Questions tagged [transceiver]
Use this tag for general questions relating to transceivers.
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How do I ground my first HF rig?
I want to preface this question saying that I am very new to HF and just got my general license. I have only operated using 2m/70cm handhelds and am completely unfamiliar with antenna setup.
I ...
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Audio QAM Transceiver Problems GNU Radio
I'm learning radio techniques and am building transceivers for different modulation methods in GNU Radio. I am trying to develop a 16 QAM transceiver but I am having a huge amount of issues getting a ...
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Automatic switching of RX antenna -- xcvr has only one antenna connection (SO-259)
I have a local noise problem that's pretty intractable, especially on low bands. I'd like to at least experiment with a loop-on-ground RX antenna -- I've got a 1/4 acre to play with. My IC-718 has ...
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My icom IC 735 has no TX, external meter shows correct amount of power but no one can hear me
I pulled apart to get to the pa board and checked the three amp fuse it was fine. All I could find on the main board was diodes D33 and D34 were cut but I learned that was from the Mars mod. Im ...
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How do you get the uSDX+ transceiver to work properly?
I saw this relatively cheap transceiver on amazon. So, I thought, for a beginner like me, why don't I buy it? I didn't want to buy the thousand-dollar icom transceiver, so I was left with that option. ...
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Transceivers connectable with bluetooth hearing aids
I'm a rower in the Netherlands. Rowers are typically coached via transceivers or a megaphone. I am hearing impaired and I will get new hearing aids soon. These will be equipped with bluetooth. My ...
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How to ground a transceiver in an apartment?
I've got some really dumb questions about station grounding. For starters, I live in an apartment; how can I ground a transceiver station using that screw on that back? I've got nowhere to sink a ...
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On KENWOOD TS2000, the CW messages don't record even after the "recording wait" pops up in the display. But the sidetone works fine
I'm working on a miniproject where i'm asked to demonstrate the recording of some signal.
I made a keyer connection using a earphone cable to my Kenwood. The Keyer works fine - the sidetone is audible ...
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Swapping crystal from HF to VHF in a QRP tranceiver
I am trying to build a short-range QRP weak signal VHF 2m CW transceiver. I found a small circuit that fit my needs, but it was made for use on 40m instead of my target frequency. The circuit included ...
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Why do single band 10 meter radios exist?
I wonder why special radios for 10 meter band are manufactured?
On the one hand - any fully-fledged HF transceiver includes 10 meter band.
On the other hand there are no only "15 meter band" ...
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Transfer digital data over ham radio frequencies using QPSK modulation SSB-QPSK transmitter
If I use QPSK modulator/demodulator is it possible to transfer digital data over ham radio frequencies.
SSB-QPSK transmitter
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How to create FM Radio Mesh
What (devices transmitters, receivers and transceiver) do i need to create a fm radio mesh, instead of using a single transmitter with big antenna, i want to build fm transceiver mesh radio to cover ...
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What could cause an Icom IC-756 Pro II to suddenly stop transmitting?
My HF radio (Icom IC-756 Pro II) suddenly won't receive or transmit. I recorded the sound it makes when receiving and uploaded it to https://w7bkg.org/wiki/File:Radio_Issue.wav . It sounds the same on ...
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Why are VHF radios so much cheaper than HF ones?
Why do VHF-UHF radios tend to be cheaper than HF ones? There are expensive VHF radios and relatively cheap HF ones, but finding a cheap VHF radio is much easier than finding a cheap HF radio. Why? ...
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Antenna reciprocity how does an antenna increase receiving range?
According to Wikipedia antennas are reciprocal unless they're constructed of nonreciprocal materials.
There are a multitude of mathematical formulas which unfortunately I'm unable to understand due to ...
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