Here are some excellent examples of the leadership and other problems which made it even more obvious that it was time for a better frequency coordination organization to form in Alabama. Example 1: Attempt by meeting chair to deny members’ right to vote on a motion which was seconded, on the floor, and under discussion […]
MY GREATEST FAN Got Off To An EARLY Start This Saturday Morning
This guy who lives up in West Blocton, AL has become a regular “one-man fan club.” We know who he is. If you are interested in more of the bizarre “back story,” read on. He has already gotten an early start stalking this website this Saturday morning. We have to give him credit for being […]
AFCRAS – Growing and Continuing to Add More Features and Services
The Alabama Frequency Coordination and Repeater Advancement Society (AFCRAS) is growing in membership and even more new and exciting things are being added. Among other things being added: high definition, professionally produced news and information videos are currently in production. Below is the initial “trailer” video for AFCRAS, with a little info about what’s already […]
A Great Day and a VERY BUSY Week With AFCRAS
Lots of super cool things are happening with the Alabama Frequency Coordination and Repeater Advancement Society (AFCRAS) team lately. This week has been virtually non-stop. Today, the President and I met with the trustee of one of Alabama’s Amateur Radio clubs and they are busy gathering information in order to transfer coordination of one of […]
Icom IC-706 MKIIG MARS/CAP Modification
An ICOM IC-706MKIIG came in with the owner wanting the MARS CAP modification done on it so that he can transmit on 60 Meter band. The mod is fairly simple, but involves removing a TINY surface mount component which is about the size of the ball in the tip of a ballpoint pen. The mod […]
Helper Instruments PS 250 Power Supply Repair
I finally got around to testing this Helper Instruments PS 250 Power Supply which was among some items given to me by a client. With the power supply set for 5 Volts DC output, the ripple was outrageous. Helper Instruments sold out to Zetron Corporation many moons ago, and this power supply hasn’t been in […]
Oops — Repairing My Repair of a Kenwood IF-232C Serial Port Interface
A friend brought a Kenwood IF-232C Serial Port Interface to me a while back asking for a little assistance with repairing it. He had replaced multiple components in it but it still wasn’t working properly. When hooked up to a Kenwood TS-850 radio and a computer, the computer could not communicate with the radio or […]
Testing the New IFR 1500 Inverter Board Before Installing the FET’s
I’m still waiting for a batch of the IRF521 FET’s to arrive so that I can install two of them and finish the board up and install it in the IFR FM/AM-1500. Meanwhile, I just conducted the testing of the operation of the board. The purpose of this testing was to confirm that the J-K […]
Update to IFR Inverter Board Recreation Project
The project of building in Inverter Board for the IFR FM/AM-1500 Service Monitor from scratch is moving along pretty nicely. At the moment, I’m simply waiting for a supply of IRF521 FET’s to arrive, at which point I’ll just have to add two of them to this board, reinstall the board, and test the machine. […]
IFR 1500 Inverter Board Project
IFR FM/AM-1500 Inverter Board recreation. The original board was seriously damaged when one of the IRF521 FET’s went up in smoke. I tried to patch it up and replace the burned out FET, but the board is pretty much a “goner.” The power supply is still getting “bogged down” with this board in place, and […]