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Hi Dave: I was not aware of the analyzers by the other, but will contact them to see if they will share ideas. No reason not to. I'm happy to hear that you have your Frog Sound up and running. Was there anything different in the conversion? It appears they are pretty similar designs. I did send your email on to them and they found out that it was a club in Sweden where it all started. They are in contact with the club, but haven't said anything further to me, other than they will keep me informed. I did a double-take when I saw your call. I was a prof at Creighton University back in the '70s and my call was W0ODF...pretty close at first glance! I did tons of phone patch traffic between Guam and the Marshall Islands and the spouses at Offutt AFB, SAC headquarters...very rewarding endeavor. 73, Jack, W8TEE From: "dfine100@... [SoftwareControlledHamRadio]" To: SoftwareControlledHamRadio@... Sent: Friday, April 8, 2016 4:35 PM Subject: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Re: Purpose of this Group Hi Jack,
Regarding the antenna analyzer project, our local QRP club (SLQS- St. Louis QRP Society) currently has an antenna analyzer project underway using the AD9850 DDS, a NANO and a NOKIA 5110 display.? N0SA, Larry, is the brains behind this one and I just finished kitting up the parts this morning for distribution April club meeting, pending delivery of the PCBs. We are only building enough for club members and will not be offering kits.? Also, I'm sure you are aware of the Austin, TX group that is building and offering kits of an analyzer they call VIA, software being done by Milt, W8NUE.? I mention these only on the possibility that you may find some things in them to consider when designing your kit. I am interested in what your analyzer will do and will be following your posts in this group.? I do prefer the TFT display over the NOKIA. I have the DDS VFO and 49-er (Frog Sound) project completed and operational.? Thanks to you and Farrukh for designing and offering the PCB and partial kit.? It was a lot of fun to build.? I'll post pictures soon. Do you know if McGraw Hill was successful with getting the website shut down that I emailed you about? 73 Dave Fine, W0DF? |
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