SA3ARK

Here is a small clip of me running the smoke test of the MKARS80.  After this test i connected the display and processor and it worked fine to. Next up i think is the hardest part, to drill holes in the box, and hopefully make it look good to. There is also some final adjustments [...]

All toroids and all capacitors is in place. Now it´s time for semiconductors and crystals.

Not much new this time, but at least 4 toroids are mounted at the board. I don´t like the #38 SWG copper wire, it’s like winding hair

The latest update for the MKARS80 tranciever. I have now soldered almost all capacitors, and the next stage in the building is to wind the coils, about ten of them. Just one resistor wast misplaced. I had placed the 56Ohm resistor that should be in the R1 position in position R56. It was no problem [...]

Today we had a auction in my radio club SK3GK. Of course i had to buy something. And i came home this 2 phones. They work fine and my daughter likes them, mission accomplished. I also bought a few meters of RG59, to be used in a up coming  loop antenna.

A while ago i ordered a 80m SSB transceiver kit called MKARS80 from www.radio-kits.co.uk and now i have started the building of it. The kit is really nice packed with a easy to read manual. I’m posting pictures and info here about the continuous work. Today i have unpacked and soldered some resistors.

When i got home from work today i found this pleasant surprise in my mailbox. “1st Place QRP Power SSB Single Operator 20 Meters Sweden” “A total score of 660 points.” I just had some fun and run 44 QSOs from home, with lots of QRM. I was probably the only contestant in that class. [...]

Today we have run a disaster exersice. And to make the exercice more real i built a 80m NVIS antenna in the rain and run the QSO with a IC-703 on batteries. The antenna was a bit to long, but i did not enjoy the weather to much to fix it in the rain. I [...]

Idag har jag varit på loppis i Handen. Det blev en del inköp. Får väl se vad det kan leda fram till för små projekt.

Jag har just nu en 1/4 vågs vertikal här ute på altanen för 20m. Men eftersom det börjar bli mörkt den här årstiden så tänkte lekte jag lite med att förlänga den med en spole. Det visade sig fungera ganska väl, men eftersom jag inte orkar gå ut och skruva varje gång jag vill byta [...]