Few weeks ago I have decided to resume building my mcHF kit. I have made good progress with the RF board and today I have tested the low-pass and band-pass filters.
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DIY remote kit for the IC-706 part 6: A simple audio server and client
It has been a few weeks since my last update about the IC-706 remote rig project so here is a new one.
DIY remote kit for the IC-706 part 3: Keep-alive emulation
Yesterday I have implemented emulation of keep-alive messages on server side. This means that the keep-alive messages sent by the front panel roughly every 100 ms are no longer sent over the network; instead, they are generated in the servers main loop with 150 ms interval.
mcHF build status 2014.07.19
Last night I mounted the LEDs, the electrolytic capacitors and the LCD panel. I am using the HY28B which is why the display doesn’t align with the push buttons.
Getting into space when you’re broke
A very interesting and inspirational talk given by Kristian von Bengtson of Copenhagen Suborbitals at TEDx Copenghagen on November 30, 2010.
Do it yourself HF2V
Often I receive emails from people asking for the dimensions of the HF2V elements because they want to build one themselves. Well, here are the dimensions for all the coils and capacitors. Good luck with your experiments!