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Today on Stupid Solutions to Stupid Problems – a postage stamp sized PCB for putting an SMA port on, well, whatever. Several times on recent projects I’ve had to try to pass RF around between boards that don’t have footprints for coaxial connectors. I’ve tried various methods such as just soldering a bit of micro-coax […]

If you’re interested in a kit to build the T41-EP open source transceiver please send me an email (justin@ai6ym.radio). I’ve been unable to find anything in stock for myself so, with the blessing of the creators, I’ll be running a small batch of them. The T41-EP is an excellent software defined transceiver (SDT) designed by […]

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following news release via the DRM Consortium:  DRM RNZ Shortwave Transmitter For Pacific Inaugurated On August 1st the New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister came to RNZ House in Wellington to mark the start of the use of the new analogue and […]

Power Queen, a supplier of LiFePO4 battery packs, is having a Black Friday sale from November 14th to 24th, offering discounts on their North American and European websites. The author, who has had a positive personal experience with the product, endorses the batteries for off-grid use cases such as ham radio stations. The promotions also include giveaways on social media (Instagram and Facebook).

When discussing efficient low power communications, it is impossible to deny the effectiveness of narrow bandwidth data, even at low power levels. But wait, there’s [...]

This is an Array Solutions SixPak 2 x 6 antenna switch. Get ramped up for SO2R with this plug-and-play KW antenna switch. See Array Solutions for more information.

Original owner. Installed indoors in the switching closet . . . and never moved it. Unit was always reliably controlled by band decoders, so we never needed any manual controllers. Recently removed from service to make way for a new switching approach. Works fine; tested this week – all checks out ok. Contact K1IR to purchase or inquire.

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