TS-50 serial interface
Although the Kenwood TS-50 transceiver doesn’t have a serial interface, it can be interfaced to the computer for CAT (computer aided tuning) control using Kenwood accessories. The problem is that Kenwood charges almost 200€ for its CAT solution (your mileage may vary). You’ll need to buy both the IF-10D and the IF-232 unit to interface your TS-50. I figured these two units should be easy to homebrew.
BayCom packet modem
One of the first things I homebrewed when I became a ham radio operator was a BayCom packet modem. This serial modem is intended for 1200baud AFSK use, and gave me many hours of pleasure while on the 2m packet network. It is fairly easy to build, if you can get your hands on the TCM3105 chip…
K8 – PIC-based electronic morse keyer
Kindly offered to the ham community as freeware, the K8 keyer by K1EL is an iambic keyer, embedded as software in a PIC chip. Its biggest advantages are that it is free (duh!), easy to build and very small.
My QSL card
The picture on the front of my QSL card was taken while departing for a DXpedition to Holmön island (EU-135), off the coast of Umea, Sweden. While preparing for the expedition, I was told that the only means of transportation to the island at the time I would be in Sweden, was a Hydrocopter. I […]
Lightweight CW key
It looks like a standard audio jack, but in fact it is a lot more than that. Bear with me…
One day I was operating on an IOTA DXpedition from Holmön island (IOTA EU-135), when someone asked me for a CW QSO. Because of weight limits (and I admit, also because I am a lousy CW […]
