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ARRL Field Day 2009

29Jun09

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Originally uploaded by SailingDavid

Operating 2009 Field Day west of Orlando, FL from a horse stable.

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FCC-1 Frequency counter

11Apr09

NorCal FCC-1 frequncy counter kit:
Almost finished soldering this project.
I still need to do pre-power up testing and have ordered some optional connectors.
73,
David — KC4ZVW

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Tags: kits

Assembly of BuxComm Rascal radio interface

09Mar09

Soldered components to circuit board.
73,
David

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Tags: radio interface

Flex-Radio has two new models

17Oct08

Flex-Radio adds two models:
the Flex-1500:
http://www.flex-radio.com/Products.aspx?topic=F1.5k_features
the Flex-3000:
http://www.flex-radio.com/Products.aspx?topic=F3k_features
73,
David

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Software-defined radio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A software-defined radio (SDR) system is a radio communication system which uses software for the modulation and demodulation of radio signals.
Full description is here.
Who is doing what?

ARRL SDR Resources page
DSP-10 Project
KD5NWA site
High Performance Open Source Design
SDR Forum™
Flexradio Systems — SDR-5000, SDR-3000, and SDR-1500
the GNU software radio
Linux and Linrad
Softrock40
The [...]

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U.S. Naval Academy Student Projects

02Sep08

http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande-raft-ops.html
The following satellites have been added to the weekly AMSAT Keplerian Element Distribution.
RAFT – Cat# 29661
NMARS – Cat# 29662
FCAL – Cat# 29664
ANDE – Cat# 29667
Robert Bruninga, WB4APR, introduction to the above.
73, David — KC4ZVW

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Online forums for Tech Net

02Sep08

The general discussion mail list for the 147.120 repeater is here.
The Yahoo! group for the 147.120 repeater projects such as the “Nitron” development demo p.c. board. There is a photo and file upload area.
There is also a chat client:
147120.com Jabber server: nitron@conference.147120.com
73,
David

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KC4ZVW — Amateur Radio Operator

31Aug08

Welcome to David’s Blog (KC4ZVW).
Local Amature Radio webstites/blogs:

KT4AZ Repeater — 147.120 MHz
The 147.120 Tech Net Blog
The Orlando 220MHz Portal
Stardust Data Systems
Hardware Hacker Haven
KC4ZVW.us web site