Update on the 8816 Crosspoint Switch Project
Finally got my SN74LV8153 chips. Did some coding in the background, but without this chip, it wasn’t value added to mess with it. Mouser is 20 or 30 miles away.…
More 705 accessory updates
In addition to the dewalt battery adaptor, I have also started using a 12 lithium jump start pack. In both cases, I had to kludge power cables…. This is a…
Icom’s 13 pin DIN… another minor thing.
Once upon a time, I bought some 13 pin DINs to wire my own cables for the Icom 706 (and also later radios). 13 pin solder cups, with my clumsy…
Minor Modifications: Heil Icom Adaptor Cable
I’ve had a Heil Proset Plus IC for quite some time – it’s comfortable, and the phase reversal switch is great for pulling weak signals out of the noise. I’ve…
Updates… RUMLog, WSJT, WFView… MacOS
It’s been a while since I’ve run RUMLOG…. but I’ve been using WFView and WSJT-X together with no issues. I wasn’t keen on the logging abilities of WSJT, so I’ve…
A new power supply for the Sprague 600A Interference Locator
Many years ago, I was blessed to get a Sprague 600A Interference Locator from the estate of my Elmer, WB9KHR. As an EMI Engineer, this was just COOL. It was…
More MacOS Radio – WinLink
Yet another one I’m not going to recreate the documentation required to get it working… but here’s a couple sites with working solutions: Both of these rely on “Crossover” to…
Another “Old” Post Revisited
Some time ago, I wrote about the Drill Battery power adaptors for 12V stuff. Well, I had forgotten about that, and it was just another item in my toolbox. More…
Icom 705 Accessorization
Formerly “Another ‘I’m Cheap’ Icom 705 thing”… Cheap…err….frugal accessories – Tabletop Tripod The most used tabletop mount for the icom 705 is the manfrotto (Amazon) tabletop model. This has been…
I void warranties – LDG Tuner connector upgrade
Disclaimer…. This one’s not a kludge. I have an LDG tuner – one of the 100W models, perfect for QRP or barefoot operation. It has… had… UHF connectors. As you…