We , radio freaks in Trivandrum, had only one FM station till last week. Suddenly the FM band is abuzz with whole lot of activity. Today , I could tune the following stations. Frequency Station 101.9 Ananthapuri FM 98.3 Radio Mirchi 94.3 Club FM 93.4 SFM 92.7 Big FM ( Frequency updated on 29th May… Continue reading FM war in Trivandrum
This week I was at Department of Computer Science, Rajiv Ghandhi Institute of Technology , Kottayam in connection with a short term training program for young Computer Science Lecturers of various Engineering Colleges. AICTE has made attendance in this kind of training programs mandatory for all lectures( of course for promotions). Usually, these programmes are… Continue reading Short Term Training Programme at RIT
My friend, Ramakrishnan VU2KUC, has been asking me to install necessary drivers for his Option Technology Globe Trotter PCMCA card on Debian Linux. I think he has made at least 20 phone calls for same. This morning he brought his Compaq laptop to my home and asked me to fix it. I had no other… Continue reading Option Technology Globe Trotter PCMCA card on Debian GNU/Linux
Neelandan has built this RF Probe for me. His site has several interesting links and information.
SXA portophone is a 6 channel VHF handy available in junk for approximately Rs.300. I bought 2 nos recently. It needs 2 crystals. I have been looking for information on crystals and tuning information of SXA. Recently Allen Antony, SWL, provided with me all the necessary information. Crystals Tx crystal frequency= f/8 where f is… Continue reading SXA Portophone VHF handy