In the shack

Ham radio & electronics tests and experiments.

What’s wrong with ham radio

This is an amazing hobby and has many sides to it, but as anything it's far from perfect. A Twitter…

6 years ago

B1500 – Backpanel Unit for RF power Amplifiers

The B1500 RF amplifier Backpanel Unit is designed to sit between a LDMOS RF amplifier and the rest of your…

6 years ago

F600 – a 600W low-pass filter board for 1.8-72MHz

This design offers a practical solution for HF/low-VHF amplifier output filters, handles 600W and is designed to cover all amateur…

6 years ago

Choosing a heatsink for the A600 LDMOS linear amplifier

For optimal performance, the heatsink should have a thermal resistance of 0.1C/W or better at full fan speed. For the…

6 years ago

A600 v2.0 amplifier module – changes and improvements

I have recently made available a new version on the A600 amplifier based on MRF300 LDMOS transistors. Here is the…

6 years ago

A 600W broadband HF amplifier using affordable LDMOS devices

Update: this project is evolving. See this page for the latest version. Kits are available in the shop area. The…

6 years ago

Icom IC-705 – considerations on RX power draw (wild guesses ahead)

I'll try to put together a breakdown of IC-7300's sections and how much power those use and try to see…

6 years ago

ADE-1-24 mixer

ADE-1-24 are double-balanced RF mixers that can be easily found all over eBay, Aliexpress and a few other websites. They are…

8 years ago

Yaesu FT-757GX – fixing some common faults

I recently got a Yaesu FT-757GX to use as a backup radio for the shack. The previous owner said it…

8 years ago

3 years later

I started this blog 3 years ago, a few months after I got my first amateur radio license and about…

10 years ago