Monthly Archives: December 2016

K1 30-meter Emissions, Revisited

Posted on December 16, 2016 by robert

So I decided to open up my K1 and recheck the 30-meter bandpass filter alignment, guessing that the simple “peak coils for maximum” in the manual might also tend to peak the spurious emissions for maximum as well.  Sure enough … Continue reading →

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Elecraft K1 Emissions

Posted on December 14, 2016 by robert

After completing the internal tuner add-on for my K1, I wanted to run emission tests on it as well.  My unit is two bands: 30-meter and 20-meter. FCC Limit:  For transmitters installed after January 1, 2003, the mean power of … Continue reading →

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Kenwood TH-F6A Passes Spur Test

Posted on December 12, 2016 by robert

Running a spectral purity check on my Kenwood TH-F6A tri-band radio, I found that it passes FCC requirements as you would hope it would. The test setup used for the UV5R was only slightly modified to change the bandwidth so that the … Continue reading →

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Kenwood TH-D72A Passes FCC Spur Limit

Posted on December 12, 2016 by robert

Running a spectral purity check on my Kenwood TH-D72A APRS radio, I found that it passes FCC requirements as you would hope it would. The test setup used for the UV5R was only slightly modified to change the bandwidth so that the noise … Continue reading →

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BaoFeng UV82 Fails FCC Spur Limits

Posted on December 12, 2016 by robert

BaoFeng sells more radio models than you can shake a stick at.  Another handheld dual band unit that fails FCC spectral purity is the UV82.  This is somewhat larger than the UV5R, sells for a premium, but has an odd … Continue reading →

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Icom IC-80AD Spectral Purity

Posted on December 12, 2016 by robert

Running a spectral purity check on my Icom IC-80AD DSTAR radio, I found that it passes FCC requirements as you would hope it would. The test setup used for the UV5R was only slightly modified to change the bandwidth so that the … Continue reading →

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Icom ID-51A+ Spectral Purity

Posted on December 12, 2016 by robert

Running a spectral purity check on my Icom ID-51A+ DSTAR radio, I found that it passes FCC requirements as you would hope it would. The test setup used for the UV5R was only slightly modified to change the bandwidth so that the … Continue reading →

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BaoFeng UV5R Spectral Purity Testing

Posted on December 9, 2016 by robert

I have seen some reports of BaoFeng radios not passing FCC Spurious Emission Standards.  I have a old UV5R that is affixed to my Fox Hunting RDF antenna.  I re-enabled the transmitter (normally programmed off to avoid accidentally blowing out … Continue reading →

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Christmas Bunting QSO

Posted on December 4, 2016 by robert

I’m a little late getting the Christmas Tree lights installed on our pine trees in the back yard, but my friend John, WA1ABI, announced he was all ready with his tree lights, and expected to make a QSO with Rich, … Continue reading →

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DXCC Standings at Beginning of Dec

Posted on December 2, 2016 by robert

I had a bit more time to spend on the air after the hustle/bustle of the Summer & Fall.  My DXCC Standings are as follows: So over the last 3 months (September/October/November), I picked up two new countries fox my Mixed … Continue reading →

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