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• Post #2609215

  Peaking the IF on this GR-10 yields acceptable sensitivity on 10m: https://youtube.com/shorts/v3wtld8pNBA

• Post #1963285

  First QSO with the GR-10 was Jim, @VE1KM. We hold an open weekly QRS sked at 3566 kHz on Wed. at 20:30 AST.

• Post #1963284

  Building a 40m trap to add a lower band to my 30m/40m vertical. 80m or 60m?

• Post #1963283

  Great fun in the ARRL DX CW contest this weekend: over 300 QRP QSOs. Here's a short video on a really helpful trick with modern radios during CW contests: https://youtube.com/shorts/j_Klch4Pp0E?si=ENbLJ2py3W9qhLYs

• Post #1963282

  Got Pat Winlink / ARDOP working with my IC-705 and Digipi today. We have a monthly emergency exercise in this area, and I'd set a goal to be able to check into it by Winlink.

• Post #1963281

  Using a NanoVNA to test the centre frequency of the filter on this 1940s GR-10 receiver, I found it is 445 kHz, not the 455 indicated in the manual. Because this was maintained by the Canadian airforce at least into the 60's, someone retuned the local oscillator to around a 445 kHz offset, too, which is why the filter sounds so good.

• Post #1963280

  Finally, a 12v USB-PD battery and trigger cable arrangement for QRP rigs. This demos it with a 4w QRP xceiver, but it later even sourced enough current for my IC-705 to do 10w. Take note, all you QMX builders.

• Post #1963279

  Stitched up a holder for my Nextool mini sailor multi tool to keep the pocket lint out.

• Post #1963278

  It seems that FreeDV contacts should count as 'Phone' with respect to ARRL awards such as DXCC. As I'm trying to get these with 5w or less (900 mW on the digital modes), this is an interesting development.

• Post #1963277

  We've harvested about a cup of syrup from this grand maple in our forest so far this winter. This is about the two pails full. All has gone on breakfast pancakes, HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social

• Post #1963276

  With VU2NXG freshly confirmed, I'm two more away from DXCC QRP CW. And CX1SI and I just had a 2xQRP contact on 10m.

• Post #1963275

  Just one more CW confirmation to go for QRP CW DXCC. C'mon Austral Islands!

• Post #1963274

  Using an ESP32 microcontroller to post my boatanchor receiver's frequency on a web page and sync my modern transmitter. Project repository: https://codeberg.org/VE9QRP/Tug-Boat