Clayton (who is NOT crazy) has put together a really neat solar-powered QRSS rig with the two wires for the dipole antenna sticking out the ends of the transmitter box. During the testing phase he went the extra mile by first freezing the circuit into a block of ice and then heating it up in an oven. I guess he really wanted a wide range of temperature data! Clayton's web site on the project is very interesting and very well done. Check it out:
http://clayton.isnotcrazy.com/mept_v1
In other QRSS news, David, WA5DJJ, just back from vacation, fired up his QRSS rig only to discover that there are no grabbers on in North America. What's up with that? Can someone out there help out OM DJJ?
Did you guys see that Google is today marking Tesla's birthday. Clearly there are some Knack vicitms in the Google-plex.
The "Universal TCXO" - better stability for the TS-590 (and other radios)
using the QRP Labs ProgRock 2
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*Figure 1:*
The TS-590G into which the ProgRock was installed.
A useful accessory for many amateur transceivers is a TCXO - a device,
often offered as an ...
2 hours ago
Glad to see I'm not the only one that saved a copy of that picture.
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