The Global Positioning System (GPS) week number rollover is a phenomenon that happens every 1024 weeks, which is about 19.6…
Continue ReadingQRP Labs QCX – Power Supply: TOPK 20000mAh Power Bank
On the Belgian Facebook group “AliExpress voor makers” I saw a powerbank pass by with quite a number of good…
Continue ReadingQRP Labs QCX – Power Supply: DIY Battery Packs
To power up a QCX or a QCX+, you need a power source that provides a voltage between 7 and…
Continue ReadingIcom External Keypad V1.20 – Released
I released the project files of the Icom External Keypad V1.20. You can find them on the Icom External Keypad…
Continue ReadingIcom External Keypad Connector Cable
To connect the external keypad to your Icom radio you’ll need to make a connector cable. For this we use…
Continue ReadingIC-7300 External Keyboard – V1.00 Finished
The 8 pin screw connector finally arrived, so last weekend I took some time to assemble the 4 remaining PCB’s…
Continue ReadingTest Fitting Of External Keypad V1.20
As I mentioned in my previous post, there were some things that could be improved about the IC-7300 External Keyboard.…
Continue ReadingIcom IC-7300 External Keyboard – Working Prototype
Last week, all but one of the parts to assemble the IC-7300 external keyboard arrived. The missing part is the…
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In de zomer van ’98 heb ik op een scoutskamp, de onnozelste mop verteld, waar het hardst om gelachen is…
Continue ReadingQRP Labs QCX – DIY Enclosure
For my first QCX, a 40m version, I ordered an ready made enclosure from BaMaTech. For my second QCX, a…
Continue ReadingAliExpress Review 2020
This year comes to an end, time to write an overview of my most interesting purchases on AliExpress. I will…
Continue ReadingIcom IC-7300 External Keyboard – PCB
In March 2019 I already made an external keyboard for the IC-7300 in an aluminum enclosure. You can read that…
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