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• mytechtrail (63)in #diy • 4 years ago

  A walk on the Beach

  Sunny day on the beach

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 4 years ago

  Mounting my QRP transceiver

  Here is a picture of my QRP transceiver setup before I decided to mount it for display and make it portable as a single unit. Here is a picture of the DIN rail that I will be…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 4 years ago

  Field Day 2022

  I am taking part in my first Ham Radio Field Day. Check out for more details about field day in North America. Here is a picture of my operating station. Low power 4 watts…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 4 years ago

  Kit build - QRPGuys Digital FSK Transceiver III

  Well I had last week off and finally got around to building the QRPGuys Digital FSK Transceiver III. This kit is a digital Ham Radio transceiver that is capable of outputting…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 4 years ago

  Antenna Tuner kit build

  Here is another QRPGuys kit. I built this 10-40M antenna tuner kit. The following is the parts laid out for inventory before the build. Here I soldered the PCB angle pieces…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 4 years ago

  Next kit build, QRPGuys power/SWR/dummy load

  My next Ham Radio kit, another QRPGuys.com The following is my workbench setup for the kit build. This next picture is all the kit parts laid out to do an inventory.…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 4 years ago

  Improved Ham Shack layout

  New layout of my Ham Shack. So after building the new power pole distribution board it was time to get the Ham Shack layout redone. As you can see I put in a short shelf to…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 4 years ago

  Second power pole distribution board

  I ordered and built a second power pole distribution board. I will be using this one for my reorganized Ham Shack. I have connected this one directly to a 25Amp power…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  My first Ham Radio Fox Hunt

  That is where one Ham operator (fox) goes to a fixed location and starts broadcasting, for our beginners group he was just talking on a specified frequency. I was teamed up with…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  Putting first kit build to use

  Been a couple days since I finished the first kit, in the this post I will show how I am using the 6 position dc power distribution kit I finished last week. First I replaced the…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  First Contact

  I was blessed with a gift on Sunday. A local Ham Radio operator passed away and wished that his radio go to a deserving Ham. My elmer VE3GSO was in charge of dealing with the Ham…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  Kit build session 2

  Here are the pictures of my second building session on the 6-position-dc-power-distribution-kit This is a picture with my soldering iron, I have replaced the small tip with a…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  Kit build session 1

  Here are the pictures of my first building session on the 6-position-dc-power-distribution-kit: Here is the kit laid out showing all of the part ready for assembly: This…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  A pile of Ham Radio projects

  I received two packages last week last containing 4 Ham Radio related kits. Number 1 - 6 Position DC Power Distribution Kit Here is a picture of the kit package: Here is…

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  Pi Day 3.14 Win

  So I saw a draw for a Raspberry Pi giveaway to celebrate Pi Day 2021. They were giving away 314 raspberry pi computers. @rishi556 once told me if you do not enter you will never…

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• mytechtrail (63)in #ulog • 5 years ago

  Oh woe is me

  An unhappy dog

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• mytechtrail (63)in #diy • 5 years ago

  Homemade pizza for a quiet Sunday supper

  Homemade pizza

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  Reuse, Repair and Recycle

  The better half calls me a pack rat. :) I just have a problem throwing out technology related stuff that I might be able to reuse, someday. Here is a perfect example, I had a…

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• mytechtrail (63)in #ulog • 5 years ago

  Snow Day yesterday

  Snow Day

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• mytechtrail (63)in STEMGeeks • 5 years ago

  RFI testing my Ham Radio rig

  I am getting my Ham Radio setup for HF and have a lot of RFI noise. Part of the testing is to turn off ALL electrical circuits in my house to see if any devices in the house are…

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