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I submitted MW monitoring recordings to HamSCI for the solar eclipses in 2023 & 2024, so I'm a little familiar with their work. I would like to help with the WSPRSonde project, and while I have a good-sized lot, it's still not large enough to meet their requirements. I do plan on parking my radi...

Wow - that is a nice kit, even with a genuine cat's whisker diode, and the polyurethane to finish the wood as well! Still, $190 is way over the top.

The TEF6686 goes from $101 to over $200 on Amazon, and none have reviews. Did you get yours from there, or AliExpress (or elsewhere)?

How do you like the ATS120? It seems to be doing pretty well for you.

Very impressive collection! I can understand the redundancy - you're forced to be your own parts store.

That's a pretty amazing catch - and good job with the SIGINT getting it identified!

How do you like the 705 on MW?

Whoops - I see you already got it figured out in another post.

Just click on the "attachments" tab below the text window, and you can drag & drop a saved file, or click 'add files' and browse for them.

I'm cleaning up a Sony ICF-6700W I purchased a while ago, and am getting ready to order some parts. I have 2 questions: 1) The parts list labels C85 on the control board as an electrolytic, but it clearly isn't a conventional one. Is it a tantulum? Either way, I assume it's fine to leave in place as...

Alex'' shop )https://www.belrig.by is still there, Belkas are in stock and I think the (US and EU) sanctions against Belarus are not affecting this kind of private business at all. If need be, for an admittedly juicy markup, a version of the Belka (with special speaker and full battery capacity) ca...