Welcome to my projects blog

Welcome to my first blog. You can find out more about me and my amateur radio interests on my website. This blog gives me a chance to record blow-by-blow my (sometimes faltering) attempts at homebrew construction.

You will quickly discover that I am not a great 'completer finisher' when it comes to amateur radio. I get a buzz from buying a new kit, or sourcing the parts for a scratchbuilt project; I enjoy the rush of construction; but it can take me a while to get around to the final, final steps.

Anyway, to begin with, here is a quick list of the projects I have on the go at the moment:

• completing the IMD Meter kit from KK7UQ
• final tidy-up on my homebrew elevation rotator for my amateur satellite activities (to be honest, I managed to damage part of it when I was 99% finished, so now I have to work out a way of fixing it without doing even more harm)
• starting on an Elecraft K1 transceiver kit
• building an 'ugly style' oscillator and buffer amplifier (which I researched and got parts for just because it looked like something new to try, not because I need a standalone VFO)

The IMD Meter is built but not working properly; so my next posting will be on trying to troubleshoot it, and some thoughts on the build overall.