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Category: Equipment

  • Linked dipole

    Linked dipole

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    After my wife bought me a QMX a little while ago – a very early birthday present – the time arrived to spend a little more time in getting a proper antenna. I already had an end-fed half-wave (EFHW) for 10-20, and a 17-foot (about 5m) vertical telescoping whip antenna with radials. This is not…

  • DIY APRS TNC

    DIY APRS TNC

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    Because my handheld transceiver is rarely heard by anyone when beaconing APRS, at a mere 7-8W and using an antenna inside my car, I wanted to use my more powerful 50W Alinco DR-605 to send and receive APRS. Using instructions from Mobilinkd, combined with the manual of the transceiver, it was pretty easy to build…