rf amplifiers

Eliminating TX RF Feedback Problems - Malfunction of transceivers due to stray RF pickup is a common problem, especially when using end-fed antennas, high-impedance feedlines, or a poor ground counterpoise

W3AI R.F. H - 111 West Main Street, Silverdale, PA

HA1YA Mechanics & Electronics Inc. - Specializes in manufacture of middle and high power RF decks and high quality linear amplifiers with metall ceramic tubes for HF, 6m, 2m and 70 cm bands. Transverters, power supplies and control units

Discovery Power Amplifiers  ^updated - The Discovery series of amplifiers are designed and built in the UK by Linear Amp UK Ltd, one of the world’s leading amplifier manufacturers, specializing in high power RF tube amplifiers. The amplifiers use large GS31 or GS35 ceramic triode tubes. Band coverage 6m, 2m and 70 cms

Intruder Amplifiers - Poewer amplifiers for 10m band. Also dealer for Galaxy, Connex, Magnum, Cobra, Browning, and others

Comtechpst.com - High Power RF Amps - Comtech PST offers solid-state power amplifiers in frequency ranges from 1 MHz through 3.6 GHz, with output power levels ranging from 5 watts to over 30 kW

RFSM-2400 Digital Mode - A recent digital radio protocol. Based on a freeware soundcard-based Radio Frequency Software Modem. Work under standart MIL-STD-188-110A. Maximum speed 2400 bit/second. Signal bandwidth: 0,3-3,3 kHz (standard mode) and 0,3-2,7 kHz (non-standard mode).

QTH locator with GoogleMaps  ^{updated  pop} - Laurent Haas F6FVY a nice QTH Grid Locator point and click interface using Google Maps.

APRSQuery - APRS interface to the FINDU and APRSWorld databases

javAPRS Findu - Findu lookup interface, by station, position and prefix, Wap interface is availbale

WM2U's PSK31 Page - An interesting article on PSK31, includes informations on interfacing to sound cards, troubleshouting, list of psk31 softwares and some historic backgrounds.

Sound Card Packet Interface - Setting up and testing a sound card packet radio interface by KD5ZUG

HeliCoil - Inductance calculation for single layer, air-wounded coils and helixes up to about 800 MHz. Inductance calculations accuracy is around 1%. Also, coils with maximum Q for given inductance, resonant RF chokes, PI and T resistive attenuators calculations are provided. Skin effects, radiation losses and other minor side effects are not accounted in maksimum Q factor coils calculations. Program assumes using copper (Cu) enameled or silver (Ag) plated wire. Program is writen bilingual in English and Serbian by YU1AW

RF Filters - MS DOS Program for calculations of HP, LP and BP filters at VHF and UHF frequencies up to about 800 MHz by YU1AW

Aether - Aether is an ham radio logging for the Mac. Aether gives hams logging software that is as powerful, easy to use, and good looking as the operating system it runs on. Designed from the ground-up using Apple’s Cocoa, Aether supports the latest Mac OS X technologies, and provides the experience that Mac users expect.

MacTNC - MacTNC is simple, configurable terminal software used by amateur (ham) radio operators to control a TNC (terminal node controller). MacTNC performs most of the same functions of other terminal software, but includes buttons for standard commands, and allows the user to configure additional buttons for special purposes. MacTNC works only user Mac OS X because it relies on Unix components of the current operating system.

Ham Log - Ham Log is an easy to use yet powerful QSO logging utility for all devices running Palm OS. Ham Log's design and functionality was designed to meet my needs when mobile and away from my home station.

SCAN505 - A simple freeware scanner program for the Kachina DSP505. The software does NOT control the radio thru the interface port - it works in conjuction with the Kachina control software using the file interface

Yaesu FT-1000D HiFi SSB Audio and Mods - Using Hi-Fi Audio with FT-1000. Includes many FT-1000D modifications too by K6JRF

Using ferrite for interference suppression - Excellent guide to using ferrite cores for interference suppression. Understanding and Solving RF Interference and Noise Problems by Jim Brown K9YC Audio Systems Group, Inc. PDF File

Interferences and filtering - General information on Filter passbands, interferences, TVI and RFI problems

SV1BSX Homebrew Corner - Offer a wide range of homebrewing projects mainly for VHF UHF operations. From vhf antennas to preamplifiers, chargers and power supplies

SoundCard Packet TNC PC to Radio Interface - Computer sound card packet tnc to radio interface. david stansbury kb3kai home-brew version of this soundcard to rig adapter

Some Tips on Sound Card Interfacing to Your Rig - Article on PC to radio interfacing by Paul Umbdenstock, WA1VOA

Interfacing to PC soundcards - General electronic topics on interfacing to PC soundcards by epanorama.net