That YouTube video is NOT my radio. I'm only partially completed with the RF board. I just thought you guys might to see one in action. Pretty impressive for "home brew"

Terry, thanks. As complicated as SMD soldering is I find it very cathartic. It requires so much concentration that you HAVE to shut everything else out and except on the teeny-tiniest ones it's just a

Don, actually that works very well for me - diagonal pads + puddles. I make sure to "sink" the two leads into the solder and the puddles are very, very small. I've learned you don't need to make big p

WX here in Decatur, IL very wet. Somehow I've managed to keep most of the water out of my garage/basement. A true miracle of God. Fortunately it's come down slow enough to prevent flooding of my basem

I have a combination of lights over my desk/radio workbench/shack area. I 'had' (2) typical 40 watt flor light fixtures. Since I'm so cheap I bought the cheapest ones I could... One died recently and

I listened but I didn't hear a thing. Noise here was S8 most of the time. I even tried tuning around with the 500 Hz filter engaged. Dan -- KB9JLO <><

Dick thanks. I tried PSK when I bought a NJQRP club Warbler back when they came out. I put that away and never tried any digital modes again. I recently got a adapter put out by a Greek ham on eBay. B

I thought I got in. My CW's still so bad. Hi, hi! But I gotta' try.

I'm bringing a lot of stuff. Probably won't share a table with you this year Johnny! I have an old boat anchor transceiver - can't think of the mfr. right now. A Yaesu FT-301 QRP transceiver - both ne

Well, we were headed out from Decatur, IL this morning at about 9:30 AM - excited to get out of town and looking forward to a little R&R: my wife at Branson and me of course at Ozarkcon. We were secon

Thanks for all the kind replies. Still really sore and stiff and still amazed we weren't hurt worse then we were. Mind is clearer and starting to look forward to the next Ozarkcon! I'm pretty sure thi

Mike, I'd like to get the PPT file if possible. I'm listed at the kitter on the 4SQRP kit page for the dream boards and the O'Patrol...

I'm working a project that has a couple of chips that I don't want to attempt to solder. I'm looking for someone who does this and is reasonable to solder these two chips on for me. The 2 chips are th

I know several have tried the neat little DC-DC adjustable power supply modules you can get from China - eBay... I just got a new one. The price was low (aren't they all) and this had what appeared to

LCD DC-DC Adjustable Step-down Power Supply Module Voltage Current With Shell GL LCD DC-DC Adjustable Step-down Power Supply Modul... US $6.59 New other (see details) in Business & Industrial, Electri

Ha, ha! Isn't that the truth. Only thing cheaper is a "free" DMM from Harbor Freight!

What if you don't have QRO? Stop talking?

Back in April I asked on this list for help soldering the CPU & codec chips to the UI board of the mcHF transceiver project. Jimmy, N5HOL, emailed me and I sent him the chips and board and I haven't h

You know in years past I've seen people post that they arrived home safe and wondered why? That is until last year (we were in an accident on the way to Ozarkcon 2016). I have to say I have a whole ne

Terry, what Ozarkcon is this one, how many years? And what was the previous event? Someone was asking me the history and I didn't know it. ---In 4sqrp@..., <wa0itp@...> wrote : All: Ocon k