Ron's Radio Corner

The Satrover QO100 transverter enables you to use the geostationary OQ100 (Es’Hail-2) satellite. I was able to explore this equipment with G...

Some of my projects on this blog are inspired by the radiowork of Roger, G3XBM. I like his transverter designs in particular. I found that R...

During a recent trip to Greece (Attica, Agia Marina) I was able to use one of the radio repeaters near the capital of Athens. The repeater h...

The little KT0936M receiver IC has surprised me. To find out and explore the possibilties of this chip I made a simple platform. A multiturn...

From a popular supplier of electronic goodies, I purchased a tiny MW/FM radio (not a DIY kit). It does not have a loudspeaker but should be ...

Radiofriend Gerard, PA2G, made 2 FT-8 Special Event QSO's with Denmark. The event concerned the inauguration of King Frederik X. I think...

A powerful M9.8-class solar flare erupted from the sun (AR3500) on Wednesday (Nov. 29) at 2:50 p.m. EST (1950 GMT), hurling a super-hot plas...

Last Saturday, Oct. 28, I was part of the ‘NL-post’ team at the DvdR (Day of the Radio Amateur) in Zwolle, IJsselhallen.  I was there with T...

Great fun with SDR Receiver MSI2500 in combination with SDRuno software. I am exploring  the possibilities of this nice toy. The SDR receive...

Yesterday evening I witnessed the sunset from my backyard garden. I realized that it is amazing that a star at a distance of 150 million kil...