Welcome

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Welcome to my little bit of space on the Internet that is dedicated to my hobbies of Amateur Radio & Electronics. I am very much into QRP and home-brewing my own equipment, you will find lots of information here concerning this topic.
My other passion is Linux, I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), I shall be taking you through my experiences of using Ubuntu in the radio shack, and i shall be posting some videos, give it a try sometime.

Please feel free to use the Blog to discuss topics covered on this site, I am more than willing to assist anybody, if I can. Please feel free to contact me via the Blog or via any of the methods shown in the Contact page.

I am always keen to communicate with people who have the same interests as myself, I hope to catch you on the bands one day.

Avala 01

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The Avala 01 was designed by Tasa (YU1LM). It is a Software Defined Radio (SDR) transceiver that is able to operate on any of the HF bands. The output power is 5 watts and the software it uses is GSDR by Genesis Radio, a customised version of FlexRadio's PowerSDR.

Ubuntu Hams

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The Ubuntu Hams Team exists to bring together Amateur Radio Operators and developers of Amateur Radio packages who use Ubuntu to:
  • Provide a meeting place for Amateur Radio Operators using Ubuntu Linux
  • Promote Amateur Radio as an enjoyable hobby for all interested people
  • Promote and help each other use Amateur Radio applications on Ubuntu Linux
  • Organize and collaborate on the development, packaging and maintenance where needed for Amateur Radio applications, both in Ubuntu Linux and upstream.
  • Help provide documentation for Linux APIs, i.e. for sound interfaces
  • Allow experienced Ubuntu users and the bug handling community to help process bugs reported against Amateur Radio apps running on Ubuntu
  • Connect application users with upstream teams in order to facilitate testing
  • And more!
  • Click Here to visit Ubuntu Hams

Bitx20 v3

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The Bitx20 v3 is a version of the BITX20 bidirectional SSB transceiver for the 20m amateur radio band, designed and built by Ashhar Farhan in 2004.
It is a well proven kit that is supplied by Sunil Lakhani (VU3SUA). There is also a very large group dedicated to this project on Yahoo Groups

Amateur Logic TV

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The team at Amateur Logic TV put in a lot of effort to brings us a great dedicated online TV channel.
Please take the time to visit www.amateurlogic.tv and watch some of the episodes.
They make good viewing and they keep the entertainment coming, well done lads.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Released

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Ubuntu have just released the latest version of their six monthly release cycle.
It is Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), visit there website for further details.
www.ubuntu.com

Kicad PCB Design Software

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Kicad is an open source software for the creation of electronic schematic diagrams and printed circuit board artwork.

The suite consist of a project manager, schematic editor, netlist converter, pcb designer and a gerber viewer.

  • Eeschema (schematic editor): create simple or hierarchical sheets, test if with the Electrical Rules Check tool (ERC), create netlists for Pcbnew or for Spice...
  • Pcbnew (PCB editor): works with 1 to 16 copper layers plus 12 technical layers (silk screen, solder mask...) and creates all the necessary files for building printed boards (GERBER files for photoplotters, drilling files and component location files). It can show a 3D view of the printed board with its components. You can also plot board layes on PostScript laser printers (for prototypes).
  • Both Eeschema and Pcbnew have a library manager and editor for components and footprints.
  • It exports to many common formats like Postscript, Scalable Vector Graphics, Gerber RS274D/X, HPGL, DXF, Excellon...
Visit http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/ for more information.