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	<title>TT’s Jottings-Blog of VU2SWX</title>
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	<description>Travails of an Indian Geek</description>
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		<title>ATU with REFLECTOMETER</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=689</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by  R. Jayaraman (VU2JN) This article is a sequel to the article &#8220;A Compact ATU handles 100 watts&#8221; that was published online in March 2011. It describes a Norcal-type Antenna Tuning Unit with an in-line Stockton-bridge-type Reflected-power Indicator that I built recently (April 2011). This ATU is also capable of handling the full output of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A compact ATU handles 100 watts</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=680</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by R. Jayaraman (VU2JN) This note describes a compact Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU) that I assembled recently. It is capable of handling the full 100-watt output of my FT-840 transceiver. For efficient radiation of the RF power otput of a HF transmitter, its output impedance, the characteristic impedance of the transmission line (usually coaxial cable), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISDR from VU2DEV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been  playing with the ISDR software defined radio from OM  VU2DEV ,  Ramaprabhu ( from Bangalore )for the past one week.  ISDR is a  low cost SDR for  40m band.  The radio is  performing wonderfully.    I bought 2  assembled kits from DEV and  I recommend the kits  to any one who wants  to  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VU2SWX  Shack Photos</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=640</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vu2swx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are photographs of my shack. I have built several equipments and  circuits over the years. These pictures show the status of my shack as on September 2010.  I took them last week on a Nikon CoolPix L21 .]]></description>
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		<title>Drinking Water  on Indian Railways</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=610</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vu2swx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had to visit IIT KGP and Calcutta. I managed to get a ticket at the last minute and quickly settled on Shalimar express. Most of my companions were Bengali revellers returning after touring god&#8217;s own country. Before reaching Varkala a vendor with water bottles came. I bought a one litter bottle. Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At barcamp kerala 7</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=597</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vu2swx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a session on recycling old PCs with LTSP at   barcamp kerala 7 last Sunday.  Even though I am associated  with the organizers of barcamp ever since its inception in Kerala, I could not attend any of the previous ones due to various reasons. So I was a bit skeptical about the kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BSNL GPRS on Ubuntu 9.10</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=590</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vu2swx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I travel frequently  in connection with my official and no-official engagement, my internet presence is disrupted. I have tons on mails and rss feed entries to be read after each journey. I was thinking of buying a netbook. I recently bought a Toshiba NB200 netbook at a discount rate from my cousin. It came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updates on BSNL</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=577</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vu2swx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guys from BSNL seem to be reading this blog after I posted my letter here.  I examined my traffic logs today and found two  referrals  from  kttp://kerala.bsnl.co.in .  Anyway,  several  officials are visiting  our street regularly after my blog post. Yesterday, they replaced the junction box. See the pictures  below. It seems they had  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My letter to BSNL</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=534</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vu2swx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a land line connection at home.  It is from  BSNL, the state owned Telecom giant in India.  I am too disgusted with their service and shot of the following email today to all publicly visible BSNL officers.   Let us see whether email work in India. The exact nature of the problem cannot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding CW to bitx</title>
		<link>http://brainstorms.in/?p=516</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vu2swx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was playing with  my bitx build yesterday. Specifically, I tried to add CW  to the rig.   Original bitx20 is a SSB rig.  I my mod was inspired from PY2OHH bitx40.  I  wired  up a 10mhz crystal oscillator as shown below. The idea is to inject 10mhz ( approximately) at the  beginning of transmitter IF [...]]]></description>
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