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KX3 band decoder update 3

The wonderful world of tariffs has forced my original supplier out of the market. I’ll be spending April finding a reasonable board and surface mount production house. Board is tested and ready. Paula NX1P

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KX3 Band Decoder Update 2

2018-06-25 Update 2,  Built and tested SMT version.  I have to complete a couple of minor mods then submit BOM to SMT house for quote.  Slowly getting there! KX3 Band Decoder update:  Finally got back to this project.  I now … Continue reading

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To dang Busy!

For those checking in on the KX3 Band Decoder, I’ve made little progress.  I do have a new board layout prepared.  My days have been tied up changing my life from work-a-day to retirement.  Who knew how much had to … Continue reading

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KPA500 Modification news

Good news from Elecraft.  They have increased the KX3 power output on 80-20.  With their Beta MCU 2.38 / DSP 1.37, 01-03-2016 you can now get up to 15 watts output.  Measured on my Byrd, I am getting between 16 and 18 … Continue reading

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Clubpi & Tonga A35T

I was happy to hear that A35T has chosen Clubpi as their automated Clublog upload tool.  The latest version of Clubpi supports automated batch and realtime uploads as well as automated recovery if the Internet link gets interrupted.  Clubpi was … Continue reading

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What is a KX3 Band Decoder

Are you a KX3 owner?  Ever wished you could squeeze band info out of your KX3 like you can on the K3?  Control big amplifiers, automatic antenna tuners, band switches? Well you can!  I designed a KX3 Band decoder package. … Continue reading

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Visalia 2015 DXpedition IT

Slide presentation can be found here! You can find a detailed white paper here!

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TXBPF project

A few months ago I joined in on a group purchase of parts for the TXBPF.  This is a multi band band pass filter with    manual and automatic selection.  Of course to make this work, you have to build … Continue reading

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Visalia 2014 talk

Link to DXpedition IT page You can find the presentation here!

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QRZ page

  HNY! QRT in Oregon – Carpenterville,Oregon (between Brookings and Gold Beach, high above the great Pacific reflector). QRV in Seattle!   Hi There, my name is Paula. I have been a ham since I was 12 years old. I … Continue reading

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