{"id":3150,"date":"2023-12-12T11:14:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/?page_id=3150"},"modified":"2023-12-19T12:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T20:23:28","slug":"home-brew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/2726-2\/home-brew\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Brew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some of the Mid-Island Team members of the IslandHF Radio Association, have been working with low cost QRP radios and home brew wire antenna and associated electrics, including end-fed transformers, dipole baluns and cable chokes, 18650 battery cells and 3D Printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a project that was presented by DL2MAN Manuel of TruSDX fame. He demonstrated adding a low cost mic\/speaker to the TruSDX, including how to rewire the mic input. Youtube Video Instructions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the Retevis Amplified Speaker\/Mic<\/a> as the donor mic, a couple of solderable 3.5″ audio plugs and a 3D Print file (also provided by DL2MAN), along with the very well documented pin-out in the manual: TruSDX Manual<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s another related project. Adding a 12v battery pack to the TruSDX<\/a>. Another project provided by DL2MAN, but I used slightly oversized battery holders for my 18650 cells, so it was a little bit of a squeeze. Works great. One cable for charging the pack and the other to feed the Radio. Again, the 3D models for Printing are downloadable, a little bit of clean up with a file and the box slides on and off the Radio back plate. The internal cell pack slides out of that housing as well …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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