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! Radio Stuff

!! Backpack Kit
My (initial) goal is to make all parts of a backpack kit that will fit in a 7.62mm ammo can sized box, transmit CW on 40m. I plan to build, roughly in this order:
* [Transciever|DIY Transciever] - SW-40+
* [Morse Key] - Starting with a junky straight key. Anything to get on the air
* [Iambic Bug] - Still looking for that perfect design
* [Antennas] - Constrained by neighborhood rules, mostly
* [Power|Backpack Kit Power] - Generated or battery

!! General
[Test Equipment]
[Stable Oscillators]

!! My goals for later on
[Big Amp] - (QRP is cooler, but booming is kind of neat in a different way)
[Antenna Tuner] - Will just cut to freq for the first revision, but later on I'll want to make a few tuners

!! Wilder
[Interior Crocodile Oscillator] - Awesome idea to teach/learn radio design using homemade CRT oscilloscopes.

!! Yaesu FT-840
* [Brochure PDF|./ham/FT840-Brochure.pdf]
* [User Manual PDF|./ham/FT840-User_Manual.pdf]
* [Service Manual PDF|./ham/FT840-Service_Manual.pdf]
* Specifications (from Universal Radio) - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/2319spec.html
* FAQ - http://jim.jingozian.tripod.com/ft840faq.html (a few good tips, including out-of-band xmit)
* Sound-card Interfacing: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/interface.html
* Cat Interface
** http://n5ztw.com/Yaesu.htm
** CAT Interface: http://www.eham.net/articles/2800
* Hook-up points: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/inter_ft.html (Bottom line: 'AF OUT' = RCA jack at back, 'Mic Input' = pin 8 i/p, pin 7 gnd; 'PTT Acc' = RCA at back; 'KEY Input' = at back)

!! VHF/UHF

* [Alinco DJ-G7 Official Spec Sheet|http://www.alinco.com/Products/DJ-G7/]
* [Universal-Radio Spec Sheet|http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/ht/1007.html]
* [PCB Log Antenna|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EU7wFsBWQc]
* [Loop Antenna Demo|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCJ_v_6Ah3s&feature=related]
* [Quick Review|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiK_assrQIM] - But I did learn that you can say "cems" to mean "centimeters"
* [Demo of Several Features|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zprnhJKUksk]
* [Goofy Tinker-Clinker "Preview"|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dkbFAAaW7w]

!! Calculation
* gsmc manpage/tutorial: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/gsmc.1.html
* [Ampacity and AWG number]

!! [Communication Theory]

!! Silliness
* [Words that can be spelled with dits and dahs swapped|http://panoptic.com/rking/ham/flipwords/]

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