I had a need for a practical, convenient and safe way to power my portable microwave station for upcoming field days. I had previously used the old 2 pin, white nylon “T” style molex plugs an...
https://vk5la.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/a-review-emdrc-power-pole-distribution-board-kit/
Since I’m putting together a 10Ghz Transverter, the question of TX/RX Switching and sequencing comes to mind when gathering all the components for the build. For sequencing, I had a good loo...
https://vk5la.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/minikits-eme166-sequencer-kit-a-review/
Around 18 months ago I had the foresight to obtain 3 surplus 3.5 Ghz subscriber panels made available from the Geelong Amateur Radio Club. The information is still up on their website here....
20/12/2012… There seems to be quite a bit of surplus microwave gear about on *THAT* auction site and these units out of Israel are very interesting to say the least. Even though I have a fully ...
https://vk5la.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/messing-about-with-microwaves-eyal-gal-10ghz-units/
Now that the propagation on 40 meters has deteriorated after the winter months, with weak, watery signals the norm rather than the exception, my radio activities have swung to my other love, Micr...
On Sunday the 27th of October, I activated Mt Gawler, VK5/SE-013 for the Summits on the Air Program. I thought I’d kill 2 birds with one stone, as this date was also the day of our 1 year anniv...
On Sunday 6th October, for the 12 Months anniversary of SOTA in VK5, I activated Mt Cone, VK5/SE-002, a 4 point summit situated a few Km north of the rustic former mining town of Burra, about 2 h...
Here is my take on the Linked Dipole antenna which has proven popular for SOTA work… For some upcoming activations, I needed to put together a linked 20-30-40 M dipole as an alternative antenna...
https://vk5la.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/putting-together-a-link-dipole-for-sota/
Hi all just a quick update to my blog to let you all know that on Tuesday Morning of last week, I suffered a serious Heart Attack. I am currently in the Flinders Medical Centre in their Cardiac C...
One of the motivations for getting one of these el(dirt)cheapo Baofeng handhelds was to investigate if I could make a small (tiny) APRS tracker for use on longish trips in the work vehicle. Sever...
https://vk5la.wordpress.com/2013/06/29/the-baofeng-uv5r-getting-going-on-aprs/