Kenwood TS-850S HF Transceiver LCD Display Repair
17 April 2025 5 min read
Fault finding and repairing a faulty Kenwood TS-850S HF Transceiver with a dead display backlight, replacing the compact fluorescent lamp with an LED strip
Radio and RF
Projects related to Ham radio and other forms of radio communication.
Quansheng UV-K6 with HF mod with UVK5CEC firmware
01 January 2025 14 min read
Installing a HF modification board into a Quansheng UV-K6 HAM radio to add HF receiver with CW, SSB and USB radio modes using UVK5CEC firmware
Ham Radio Asterisk Allstar Gateway with a Tait 8110 and Raspberry Pi
08 October 2022 16 min read
Setting up the hardware and software for an AllStar Link Gateway using a Tait TM8110 which is a 25W PMR radio with a Raspberry Pi and USB sound card interface
USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8110 PMR Radios
08 September 2022 5 min read
Making a USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8000 series PMR Radios to use as Ham Radio repeaters
HackRF One Shielded Case Installation
01 August 2015 3 min read
Installing a shielded case for our HackRF One software-defined radio
HackRF One SDR EMI Shield installation
23 March 2015 2 min read
Adding an EMI shield to our HackRF One SDR
Cateye Micro Wireless Bike Computer interference
09 November 2014 4 min read
LED lights causing RF interference with Cateye Micro Wireless Bike Computer stopping the speed sensor from working
Mastervolt Soladin RF Filtering
04 September 2014 4 min read
The Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar mains inverter has an issue where is it causing a lot of RF interference so we added additional RF Filtering and screening to try to reduce the unwanted radio emissions
Powerpole Fused Distribution Board
09 July 2014 2 min read
Making a low-voltage power distribution board using Powerpole connectors and automotive blade fuses
Variable RF Signal Sampler
16 January 2014 3 min read
Building a variable RF signal sampler to check the outputs on amateur (Ham) radios transmitters.
Cental Heating Control via Windows Phone and Raspberry Pi
10 June 2013 2 min read
Using a Windows Phone and a Raspberry Pi to control our home's gas-powered central heating system
Kent Hand Morse Key Restoration
29 April 2013 2 min read
I purchased a used and very tatty Kent Hand Morse Key from eBay and restored it to a new condition
Yaesu FT 817 Cat Control Headaches
23 January 2013 2 min read
Problems with the programming / CAT cable for my Yaesu FT 817 transceiver.
RF Shielding on a Mains Inverter
19 September 2012 2 min read
Our mains solar inverter is causing RF interference on our ham radio transceivers so we put it in a metal case to improve the RF shielding
XBee Central Heating Control via Raspberry Pi
10 August 2012 2 min read
Using an XBee wireless module and a Raspberry Pi to control a Drayton Lifestyle LP522 central heating programmer.