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There is nothing new under the sun

Posted: 05 Jun 2018 07:09 AM PDT
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This has been making the rounds lately. It comes from the October 1920 QST.
It really is true. There is nothing new under the sun



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Random links: Get on the sats for 25 bucks, build a simple choke balun,
through-hole or surface mount?

Posted: 04 Jun 2018 11:22 AM PDT
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When I run across something interesting on the internet, I tend to open a
browser window and leave it open until I can get back to it. Here are three
amateur radio-related links that Ive had open for a couple of days now. Now
that Ive blogged about them, I can close the browser window.
Get on the sats for $25


Simple 1:1 choke balun



With an M0PZT center insulator, a ferrite core, andÂ*a length of RG-58 coax,
you can build a simple choke balun. If you have a center insulator with an
SO-239 connector, such as the HQ-1 center insulator, you could make this
with an RG-58 jumper cable.

btw, this is the first time Ive seen these center insulators from M0PZT. At
£6.00, they seem like a pretty good deal.
How to build a PCB: through-hole or surface mount?

Lots of parts are no longer available in a through-hole package, so
increasingly the choice is going to be surface mount.

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balun, through-hole or surface mount? appeared first on KB6NUs Ham Radio
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