Leesburg, VA
Joined September 2012
Occasionally it hits me that normal houses don't just randomly have test gear lying around the kitchen.
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Aligned notch knob
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One easy tweak to the Penntek TR-45L I’m going to try is aligning the notch knob so that your own side tone is notched out when the knob is vertical. Left is as-shipped, right is modified.
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Effective notch filter in the Penntek TR-45L youtu.be/MdH5Ny5Np1w
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Looks like the Penntek is 5 Hz low (I haven’t let it warm up)
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Nice 1 ms attack / decay when keying
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Nice CW into 50 Ω load.
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Measuring the TX power of the Penntek TR-45L. At minimum, 36 mV into 50 Ω, or -16 dBm. And a smidge below 8 V when the rig indicates 1 W, which checks out.
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Should actually be closer to 7 V… maybe something is off a bit
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Seems to be accurate at 2 W, measuring 10 V.
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Fun new toy. Called by ⁦@AlanAtTek⁩ W2AEW on it yesterday.
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Just barely able to copy slow CW on air now. In this case only realized I had copied valid CW after reviewing what I wrote down. :)
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In celebration of being in the App Store for 10 years, we are making Literacy Leveler free today. fikesfarm.com/litlev/
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Fascinating book about Morse code
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Practicing more Morse on back deck with perfect weather
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My latest video is a short review of the @peakatlas DCA Pro, Model DCA75, with brief comparisons to common low-cost testers and a traditional curve tracer: youtu.be/cWqeyn17Vac
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Getting some CW practice in while letting a beta of @joulescope run
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Source code for connecting Morse key to your phone available github.com/mfikes/morse-key-…
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Need to put the Nordic in an enclosure
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