What’s on the Bench?
August 19th, 2007 by Dave
I have a couple of things on the workbench right now (at least mentally, if not physically). First, since so many of you like to use my digital setting circles project with your Palm OS PDA, I’m investigating how to make my Palm T|X (with the Palm Multi-connector) work with either my digital setting circles or my serial sender (part of the GOLog project). I found some connectors for the T|X at www.gomadic.com, but my interface circuits require some modification to work with the T|X (because the T|X uses 3.3V TTL-like signals for serial communications, but my interface circuits use 5V). Stay tuned–I’ll let you know how it turns out.
I’m also working on a new vertical HF antenna for the ham shack. Hopefully, it’ll cover 10, 15, 20, and 40 meters and be less than 13 feet tall. I’m investigating using coax traps for 10, 15, and 20, and maybe a linear loading scheme for 40. It’s kinda slow going on this one, but stay tuned if you’re interested.
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