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Chris, G4DCH gave his talk on Watts and dBs. A simpler description of the rather complicated subject.

https://youtu.be/taIktbq-P2Y

Don, G4NNP gives us a fantastic presentation of what can be found outside the HAM bands if we just tune around to the areas we forget about.

A real fun and interesting night had by all!

Below:

160M Direction Finding Receiver. (H/Brewed)

PIXY 2 – 80M Mini Transceiver – PP9 PSU – 200MIllwatts out. (H/Brewed)

SOTABEAMS  DPS FILTER, (Kit H/Brewed)

QRP SWR Bridge (H/Brewed).

QRP SUDEN Receiver 40M –  Built during a “Buildathon.

A SPX-100 Mobile/Portable All Band Whip Antenna.

Below: XIEGU  X6100  HF/50MHz ULTRA-PORTABLE TRANSCEIVER.

The other item was a CW transmitter for 80mtrs . This was made up of an EZ80 rectifier for the PSU portion plus an OA2 voltage regulator  to power the VFO and buffer amplifier , a ECC81. The output PA was a 5763 . The transmitter is rated a 5-10 watts so is ample for QRP working.   The aim had been to send a CW signal from TX to RX but due to local and pleasant QRM , this proved a non starter hi.

The reciever was a Codar CR45. This is a three valve TRF  with ECC81, detector AF and a EL84 output . The other valve is an EZ80 rectifier for the power supply . The photos show the chassis and front panel plus a selection of coils that can be used . Coverage is from medium to short waves and CW and SSB can be resolved on the radio with care.

Thanks to Tony for the evening, a few photos for you all to browse through.

Part 2 of the DMR presentation. In-depth look at hotspot and the configuration. Will be adding more information to this as son as I get more detailed information.

Photos from the construction evening, videos will follow soon.