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The RF Workbench / Re: Transmitter set up
« on: January 14, 2020, 2352 UTC »
Go Bluetooth, no wires. But it depends on many things. Where do you want to operate from. A home or mobile. When do you want to operate,24/7, evenings/weekends, holidays? Who is your target? FM is the mode/band of choice for most pirates.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Pirate Act Passes Senate
« on: January 12, 2020, 0117 UTC »
Nothing new on the FCC NOUO web page in over 3 months...    8)

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Huh? / Re: A Lazy Fix 20 Years Ago Means the Y2K Bug Is Taking Down Computers Now
« on: January 10, 2020, 1413 UTC »
I'm OK with kids playing on the lawn...    8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE

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Group W Bench / Re: Pirate Act Passes Senate
« on: January 09, 2020, 2324 UTC »
"The NAB is lining their pockets"

Putin and the NRA    8)

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The RF Workbench / Re: Beacon Project - 26-27 MHz 11 Meter Band Export Radio + Keyer
« on: January 06, 2020, 0402 UTC »
With all of the tutorials and libraries and sample code out there 90% of what
you want to do is already done. Who would have thought microcontrollers
would end up being cheep fun.

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The RF Workbench / Re: Beacon Project - 26-27 MHz 11 Meter Band Export Radio + Keyer
« on: January 05, 2020, 1809 UTC »
https://www.ebay.com/itm/UNO-R3-Atmega328P-CH340G-Development-Board-with-USB-Cable-Pin-Header-for-Arduino/113797459156?epid=4026019589&hash=item1a7edb6cd4%3Ag%3AJawAAOSw2fRdEMH4&LH_BIN=1

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The RF Workbench / Re: Beacon Project - 26-27 MHz 11 Meter Band Export Radio + Keyer
« on: January 03, 2020, 1948 UTC »

If you really want user programmable do a search for: arduino cw beacon

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Huh? / Re: Red Ukrainian Borscht
« on: January 02, 2020, 0355 UTC »
"Ohhh I get it, it's "red" as in colour and not "red" as in commanismses."

https://rigexpert.com/about/about-us/

Check out the CFO...    8)

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Equipment / Re: RigExpert AA-30.ZERO HF Antenna Analyzer (0.6 TO 30 MHZ)
« on: January 01, 2020, 2142 UTC »
"The software runs on both Windows and macOS."

We got both kinds, country and western.    ;D

https://rigexpert.com/products/software/antscope2/

AntScope2-1.0.16-ubuntu-18.04.AppImage

https://itsfoss.com/use-appimage-linux/

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General Radio Discussion / Re: WGCH (Greenwich, CT) Off AM Signal
« on: January 01, 2020, 0252 UTC »
"In the words of the great fishface I mean Rahm Emmanuel, never let a good crisis go to waste!"

Why wait for a crisis when you can pick up a phone and make one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSgHSC5AwI

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Huh? / Re: Red Ukrainian Borscht
« on: January 01, 2020, 0206 UTC »
Sounds delicious, but coring a cabbage and getting tomato paste out of a can is way too much work!    8)

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Huh? / Re: What are you currently listening to?
« on: December 28, 2019, 0038 UTC »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiFlMspJvN0


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The RF Workbench / Re: 50 to 75 ohm 1/12 wavelength coaxial transformer
« on: December 26, 2019, 0029 UTC »
I made a post a little earlier but its not here. Must have been a wifi dropout.
Anyway, I'm going to just screw the RG6 to the F to BNC adapter and be done.

I want to make a coaxial colinear antenna out of RG6. What's a simple cheap and strong way to do the shield to center conductor cross over connections?

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The RF Workbench / Re: 50 to 75 ohm 1/12 wavelength coaxial transformer
« on: December 24, 2019, 0259 UTC »
I know there are other ways to do it.  I have the coax and F connectors and tools.
I have F chassis connectors and RG58. I could make it with that but I would need something to mount those to and drill holes and solder. If I can get the proper coax I can make what I need in less time than it takes a soldering iron to heat up.
The transmitter will put out 5 watts or 15 watts. What do you think about using just 75 ohm coax at 5 watts?

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The RF Workbench / 50 to 75 ohm 1/12 wavelength coaxial transformer
« on: December 23, 2019, 2156 UTC »
I have a VHF FM transmitter with a 50 ohm output. I want to make a 50 to 75 ohm 1/12 wavelength coaxial transformer so I can use 75 ohm coax to connect it to an antenna. I want to use F type compression connectors to join the coax sections together. I need some 50 ohm coax with most of the dimensions of RG6 (except the O.D. of the center conductor). Looking around I see RG5 and maybe LMR300. Looking some more I can't find a source for small quantities of either one. Does anyone know if LMR300 would be compatible wit F compression connectors and a source for RG5 or LMR300 by the foot?

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