On 08/10/2024, Calvin (KE0DIT), Ed, (K9QW), and myself (N8PIC) activated US-1024 as WJ9UNK, our club. We made a total of 239 contacts over FT8 and SSB on 15m, 20m, and 40m HF. Weather was 75 °F with very light cloud coverage. We operated FT8 using a QRP-Labs QDX (5W) and a Kenwood TS-140S with Signalink…
Author: nate
POTA Dry Run – 2024/08/3-4
This time, I made sure to clean my setup with less wires and a more logical layout of the equipment. On 2024/08/03, Ed (K9QW) stopped by with a NanoVNA to test my antenna. As it turns out, I was using a 1:64 balun with a length of wire meant for a 1:49. The next morning,…
POTA Dry Run – 2024/07/27
First dry run for a POTA activation. Seen here is a QRP-Labs QDX, my bench power supply fed with a battery, my laptop, and a EFHW antenna. 9 contacts were made this session. The setup seems good, although I would like to clean it up a bit. There are wires going every which way and…
Bench Power Supply
Background My goal with this project was to create a power supply that could be used for various electronics projects. Ideally, It would have a fixed 5V and 12V output, as well as a variable output. Hardware For the input power source, I used a laptop power supply, supplying 19V at 5A max. Two buck…