Category Archives: PIC projects

Rotator interface by remoteqth.com

Posted on May 29, 2019 by dh8bqa

No condx today so I used the time to finally cobble the rotator interface together that I bought from remoteqth.com last December together with the Band Decoder II. It’s a neat kit not too expensive including a nice enclosure. I … Continue reading →

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Band decoder Mk2 by remoteqth.com

Posted on January 12, 2019 by dh8bqa

In my recent CQ WWDX CW 2018 blog post I moaned about needing to do all station switching like BPFs, antennas, etc. manually when using the IC-7300. Driving home after the contest I made up my mind how to solve … Continue reading →

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Remote Control Microphone for the IC-7300 & Co.

Posted on December 30, 2018 by dh8bqa

Well, today FUNKAMATEUR magazine 1/2019 was in the post-box and as it also featured a preview for issue 2/2019 which will include a new article by me I can probably already reveal some information here, too. 😉 In one of … Continue reading →

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Weekend (VHF) activities … some tropo again

Posted on November 18, 2018 by dh8bqa

As the YL was working weekend shifts in QRL I had some more spare time than usual this weekend. 😉 Decided to spend the time in the shack and finally start working on a new project idea I’ve been thinking … Continue reading →

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Kenwood CAT banddecoder

Posted on May 20, 2014 by dh8bqa

Just got around to write a few lines concerning our Kenwood CAT banddecoder. It was published in FUNKAMATEUR issue FA 10/13 and all project parts like PCB layout, firmware, etc. are available for free for private use (sorrily no complete kits … Continue reading →

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Melting more solder … 10×2 Antenna Controller

Posted on May 18, 2014 by dh8bqa

  Last year I published a few articles on station automation in FUNKAMATEUR magazine. One of them (FA 5/13) was about a 6×2 antenna controller unit I had developed that allows using a 6×2 antenna switch from two different shacks … Continue reading →

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Automatic 4 x 1 antenna switcher page added

Posted on May 8, 2014 by dh8bqa

Having had a few minutes time tonight I decided to add another project page to this website: BX-162 automatic 4×1 antenna switch controller. I developed it a few years ago to automatically control a 4 x 1 antenna switch that … Continue reading →

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All project pages moved

Posted on March 22, 2014 by dh8bqa

With moving the FT-817 microwave display and GPS display pages tonight I finally finished the migration of my old website into the new WordPress layout. Phew! 😉 Tried to cluster the projects into three categories: Voice keyer projects Sequencer projects … Continue reading →

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Almost all PIC project pages moved

Posted on March 21, 2014 by dh8bqa

Was very busy moving almost all PIC project pages into the new website design during the last few nights. Made sub-pages for the different voice keyer projects as well as the sequencers projects. Now just the FT-817 microwave display and … Continue reading →

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FA-SM and sequencer pages added

Posted on March 18, 2014 by dh8bqa

Making some progress in adding content to this new website. Managed to transfer the pages for the FA-SM as well as the sequencer tonight. The FA-SM aka FUNKAMATEUR Station Manager is a versatile station accessory uniting a 4 memories voice … Continue reading →

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BX-184 – voice keyer in MH-31 microphone enclosure

Posted on March 13, 2014 by dh8bqa

Just added the description of my MH-31 microphone integrated voice keyer into this website’s WordPress design. All other content is still available on the old pages. To convert everything and make it fit, i.e. good looking, takes a bit of … Continue reading →

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