I have had a good search around but couln't find what i was after, has
anyone come across any information about 6m homebrew or could someone point
me in the right direction web site wise

many thanks

Alex wrote:
I have had a good search around but couln't find what i was after, has
anyone come across any information about 6m homebrew or could someone point
me in the right direction web site wise

many thanks




There's just not enough VHF homebrew out there! Particularly since
there's all sorts of wireless semiconductors that cover VHF at their
absolute lower limit (we won't get into why there's no UHF homebrew
given that's where all the wireless chips are).

"QRP Classics" has a little bit of 6 meter stuff, as does "Solid-State
Design for the Radio Amateur", but I haven't seen much any where else.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

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Alex wrote:
I have had a good search around but couln't find what i was after, has
anyone come across any information about 6m homebrew or could someone
point me in the right direction web site wise

many thanks




There's just not enough VHF homebrew out there!

IMHO, we can thank that no-code licence that restricts you to
commercially-made equipment for this.

rant
Our respective IC and FCC want all V/UHF HAM's to be glorified CB'ers
/rant

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Gregg wrote:

Behold, Tim Wescott signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:


Alex wrote:

I have had a good search around but couln't find what i was after, has
anyone come across any information about 6m homebrew or could someone
point me in the right direction web site wise

many thanks





There's just not enough VHF homebrew out there!


IMHO, we can thank that no-code licence that restricts you to
commercially-made equipment for this.

rant
Our respective IC and FCC want all V/UHF HAM's to be glorified CB'ers
/rant


Now, without spending five hours of quality time with my local FCC rule
book, which could be more profitably spent working on the 6 meter R/C
receiver that I've got cooking, I can't say for sure that you're wrong.

But if you were here I _would_ bet you money (which I never do) that the
no code license does _not_ restrict you to commercially-made equipment
-- you're supposed to know your own limits, but with them you can go
like gangbusters. Can you point to a specific rule that shows that I'm
wrong?

As near as I can tell the vast majority of folk with a no-code tech
license are either disinclined or unable to build their own stuff, but
not forbidden -- which is worth it's own rant.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Behold, Tim Wescott signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

Gregg wrote:

Behold, Tim Wescott signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:


Alex wrote:

I have had a good search around but couln't find what i was after, has
anyone come across any information about 6m homebrew or could someone
point me in the right direction web site wise

many thanks





There's just not enough VHF homebrew out there!


IMHO, we can thank that no-code licence that restricts you to
commercially-made equipment for this.

rant
Our respective IC and FCC want all V/UHF HAM's to be glorified CB'ers
/rant


Now, without spending five hours of quality time with my local FCC rule
book, which could be more profitably spent working on the 6 meter R/C
receiver that I've got cooking, I can't say for sure that you're wrong.

But if you were here I _would_ bet you money (which I never do) that the
no code license does _not_ restrict you to commercially-made equipment
-- you're supposed to know your own limits, but with them you can go
like gangbusters. Can you point to a specific rule that shows that I'm
wrong?

As near as I can tell the vast majority of folk with a no-code tech
license are either disinclined or unable to build their own stuff, but
not forbidden -- which is worth it's own rant.


Yeah, that *is* worth it's own rant.

However, when I went to go for my no-code class licence here (Canada), I
was told:

- without my 5WPM, I was restricted to:

1) 50MHz and above and
2) commercially made equipment

*shrug*

Sometimes, I wish I didn't let my VE4 lapse, which I did because of the
HAM attitudes in Winnipeg in 1982 when I did let it lapse. But now I do
see a use for it because I would love to help pioneer
experimentation....something sorely lacking in many new HAM's because
they can for easier/cheaper/less bother go to the store and buy an
antenna, rig, coax and for an extra $50, have someone install the lot for
you.

*sigh*


--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Gregg ) writes:

However, when I went to go for my no-code class licence here (Canada), I
was told:

- without my 5WPM, I was restricted to:

1) 50MHz and above and
2) commercially made equipment

*shrug*

Sometimes, I wish I didn't let my VE4 lapse, which I did because of the
HAM attitudes in Winnipeg in 1982 when I did let it lapse.

You don't read the rules very carefully, do you?

Your certificate of proficiency is good for life. Unless you voluntarily
return it or the DOC or whatever it calls itself these days cancels it (and
you'd have to do something quite serious for that).

It's only the station license that you had to renew.

All you need to do is apply for a station license. And since everyone who
had a license was grandfathered (well maybe not the few holders of the
"Digital license"), you've got full priviliges even if you'd never gone
for the Advanced license years ago.

Of course, I'm not sure what happens these days, since one no longer pays
for a station license, and it's all one piece of paper. But I can't see
them forcing you to retest simly because you never renewed your callsigne.

As for what's what now, you'd want to read RIC-24 (unless they renumber it as
things change). My copy dates from July 1990, right after the restructuring.
It clearly shows that the Advanced test gives you the ability to build
transmitters, but code has nothing to do with it.

Michael VE2BVW

IMHO, we can thank that no-code licence that restricts you to
commercially-made equipment for this.

How does the no-code license restrict you to commercial gear? I see nothing in
the rules that says this. After an absence from Amateur Radio of 38 years, I
bagged a no-code Tech at a hamfest in 1998 and proceeded to build myself a 2m
rig from a TenTec kit. Did I break the law? I don't think so. I have since
re-obtained my General but passing the code again didn't make me technically
smarter.

KB9TMY (Formerly K6HWY)

Gregg ) writes:
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Alex wrote:
I have had a good search around but couln't find what i was after, has
anyone come across any information about 6m homebrew or could someone
point me in the right direction web site wise

many thanks




There's just not enough VHF homebrew out there!

IMHO, we can thank that no-code licence that restricts you to
commercially-made equipment for this.

rant
Our respective IC and FCC want all V/UHF HAM's to be glorified CB'ers
/rant

Your "rant" would make more sense if you'd stated that you were here in
Canada. Most of the world won't have a clue what you are talking abnout.

And, the fact that in Canada one cannot use home made transmitters until
they pass the advanced test likely is not a significant factor here. Canada
is a small country, and over the years there's rarely been technical material
published in the few Canadian ham publications. So we look to the US and
the UK for technical material, and they don't have such limits on what
one can build.

Michael VE2BVW

And, the fact that in Canada one cannot use home made transmitters until
they pass the advanced test likely is not a significant factor here.
Canada
is a small country, and over the years there's rarely been technical
material
published in the few Canadian ham publications. So we look to the US and
the UK for technical material, and they don't have such limits on what
one can build.
==============================
In the UK a Foundation Licensee (entry level) is not permitted to operate a
homebrew transmitter except when it is an approved kit.
This means he/she can not build and operate a transmitter from a published
design with bought components ,but is allowed to build a transmitter with
design and all components supplied by a reputable 'kit-house'.
As so often with this type of rules ,proper policing is hardly possible .

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

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Gregg ) writes:
Behold, Tim Wescott signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

Alex wrote:
I have had a good search around but couln't find what i was after,
has anyone come across any information about 6m homebrew or could
someone point me in the right direction web site wise

many thanks




There's just not enough VHF homebrew out there!

IMHO, we can thank that no-code licence that restricts you to
commercially-made equipment for this.

rant
Our respective IC and FCC want all V/UHF HAM's to be glorified CB'ers
/rant

Your "rant" would make more sense if you'd stated that you were here in
Canada. Most of the world won't have a clue what you are talking
abnout.

And, the fact that in Canada one cannot use home made transmitters until
they pass the advanced test likely is not a significant factor here.
Canada is a small country, and over the years there's rarely been
technical material published in the few Canadian ham publications. So
we look to the US and the UK for technical material, and they don't have
such limits on what one can build.

Michael VE2BVW

Hi Michael,

I wish our leaders would get off their fat, beaurocratic butts and
actually *lead* in the area of communications again.

I say *again*, because we were "t3h pwnz0r" the US and UK until the
mid-60's, in the electronics field.

As for publications, yes, the US and UK do lead. As much as I hate the
ARRL's politics and attitude towards many policies, I have ARRL
publications and they are my bible :-)

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca