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“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 15
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 …
“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 14J, 14K, 14L
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 …
“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 14A, 14B, 14C, 14D, 14E, 14F, 14G, 14H, 14I
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 …
Back In The SOTA Saddle: The Blackhead Mountain Range
One hundred of my 849 SOTA points are accounted for by five years of hiking Black Dome and Blackhead Mountains in the Catskills. We often stop near the trailhead to take a picture of this blown over tree. That is AA1F and Nellie in 2021. I snapped a shot with Georgie hiding in the grass …
The Unofficial 2025 Alexandria Bay QSO Party & Our Failed Radio-Free Thousand Islands Vacation
There is a saying we all have probably heard. If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. I learned to stop making real plans a long time ago. The fleeting nature of life is drilled into me. Another nuance to this exists though. Of course the ruined plan is catastrophic. However, the …
We Done Good: The KX1Q 2025 ARRL Field Day After Action Report With Updated Equipment Checklist & Station Block Diagram
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, …
“The Electronics Of Radio” NorCal 40B Transceiver Build Lab Notes: Problem 13
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 …
SOTA’s Heartbreak Hill
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 …