http://www.bwired.nl/

There he is.  I don't know how many wives would let their husband put their daily weight measurements on the internet.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Wire

There is a family of chips based on the 1-wire data/control bus standard, as well as commercial sensors and controllers.   You can buy off the shelf, or build your own.   One fellow in Netherlands has his whole house energy and consumables wired to his computer for tracking and control, even monitoring his toilet flushes. Hah.   A similar standard is the "I2C" data/controller bus, with commercial devices and chips available.  

have fun!

Bill

T would be the transmit tone.  TSQL, would be "tone squelch" the receive tone.  Don't know about the other.

BTW, what brand and model radio are you referring to?

Bill

http://ac6v.com/antprojects.htm

http://www.cebik.com/radio.html


Knock yourself out!  heh.  You should also consider a 2 element quad, and a Moxon antenna.  They would be more compact and give roughly the same gain as a 2 element yagi.

Have fun.  Bill

Widebanding is modifying a radio to operate outside the Ham bands.  (new useage = within the last 10 -15 years). Though, one could apply the term to modifying a scanner to recieve cellular frequencies as well.

A transverter is a device that converters signals from one band to another.  One application is to use transverters to work 2m and 6m SSB with an HF rig.  Satellite ops use them for working 400Mhz and higher freqs, with a 2M rig.   Microwave buffs use them as well.

73, Bill

May I point out that from the article, it appears that Dr. Kharana has done NO ORIGINAL RESEARCH, from which to base his announcements.   He surveyed (i.e. read) 100 studies conducted by other researchers, and made his conclusion.  At best, he performed a statistically valid meta-analysis.  Otherwise, it is just his personal opionion.

Note that he has made this announcement without scientific peer review, an increasingly common breach of scientific protocol.

For gain, I think a better and simpler choice is to buy or build a coaxial vertical dipole.  There are plenty of models for sale, and plenty of plans to build them.

73, Bill

The other alternative is to buy a prefab cable, cut it in the middle and splice in your required length.  Again, you don't need to know WHAT is carried on each wire.  Just match color to color.

GUL,  Bill

Anything you do in laying radials is better than nothing.

If it's silly and it works, its not silly.

73,  Bill  

one point is that on 10M any ground wire length is going to be close to being a radiator.  Then you are better off not having the wire.

The counterpoise is a good procedure.  And the line isolator between the radio and tuner should break the chain.

good luck,  Bill

mini 8, or RG8X is fine for jumpers.

a minor rift in the space-time continuum.  Not to worry.

Mouser.com
digikey.com
allied electronics.

73, bill

Yep. RTTY mode has a carrier, so you will see output on the meter roughly equal to what is selected on the radio, e.g. 50W = 50W.   You can adjust the tuner in this mode.

SSB has no carrier, so you will not see any output on the meter until you start talking.  The output on SSB is much lower than what is selected, e.g. 50W on the radio will at best show maybe 15-20W on the meter.  Because of the constant variance SSB is not a useable mode to adjust the tuner.

CW mode has a carrier, but does not transmit anything until you close the key.  Like RTTY, selected power on the radio = meter output.   CW is generally the preferred mode to use in tuning up (at low power initially).

So, review your radio tune up settings in the manual. Review the tuner procedures.  Start with CW about 10 watts, and lock the key down.  Adjust the tuner.  If desired go to a higher power for final tweaks. Be sure you have the correct power ranges selected on the tuner.  Also use Average vice Peak power on the meter.  Ensure that you have a strap/wire between the radio and tuner ground points.

give it a whirl.

73, Bill

Yes!  And to reiterate, a quad would be more compact and lighter.

Experiment!

73, Bill