I was in the garden center at the local Lowes store yesterday and noticed some interesting possibilities for antenna projects in the bin of tree and tomato stakes. This one in particular looked useful

The LC meter feature would be a great addition to a Test Set. If an Arduino or just a bare ATMega328 is being used to control it, adding the LC meter feature wouldn't be hard. I did one as a "proof of

Hi Ed, Since a regen is most sensitive and selective right at the onset of oscillations your detector is doing its job and its level is good. Are your red/green LEDs working correctly? They consume 10

I'll be at the cabin in the woods in north Georgia and will try to check in with the prototype Bayou Jumper and a vertical dipole. My crystal puts me around 7121.7, so keep those filters WIDE - hi Jim

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I can also now confirm that https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4298479 is a nicely fitting BNC connector cap to 3D print Have three of them on the K2 now Jim, N5IB

Thanks for posting that, Jim. I just printed a couple of them, and can confirm it fits the 4 pin mic jack, as well as the 8-pins on my K2 and TS-430S, and of course, the SO-239. I found a BNC cap on T

For the lucky op who scored Jerry's stash... The SAVXO can be used with the Bayou Jumper. The SAVXO manual has info about adapting it to the SS-40, and that Tx is identical to the Tx section of the BJ

Here's some info passed along from Dave, W3BJG .... "When I went to Hobby Lobby and entered the part number for the wooden box,SKU 288743S, I too found that it was no longer available. In snooping aro

Hi Ted, If you haven't already, join the Bayou Jumper Group at https://4sqrp.groups.io/g/BayouJumperKit Lots of discussion specific to the BJ operation, troubleshooting, mods, etc, going on over there

The beta built revB Bayou Jumper can hear Bert right at the noise floor - ESP level - with SSB all around. Jim, N5IB

Just worked Johnny near 7122 with the beta build revB Bayou Jumper. 4 watts to a dipole at 20 ft. First time to use an external key with the BJ - Nye Viking Master Key, with the TIP42 keying mod in th

For making RF tight enclosures, feed through capacitors are getting hard to find. Saw some at Dan's Small Parts. Just today the weekly e-mail flyer from Marlin P Jones has a special on a pack of four,

Great net session! Really kept Johnny hopping. He was listening down a bit so I was able to check in using the prototype Bayou Jumper. Was able to hear most all of the check-ins. Even the very strong

I'm going to post a comment over on the Bayou Jumper Group about the keying mod. Want to concentrate those discussions over there if possible Jim, N5IB

You're right Dan. I'll add that to the manual as Appendix N and Ron will post that update as soon as he can. Jim, N5IB

Hi Dan, Get on the Bayou Jumper group https://4sqrp.groups.io/g/BayouJumperKit and look at message #2308 Jim, N5IB

Marc, just before the 40m net started I heard you apparently in QSO. Nice 569 signal in the Bayou Jumper Rx. Didn't hear the other station , and didn't hear a peep from anyone during the net time. Jim

Johnny, Don't forget to listen down to around 7120 for the BJ crystals. I'll try to have mine on for the net tonight. N5IB

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Hi Phil, It's OK for the metal speaker frame to touch and make electrical contact with the ground plane that surrounds the plated through mounting holes. But there are active traces that run underneat

Hi Phillip, The little TA642 AM receiver IC chip is designed to run with a very low voltage supply - for battery operated gear. It can run on just a single AA battery. The red LED has a forward voltag