250mW WSPR Beacon (2025)

I am building an easy-to-use, cost-effective WSPR pHAT for Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Design 3D render: We replaced the traditional expensive Mini-Circuits transformer with a cost-effective Bourns coupled inductor. Status Results: To be built and tested soon! Time to build: Less than 20 minutes

February 9, 2025 · 1 min · 45 words · Dhiru Kholia

My PA0FRI Active Antenna

My homebrewed PA0FRI Active Antenna is working well from a very physically constrained location. Design 3D render: Schematic: Results The antenna is connected to an RSP1 Clone SDR running custom FT8 band-hopping software. I am using a SOLID 4-Way 5-2400 MHz RF splitter to connect multiple SDRs to the same active antenna. NB: Plug in 75-ohm dummy loads (terminators) on the unused splitter ports; MX-282 / MX-280 75-ohm loads work fine. ...

February 8, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Dhiru Kholia