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We Done Good: The KX1Q 2025 ARRL Field Day After Action Report With Updated Equipment Checklist & Station Block Diagram

July 13, 2025 by KM1NDY

OVERVIEW After several years of helping coordinate club Field Day events, AA1F and I set off to tackle 2023’s ARRL Field Day by ourselves. We squeaked out 264 contacts, but still had a great time. By 2024, KX1Q was back on the air at our farm for Field Day in Upstate New York. This time, …

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And So It Begins!

June 27, 2025 by KM1NDY
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“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 13

August 24, 2025 by KM1NDY

This continues a series of blog posts on David Rutledge’s text, “The Electronics of Radio”, that I am studying while building the NorCal 40B transceiver. This series of posts will not be a review of the book, nor is it a assembly manual. Rutledge presents a series of problems at the each chapter that aid …

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SOTA’s Heartbreak Hill

June 19, 2025 by KM1NDY

All it takes to feel like quitting is for the journey to be long enough. I remember joking on my now long-deleted ham radio twitter account that it would take me a decade to achieve my Mountain Goat — the coveted title bestowed upon you once you reach a thousand SOTA activator points. I am …

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“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 10

June 2, 2025 by KM1NDY

This continues a series of blog posts on David Rutledge’s text, “The Electronics of Radio”, that I am studying while building the NorCal 40B transceiver. This series of posts will not be a review of the book, nor is it a assembly manual. Rutledge presents a series of problems at the each chapter that aid …

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“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 9

May 25, 2025 by KM1NDY

This continues a series of blog posts on David Rutledge’s text, “The Electronics of Radio”, that I am studying while building the NorCal 40B transceiver. This series of posts will not be a review of the book, nor is it a assembly manual. Rutledge presents a series of problems at the each chapter that aid …

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“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 8

May 18, 2025 by KM1NDY

This continues a series of blog posts on David Rutledge’s text, “The Electronics of Radio”, that I am studying while building the NorCal 40B transceiver. This series of posts will not be a review of the book, nor is it a assembly manual. Rutledge presents a series of problems at the each chapter that aid …

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“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 7

May 18, 2025 by KM1NDY

This continues a series of blog posts on David Rutledge’s text, “The Electronics of Radio”, that I am studying while building the NorCal 40B transceiver. This series of posts will not be a review of the book, nor is it a assembly manual. Rutledge presents a series of problems at the each chapter that aid …

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“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 5D, 5E, & 6

May 10, 2025 by KM1NDY

This continues a series of blog posts on David Rutledge’s text, “The Electronics of Radio”, that I am studying while building the NorCal 40B transceiver. This series of posts will not be a review of the book, nor is it a assembly manual. Rutledge presents a series of problems at the each chapter that aid …

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Debate: Does It Matter If The Secondary Windings Of A 49:1 Impedance Transformer (EFHW Antenna Unun) Change Direction Halfway Around? Does Bare Copper Wire Touching The Toroid Mess Things Up? Is “The Crossover” A Scam?

May 7, 2025 by KM1NDY

QUERY: Here are the results of a quick 49:1 [14:2 turn ratio] toroid transformer test. 1) Does it matter to transformer performance if the windings of the secondary change directions halfway through? [Answer: Yes]2) Does it matter to transformer performance if bare copper wire shorts to a ferrite toroid? [Answer: No]3) Does it matter to …

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