New WSJT-X, new colours! I should stop messing about and install the hupRF PAT board. 😱

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Also this whole Flickr group of control panels! https://www.flickr.com/groups/controlpanel/pool (this one is from https://flic.kr/p/jMcXwi, by ken fager)

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Phwoar! check out this control panel! http://control–panel.com/post/160216868722/built-in-1954-the-building-that-houses-longwave

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Oooh: https://www.maplin.co.uk/ time to offload all the random junk I bought while they were closing down.

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I always read “hihi” as some sort of maniacal fairytale giggle. Had no idea until today it was a morse thing!

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Latest kit acquisition is a SMD Practice board. £1.72 from eBay and took about 3 weeks to ship. The board isn’t the best quality (and neither is my pic) but should still be fun to play. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141890124297

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Ordered a hupRF PAT board from https://www.sdr-kits.net/Panoramic-Adaptor-Tap-Boards then found out when it arrived that Jan G5BBL/PA5D the proprietor is local to me! Time I got around to visiting the local club I think.

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Enjoying #introductions, so here’s mine:

I got my full license in July, having done my intermediate in Jan and Foundation in Dec, so I consider myself a newbie with an M0 license.

Got into radio to regain some knowledge in electronics (I have a degree in it, but don’t use it for work so have forgotten a LOT).

Loving it so far, especially construction and and messing with digital modes. Definitely still a bit mic shy but working on it!

Also, I 100% recommend the Bath based courses!

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One of my staycation projects this year was the RSGB Centenary PSK Receiver.

I got the PCB from RSGB ( https://www.rsgbshop.org/cgi-bin/sh000044.pl?WD=psk&PN=Kits%2ehtml#a1385) and the bits I didn’t already have from Spectrum ( http://www.spectrumcomms.co.uk/), and then I bought an extruded aluminium enclosure from eBay to finish it off.

The build took about an hour in total and was all through-hole. The instructions also provide basic functionality tests which was a nice touch. Boxing it up took about another hour.

Not massively useful, but fun!

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Built a Raspberry Pi Wobbulator and stuck it on top of an old Pi I wasn’t using (everyone has at least 2). It works and was fun to build! Got it via: http://asliceofraspberrypi.blogspot.com/2013/12/building-raspberry-pi-wobbulator-kit.html

Looking forward to building and measuring some home made filters with it once I’ve found some SMA cables.

The blue board on the right is a DDS module which it uses to generate a sweep of varying frequencies, then there are two inputs which measure voltage.

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