K9AM's Lake Marian Report

A Trip to the Sterling Hamfest- Sunday, 3 March

k9am — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:34:58 +0000

At the last minute on Saturday night Greg (K9QI) called me and asked if I wanted to go to the Sterling ‘fest the next morning. I said yes having nothing pressing happening on Sunday. The ride over was a bit more than two hours through some light fog and the hoar frost on the trees [...]

LaPorte “Cabin Fever” Hamfest

k9am — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:07:06 +0000

Last Saturday, February 23, we mounted up and rode down to LaPorte to attend the ‘fest. Greg – K9QI and David (N0CALL) and myself had a great time and met some nice people. This event does not have an extensive menu but always has something on offer that we need. For example, the “banana mic” as [...]

Mid-Winter Interclub SwapFest in Brookfield, WI

k9am — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:31:00 +0000

Greg – K9QI, David and I traveled up to Wisconsin this past weekend, on Saturday, 16 February. The ‘fest was held behind the the PBS resale shop in a warehouse area and took up about half of the available space. We walked through several times and spent about one hour there. Items purchased: Greg bought some [...]

50 relays?!

k9am — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:45:06 +0000

On advice and counsel of my buddy Jim, N7US I bought some relays, 50 to be exact. It sounded to good to be true, but for $5, I couldn’t afford to pass it up. sealed SPDT low power RF relays gold contacts 24 volt, 8 milliampere coil, ideal for remote powering through thin wires 10 [...]

Tools used in the test area

k9am — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:26:16 +0000

Gents, I was just noticing the most used tools here in our electronic lab/test area. So I photographed them. Let me give you a hint: they are NOT the network analyzers. It’s pretty revealing.