PH2LB shack on the internet.

The used Elecraft K2 I got my hands on needed some work on the 20m band and for the alignment of the 20m BPF I could follow the Elecraft manual. But owning a NanoVNA . . . . . well you know where this is going ;-)

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I got my hands on a used Elecraft K2 which needed some work. 

And as always I started working on it and added a usb mod. 

My OZ2CPU digitale RF mW-dBm-mV meter has a  input range from 1nW to 1W which is good enough for QRPp rigs and my TinySA has a imput limit of +10dBm / 10mW.  When you want to measure on equipment which gives more output power, you need a serious set of attenuators, or you could build yourself a 40dB RF sampler.

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On 30 june 2022 I got a mailing from RaspberryPI  store that the Raspberry PI foundation has released a new PI Pico which also includes a wireless module for Wifi and Bluetooth.

So I ordered 4 of them to get myself familiar with this new microcontroller and to do some experiments with it. And 1 day later postman dropped of a package. 

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Through this Soldersmoke blog post, I came across this blog post from Owen Duffy ex VK1OD now VK2OMD.

He asked him self  : Are radio hams 'makers' ?

IMHO a valid question on which I given my point of view.  Continue reading . . . .