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300th Post! Site Updates, News, Etc

Posted on March 3, 2016 The Engineer

Since this is the 300th post on my blog in the 6 years I’ve been at this, I figured I’d do a post with recent site updates & some news. Site Look There haven’t been many updates to the general look of the site for quite a while, with some

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Quickie Project: Ruggedising The RTL-SDR Dongle

Posted on November 8, 2015November 8, 2015 The Engineer

As supplied, the RTL type tuner dongles are a little fragile, especially when they’ve got a rather heavy coax feeder attached for Ham Radio use. The MCX antenna connectors on the tuner can’t stand up to much abuse, and even the USB plug rips itself from it’s mounts after a

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AD9850 VFO Board

Posted on November 7, 2014November 7, 2014 The Engineer

Continuing from my previous post where I published an Eagle design layout for AD7C‘s Arduino powered VFO, here is a completed board. I have made some alterations to the design since posting, which are reflected in the artwork download in that post, mainly due to Eagle having a slight psychotic

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RSGB Foundation Pass!

Posted on December 11, 2013 The Engineer

After passing my Foundation course on the 1st December, I have finally received my certificate & obtained my licence! My new callsign is M6GCY. Time to get on the air! 00

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