A few days ago I was super-excited when Kobus Conradie ZS1K notified me that my newly purchased SignaLink USB was in the post. I built a few homebrew interfaces and they worked very well, so well in fact that I was ready to consider working mobile and QRP while on holiday. My research indicated the…
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New Call Sign ZR6LU
My new call sign arrived today – ZR6LU. Shorter and easier on PSK31 which is my favourite operating mode. Hope I don’t get tonge-tied the first few times! From now on I am ZR6LU and not ZS6ALU anymore. I invested a lot in the old ZS6ALU call sign, I created this website, I built a…
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Homebrew Vertical Antenna
Are you like me and most other Hams, where your needs far exceed your budget? Where your have-to-haves stretches far further than your pocket money? And on top of that, if you are inquisitive and like experimenting like I do, the shortage of money really hurts. Now please understand what I am saying: I have…
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Dearly Beloved (put your own name here)
You know the phrase: “Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today …” and just like in real life, you are getting a pretty photo of what my beloved Yaesu FT-707 looked like when she was younger, before she went SK. Today, sadly, she doesn’t look like that any longer. Poking around the insides far longer…
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My Footwarmer Works
I don’t like linear amplifiers and I find my little Yaesu FT857D almost always puts out a hard, clean and clear signal that is good enough. I’ve never doubted the brave little radio would pull me through. Until Sunday. Earlier the day I worked the Unions End expedition organised by the Adventure Radio Club [click…
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Fix Any Antenna
The ultimate solution to HIGH SWR! Just use a can of this spray and all your problems will disappear! I couldn’t help but smile and re-post this picture. I have no idea who the original author is, and I will fully acknowledge him/her if they let me know. I saw the picture for the first…
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CTCSS Tones For Older Radios
Jay my old Yaesu FT-480R is now operational on tone-protected repeaters! (Ed: Almost!) From my bad location deep in the pits of Sandton I can just reach the Sandton repeater (145.700) up on the water tower near Wm Nicol Drive if I look north, and if I look south I can definitely reach the ZS6TJ…
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A View From The River
Well, I had to do this: Take a picture of my back wall, to explain how bad my QTH is located. In this view I am looking at the back walls of my neighbours 2 or 3 houses up. The river is on the right, and the power line on my left. The red arrow…
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