G4DDK- A radio blog

I spent some time on Saturday talking to local SDR/DSP experts and as a result have a much better idea of how the IC9700 works. I am on a st...

No measurements today. I have been reflecting in some of these numbers and measurement techniques. NPR would be a much better way to test th...

I spent all afternoon re-testing and confirming measurements on the receiver sections of the IC9700.  My measurement of noise figure are bas...

Now I am a little more familiar with the rig and have updated to v1.06 firmware I have at last started to make measurements on this much-ant...

I collected my IC9700 from ML&S on Easter Saturday. Braving the A12/M25 Easter traffic I was able to arrive mid morning and pick up the ...

Sadly, it looks like I missed the first cut for an IC9700. What is particularly galling is that I chose to place a deposit with one of the l...

I spent some time pulling-in a new coaxial cable to use on transmit between my PA and the QO100 tx antenna. The existing cable seems to be a...