[DARARepeater] [Rfcarrier] B Road Thursday Evening

[Tom Holmes]

HI Joe.

 

I'll let Charles decide about what kits to get; my role is simply (?) to work on the tools
and test equipment end.

 

As for your test equipment and tools suggestions, you have several things on your list
which I had not thought about, so many thanks!

 

Tom Holmes, N8ZM

Tipp City, OH

EM79

 

From: Rfcarrier [mailto:rfcarrier-bounces at w8bi.org] On Behalf Of Joe Eisenberg
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:53 PM
To: 'Charles E Kaiser'; 'Thursday Night B Road Mail NEW'
Cc: 'DARA Membership'
Subject: Re: [Rfcarrier] B Road Thursday Evening

 

I have a couple of other kit suggestions as well.  One kit that I have found very useful
is the Deluxe Tenna Dipper.  We built them as a group here, and it made Field Day antenna
setup go a lot faster.  With one of these in the hands of most of our stations, the tuning
and tweaking of the antennas went fast.  Here is a link:
http://www.qrpkits.com/deluxetennadipper.html

A good kit for first-time builders is the Ten-Tec regenerative receiver kit.  It is
relatively easy to build and you end up with a cute little general coverage receiver.
http://www.tentec.com/products/Regenerative-4%252dBand-SWL-Receiver-%252d-Model-1054.html

If you are equipping a classroom, you will want a scope, maybe a vacuum desoldering
station for easier error correction or repairs, as well as a few soldering stations for
those that do not have them.  A few of those $3 Harbor Freight special multimeters come in
handy, too for training purposes.  They are cheap, effective, and not a huge loss if lost
or broken.  A signal generator, a good general coverage receiver, and a good
dummyload/wattmeter is helpful as well for testing once projects are completed.  A few
outlet strips help as well as some lighted magnifiers that can mount to the tables.  Let
me know if I can be of help for a group kit building experience for DARA!

73, Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB

Kit Building Editor, CQ Magazine

 

From: Rfcarrier [mailto:rfcarrier-bounces at w8bi.org] On Behalf Of Charles E Kaiser
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:53 AM
To: Thursday Night B Road Mail NEW
Cc: DARA Membership
Subject: [Rfcarrier] B Road Thursday Evening

 

"This Thursday, August 29, 2013, at 7 P.M."

Tom, N8ZM will be with us. He is in charge of suppling the planning council/board with a
list of test equipment and tools that will be needed in the classroom. So, please, be
thinking about what you would like to have in the classroom.

We will also talk about what kit(s) the group would like to build. 

Group Suggestions - things to build:

1.       Frequency Generator

2.       60 MHZ Frequency Counter

3.       Build your own Oscilloscope

4.       Digital (Digi) Interface kits (Computer sound card to Radio interface)

5.       APRS I-Gate

6.       Raspberry PI projects

7.       Mobile heads up display for D-STAR 

8.       Satellite projects (CubeSat , etc.)

9.       PIC Controller Projects

10.   Antenna Projects (Build Antennas; Satellite, J-Pole, Colinear, Walking Stick, 5/8
wave 70 cm and 2 m Antenna's, etc.)

11.   Power Supplies (Build from scratch and how to modify your Computer Power Supplies
for bench use)

12.   Software Defined Radios (SDR's) (modifying USB TV Dongles, build your own SDR kits,
etc.)

13.   Antenna Tuner (Build your own, theory of operation)

14.   HF Triplexer (June, 2010 QST) also good DIY HF beam article (Sept, 2002 QST)

15.   Alternative Power Systems (Solar, Wind, Alternative Fuels Generator (Propane,
Natural Gas, Alcohol, Wood Gasifier, Etc.) Proper conditioning of alternative power
systems (UPS's, power conditioners, Etc.), Energy Storage

16.   2 Meter pre amp kits

17.   Rig Runner Power Pole's

18.   DIY Rotors, Controllers, Satellite trackers, etc.

 

                                                        Everyone is invited!

 

"B" Road Thursday Evening 

DARA CLUB HOUSE:  6619 BELLEFONTAINE RD. HUBER HEIGHTS, OH.

Time: 7 p.m.

Charles - KD8JZR

kd8jzr at arrl.net

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