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Projects I am working on, Raspberry Pi, Python and Ham Radio.

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@mytechtrail Jul 29, 2022, 12:02 AM UTC

A walk on the Beach

Our youngest son came to visit last week. Friday we took a drive to Port Stanley for a walk on the beach. We walked on the beach, Then we walked out to a lighthouse, This is a picture on the walk bac…

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@mytechtrail Jun 30, 2022, 1:16 AM UTC

Mounting my QRP transceiver

Here is a picture of my QRP transceiver setup before I decided to mount it for display and make it portable as a single unit. Here is a picture of the DIN rail that I will be mounting the completed u…

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@mytechtrail Jun 25, 2022, 9:25 PM UTC

Field Day 2022

I am taking part in my first Ham Radio Field Day. Check out http://www.arrl.org/field-day for more details about field day in North America. Here is a picture of my operating station. Low power 4 wat…

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@mytechtrail Dec 1, 2021, 2:05 AM UTC

Kit build - QRPGuys Digital FSK Transceiver III

Well I had last week off and finally got around to building the QRPGuys Digital FSK Transceiver III. This kit is a digital Ham Radio transceiver that is capable of outputting 5Watts of power. The kit…

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@mytechtrail Nov 29, 2021, 12:25 AM UTC

Antenna Tuner kit build

Here is another QRPGuys kit. I built this 10-40M antenna tuner kit. The following is the parts laid out for inventory before the build. Here I soldered the PCB angle pieces to mount the front panel t…

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@mytechtrail Nov 27, 2021, 1:28 AM UTC

Next kit build, QRPGuys power/SWR/dummy load

My next Ham Radio kit, another QRPGuys.com The following is my workbench setup for the kit build. This next picture is all the kit parts laid out to do an inventory. Getting setup to install the resi…

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@mytechtrail Nov 25, 2021, 1:19 AM UTC

Improved Ham Shack layout

New layout of my Ham Shack. So after building the new power pole distribution board it was time to get the Ham Shack layout redone. As you can see I put in a short shelf to have the Kenwood TS-440 an…

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@mytechtrail Nov 24, 2021, 12:10 AM UTC

Second power pole distribution board

I ordered and built a second power pole distribution board. I will be using this one for my reorganized Ham Shack. I have connected this one directly to a 25Amp power supply. In the picture you can s…

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@mytechtrail Aug 21, 2021, 11:11 PM UTC

My first Ham Radio Fox Hunt

That is where one Ham operator (fox) goes to a fixed location and starts broadcasting, for our beginners group he was just talking on a specified frequency. I was teamed up with a more experienced Ha…

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@mytechtrail Jul 31, 2021, 12:10 AM UTC

Putting first kit build to use

Been a couple days since I finished the first kit, in the this post I will show how I am using the 6 position dc power distribution kit I finished last week. First I replaced the end of the power cab…

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