others. However knowing the issues of organising events I have every understanding for prospective organisers. Simon IO83SA - Cheshire.

thanks Paul for the warning – I had not thought of spikes and as you say / imply a capacitor could look like a direct connection. Simon

Thanks Geoff Another option to consider. Re Filters – years ago Sam sent me some which I still have and I intend to use more than a couple on any home brew TX chain. Cheers Simon

I am aware that one or two people are considering using a PLUTO for both Uplink and down link. Has / is anybody actually using one and what are their thoughts? Presently I am considering a number of o