W4UOA: 2015

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Nice trick for Desktop Shortcuts

You can pass arguments to web servers using this technique:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --app=http://userid:password@192.168.50.53:8051/Set.cmd?CMD=SetPower&P60=0&P61=0&P62=0&P63=0

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

RJ-45

I had hoped this connector would work. However, note the proturding
end. It sticks out too far.

Monday, December 28, 2015

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Katie walked into the shack and said in a rather loud voice...

Carl, where are you?

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Antenna Test Range--The Role of Snap LInks

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Monday, December 21, 2015

SARK-110 Vector Impedance Antenna Analyser

Take a look at this video on the SARK! Great video!

80m Full Wave Loop SWR

This plot is for an 80m full wave loop cut for 3.5 MH fed with over 200' of 450 balanced line. The measurements were taken with a 4:1 balun inline. The measurements were taken AFTER the balun.

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This plot is for a 110' multiband antenna fed with 30.9 feet of 300 ohm twin lead. The measurements were taken with a 1:1 balun inline. The measurements were taken AFTER the balun.

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

How to Solder a PL-259

There are many ways to solder PL-259 connectors. I find this approach to be quite good. The tinning works great to insure a good connection of the braid to the connector. I use a cable stripping tool to trim the excess shield.