PCS-Electronics

Well, I like my soldering iron

Just to let you know that all my problems have now been fixed and were due to my mistakes ;)

The kit with no RF power.. had a bad solder on one of these tiny RF transistors.

The other kit which had problems with the LCD, had its 7805 regulator fried, this is because when you mount the LCD screen ...

Hello I have two Max Pro 1 kits that I put together, I will call them #1 and #2

on #1 , the LCD does not work . (it does not work when plugged to #2 either). I seem to have RF power, as the dummy load and output transistor are getting warm (and the SWR meter moves). It draws a 0.45A current at 12 ...

Hi, I would like to make an antenna , less than 50cm high (to fit in a backpack).
I guess I will have to use inductors or capacitors to achieve that.
Any idea on where to start?
Cheers.
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Thought of doing that , But I dont know if my cheap voltmeter would give a reliable measurement at such high frequency.
Might still be alright for a relative measurement not absolute..
Cheers