Amateur Radio
My Dream DXpedition
December 25, 2020 | RalphMy Dream DXpedition as told to Ralph, WB9ICFCopyright (c) 2020 by Ralph Iden, All rights reserved.Part 1I have been looking forward to this trip for a long time. By all accounts, this year has been one for the books. At … Read More
QRPGuys CW keyer
January 31, 2019 | Ralph | 2 CommentsAlthough a Begali or Bencher (now Vibroplex) paddle was on my Christmas list, Santa must have felt that I wasn’t a good as I could have been. However, all was not lost. I did manage to snag a keyer kit … Read More
Monitor transmitter quality using a RF tap
January 29, 2019 | Ralph | 2 CommentsThe uBitX is a popular multi-band QRP transceiver. Preparing to assemble my own 40m uBitX, I wanted a means to monitor the RF output to confirm that any harmonics and spurs are at levels that meets FCC requirements. I have … Read More
Wolf River Coil TIA Enhancement
January 23, 2019 | RalphWoke up this morning and found my photo background covered with snow. Shoveled a bit and took this photo of my modified Wolf River Coil Take-It-Along kit with a dual collar.
The kit ships with three 32′ radials with … Read More
Raspberry Pi Slides from RARA presentation
October 12, 2018 | Ralph | 3 CommentsThis evening, I presented “An Introduction to the Raspberry Pi” to a group of radio amateurs from the Rockford Amateur Radio Association. It was great to get together with this group again and a good time was had by all. … Read More
Celebrating one year back in the hobby…
August 7, 2018 | RalphToday marks my one year anniversary of my return to amateur radio. To celebrate, I presented a talk on the Raspberry Pi to our local radio club, the McHenry County Wireless Association. As promised, I am uploading my slide deck, … Read More