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by ki3u
Sun May 25, 2014 4:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Improving Kaito KA500 and similar radios' performance
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Improving Kaito KA500 and similar radios' performance

Hi everyone Some of the emergency radios being offered currently seem to be pretty poor as far as goes their radio receiving function, judging from online reviews. This is all the more problematic because many of these radios, without necessarily being advertised as such, are obviously aimed at the ...
by ki3u
Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mechanicals for NooElec SDR dongle + H.F. Up-Converter
Replies: 0
Views: 13853

Mechanicals for NooElec SDR dongle + H.F. Up-Converter

I have the Opendous-designed NooElec H.F. up-converter. Conventionally, when this converter is enclosed in the specified aluminum shield box, the power to the converter is to be supplied via a usb connection. I preferred the converter independently powered from batteries, and with those batteries al...
by ki3u
Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How about an on-board BFO for the Grundig FR-200 ?
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How about an on-board BFO for the Grundig FR-200 ?

To owners of the Grundig FR-200 emergency crank-powered radio: If you like your FR-200 then I think you would really like it a whole lot more if it had its own on-board beat-frequency oscillator (BFO). I built a BFO into my FR-200 three years ago and it's been a worthwhile investment of the effort. ...
by ki3u
Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Substitute UHF Oscillator Tubes for the Tektronix 1L20 Spect
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Views: 13649

Substitute UHF Oscillator Tubes for the Tektronix 1L20 Spect

For those who like to keep their Vintage Tektronix 1L20 Spectrum Analyzer plug-in going (it is a fine piece of advanced analog electronics mass-production craftsmanship) I briefly detail a solution I've found to be satisfactory to the Y-1641 ceramic UHF Planar Triodes problem, here : http://ki3u.bye...
by ki3u
Thu Sep 26, 2013 6:05 am
Forum: Geiger Counter
Topic: home-made GEIGER Tube
Replies: 2
Views: 18759

Re: home-made GEIGER Tube

Hi Jeff - tnx! The publishing history is as follows: as you can see from the schematic I did the work in 2011; at the time I kept a few friends informed of it by emails. Then this last September 16 I scrounged up my notes from back then and wrote the article. On September 22 I obtained a free (and s...
by ki3u
Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:44 pm
Forum: Geiger Counter
Topic: home-made GEIGER Tube
Replies: 2
Views: 18759

home-made GEIGER Tube

For anyone interested, I've written up some info on Geiger Tube home-construction and operation :

Homemade Geiger Tube - some brief notes

http://ki3u.byethost3.com/homemade_GEIGER-TUBE.html

Happy clicks ;-)

Berj / KI3U