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Pressed the wrong button.? I have not submitted this to QST yet, as we need to complete the board tests. We may experiment with the DDS chip which would extend the range to 6M, but we're not sure the added cost is worth it. Because of limiting the input control to a single encoder and an on/off switch, it's pretty easy to use, but the software been a bitch-kitty. Still, we plan on a similar article and downloads for a manual and the software. If QST doesn't take it, I feel pretty confident we can get it published somewhere. BTW, to all of you who voted for our article, we all really appreciate it and extend our sincere thank you. Jack, W8TEE From: "Jack Purdum jjpurdum@... [SoftwareControlledHamRadio]" To: "SoftwareControlledHamRadio@..." Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 12:40 AM Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] First build progress and questions This has been an enjoyable experience for me and I've had a bunch of people write and say how much they enjoyed the article and building the rig. I love tinkering, especially when I can combine ham radio with software. We just got the Beta boards in for the antenna analyzer (AA). (You can see two pictures on the group site.) If QST agrees, it will be a similar article, but will use a Mega 2560 board...there's just too much software. The AA: covers 10KHz to 30MHz is preset with default bands edges for all bands 160-10M does minimum plots for each scan (usually for a specified band) complete table for each scan large 3.5" full (262,000) color display battery or wall wart power store up to 9000 scans USB download of scan data in CSV (i.e. Excel) format Open Source Arduino code Again, we hope to keep the cost under $50, but the Mega and the larger display may push it to $60. From: "n9jcvphone@... [SoftwareControlledHamRadio]" To: SoftwareControlledHamRadio@... Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] First build progress and questions
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Thanks Jack, just saw this and figured it myself as well. ?Again thanks for the GREAT contribution to Ham Radio. ?I and so many others are gonna have a great time building qrp rigs like this, and I will definitely build more than one ? lol Bruce
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I will post a notice to this group. Jack, W8TEE From: "k7ndm.nate@... [SoftwareControlledHamRadio]" To: SoftwareControlledHamRadio@... Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 12:55 AM Subject: [SoftwareControlledHamRadio] Re: Opps! Please let us know.? I would love to make another antenna analyzer
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