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SFI 128
SN 73
A 6
K 1 Quiet
X-Ray C2.2
Wind 403.6 km/s
Aurora 2
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Day 80/40m Fair 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Fair
Night 80/40m Good 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Poor

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Homebrew Radio Projects

Discuss homebrew transmitters, receivers, kits, custom circuits, parts choices, and amateur radio builds.

  1. finally got my direct conversion receiver working but audio is awful

    Brian Murphy,
    • 1 reply
    • 6 views
    Robert Williams

  2. first scratch built receiver actually working - some questions about the IF stage

    Amanda Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 2 views
    Nicole Larsen

  3. finally built my first 40m CW transmitter - oscillator acting weird

    Carlos Mendez,
    • 1 reply
    • 6 views
    QRP Guy

  4. first real transmitter build — some questions before i smoke something

    Patricia Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 7 views
    Giovanni Rossi

  5. finally breadboarded a 40m DSB transmitter — few questions before i box it up

    David Davis44,
    • 1 reply
    • 13 views
    Jennifer Wu

  7. first attempt at a direct conversion receiver, got audio but its a mess

    Emily Johnson,
    • 1 reply
    • 17 views
    Carlos Mendoza

  8. my first homebrew direct conversion receiver — some questions before i smoke something

    James Brown39,
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views
    Emily Davis

  9. first real transmitter build — got it working but something feels off

    Lisa Chang,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Tom Wilson

  10. finally built a direct conversion receiver for 40m, got some weird audio issues

    Rachel Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Amanda Davis

  11. finally built a 40m CW transmitter from scratch — few questions about the PA stage

    Jessica Nakamura,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Rachel Kim

  13. finally built my first ugly construction DC receiver — some thoughts

    Jessica Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
    Carlos Santos

  14. finally built my first 40m direct conversion receiver and its actually working??

    Christopher Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 40 views
    Packet Radio

  15. finally got my 40m DSB transmitter putting out a decent signal but something's off with the carrier suppression

    Kenneth Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    James Williams

  16. finally got my 40m CW transmitter working but the output is way lower than expected

    Amanda Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 25 views
    Jennifer Kim

  17. first homebrew transmitter - getting weird audio on AM, not sure what im doing wrong

    John Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Michael Anderson

  19. finally built a direct conversion receiver for 40m — some questions about the audio stage

    Stephanie Clark,
    • 1 reply
    • 42 views
    Linda Thompson

  20. finally getting around to building a direct conversion RX for 40m — anyone done this?

    Contest Fan,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
    John Anderson78

  21. finally built my first DC receiver, got it working but the audio is a mess

    James Moore18,
    • 1 reply
    • 37 views
    Tom Anderson

  22. built a 40m direct conversion RX from scratch — got audio but its really noisy

    Sarah Collins,
    • 1 reply
    • 31 views
    Karen Williams

  23. finally finished my direct conversion receiver - some thoughts

    Paul Jackson,
    • 1 reply
    • 33 views
    Robert Johnson

  25. first homebrew transmitter — getting some weird harmonic issues i think

    Kenneth Lopez,
    • 1 reply
    • 31 views
    David Williams95

  26. my first scratch-built superhet receiver — some questions before i fire it up

    Jennifer Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 38 views
    Jessica Turner

  27. first homebrew receiver attempt — not picking up much

    Karen Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 41 views
    HF Hunter

  28. finally got my direct conversion receiver working but theres a weird hum i cant track down

    Michael Wu,
    • 1 reply
    • 48 views
    Kevin Brown

  29. finally built a 40m direct conversion rx from scratch — got some questions

    Robert Taylor32,
    • 1 reply
    • 37 views
    David Anderson

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