Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:13 pm
im not buying an icom hf
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The second and third in this list are similar to my first ATU I built. The only difference is I did not use a multi switch but had one wire with a crocodile clip and I used the same winding wire soldered to the top of the coils and left sticking up about 25mm and scraped of enamel so the clip could clip onto the copper. Then to change the inductance the clip was moved from tap to tap. It was left on a piece of wood and fed with a random length of wire. Heaps of RF in the shack but it worked and allowed me to get on 80m. Oh them were the days.robbage wrote:Here's one http://home.comcast.net/~msed01/tuner1.html
Here's a QRP (low power) one http://www.antennex.com/hws/ws0500/pinet.htm
Another here without pics!? http://www.radiohc.org/Distributions/Dx ... tuner1.htm
Also, if you can get hold of an ARRL handbook...
Yeah. Somebody mentioned to me that RS might still have them but I'm pretty sure they don't. There are some projects online to make your own butterfly caps. It looks pretty involved.Blinky wrote:The hardest part would be getting a suitable capacitor nowadays. Not so common as they use to be.
I see there are a couple more Jaycar shops and they have actual components. Probably not the caps though.Blinky wrote:In those days you could buy a air spaced capacitor from Tricky Dicky....remember way back when they actually sold stuff that was not a toy.
LDG make nice auto tunersorangepeel wrote:Hi There
I am awaiting my IC-706MkIIG Radio and extras to arrive - this will be my first radio in the amateur side of thing, since getting my licence - i cant wait to get into it
I am very interested in IRLP as well as HF side of things
I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a cheap tuner for the HF side of things - if automatic - would be nice - however if manual - that is fine