G4DDK- A radio blog

I nave been busy sending out SMC angle PCB mount connectors go builders of the F1CJN power meter. These are sent out for the postage cost. T...

I had almost forgotten about my blog! I note that the last entry was back in August 2019. An update on the IC9700 is required, together with...

I have been busy remeasuring the reciprocal mixing dynamic range (RMDR) of the IC9700 receiver on 2m and 70cm. Recent measurements have show...

4m has always been  noisy here. Using the arrangment in the previous blog, but on my IC7300, i was able to measure the noise level around my...

No, I didn’t get on the moon on 6cm for the Apollo EME commemorative event. Chesty cold knocked me for six. Just recovering. Courtesy of our...

Some of you may be aware Dean, VK6DSL, is working to get the 28 metre diameter dish at Gnangara, Western Australia, operational on 5.7 GHz E...

First a bit of advertising. My review of the IC9700 is in the current issue of Practical Wireless, out today, for those of us without a subs...