I am just back from a long journey to the high ranges of kerala. In fact Idukki is my home district, even though I am away from there for a long time now. My destination was a place called “Chempakapara” and my plan was to attend the marriage of one of my cousins. I started… Continue reading Journey to the Hiranges
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Electronics forum
My ham radio licence has definitely rekindled my interest in electronics. While searching for some information I have come across the following forums. http://www.electronics-lab.com/ http://www.electro-tech-online.com/ http://www.dutchforce.com/~eforum/ All of then are invaluable resource to home brewers. Electronics lab forum has some excellent howtos and construction ideas. They also have a resources forum where you can find… Continue reading Electronics forum
My First Contact on air
Finally I got my ham license on 7th November 2005. I checked into the trivand\rum City VHF net at 9.30 pm using the equipment kindly spared by VU2SXA. There\ were 4 people on the net: VU3BHU the net controller, vu2csb vu2lbm and myself.\ They were all excited about getting a new member to the community.… Continue reading My First Contact on air
Some interesting articles to read
I have been reading a lot of radio related stuff this week. Some of them are, How to make a 40m reciever from a cheap chinese FM radio Manual of TDA7088 Crystal Radio Softrock40 Two other interesting articles I read were Does Visual studio rot the mind and Remembering Prof. John Kraus . My ham… Continue reading Some interesting articles to read
Ham thrills
I am pretty excited about getting my ham ticket. I have been doing a lot of home work on principles of radio, antenna and propagation. I I bought a new Philips radio and fixed up a long wire as antenna on the terrace (my wife uses it to dry cloths too). I can hear lot… Continue reading Ham thrills