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A bit of progress

[Today’s run: rest day]

I made a bit of progress on radio projects today.

I had not been happy with my +/- 5 vdc regulator board for the GPSDO project so I rebuilt that.  I got the board made and moved the components from the other board on to this new board.

I’ve also done a bit on a new project.  I’m working on a morse code straight-key using a hacksaw blade. I would like to have it done for Straight Key Night  (New Year’s Eve).  It is just the blade and a couple of blocks of wood and a piece of PC board material.  I’ll put a picture up on this blog if I eventually get it working.

No more VHF today.  There is  a meteor shower coming on, and some folks are able to do VHF radio contacts bouncing off of the ionized trails of the meteors. But I’ve never tried that.  I may give a listen to see if I hear anything.