News, Updates and Other Minutiae
September 2023 Long time between drinks, but not much happening on the tech front at the moment. Added another couple of rants to the rant page.
January 2023 Updated the AD9833 VFO code to use a 12F1840.
December 2022 Added rant about todays useless (internet) search engines.
November 2022 NEW Project An AD9833 Based Simple VFO. FT101ZD VFO project updated.
October 2022 A replacement internal DDS VFO for FT101Z/ZD rigs. Because the worlds postage system has gone totally bonkers and it is not possible to send a small pcb anywhere except at extreme cost, I am slowly making available the option to purchase pcb's from Pcbway. First up is the Simple DDS VFO 2017 project pcb. Others will be added over time. Noise Canceller kits available again- see Noise Canceller page.
Privacy Policy uploaded. GPDR and all that stuff In accordance with various bits of legislation around the world, either currently in force, about to come into force or proposed, you will now find that annoying "We use cookies" notice at the top of this website. The full Privacy Policy is available at the Privacy Policy link in the footer at the bottom of the page. (If you don't know what GPDR is, Google it. Real scary shit for ANYBODY with a web presence.)
3d Printed Box for the VK5TM Noise Canceller
A 3d printed box for the Noise Canceller courtesy of Gary VK6GS
First up, it is important to note that the files presented here are for the original pcb which was 96 x 52mm, but those with the know-how should be able to easily modify them for the new pcb (100 x 55mm - available soon). I will be the first to say I have little knowledge of 3d printing, although I did try to order a printer a little while ago to learn about the process (the Creality website let me get to the end of the checkout process and then politely told me they didn't ship to South Australia - morons). So, below are the pictures and files that Gary sent me, with permission to post them here. He did say that he used small magnets in the corners to hold the lid on. Update - a note from Gary - "The magnets came from Ebay - 100x Super Strong Round Disc Magnets Rare-Earth Neodymium Magnet Cuboid Cylinder size 4mm x 4mm (actual size was 4mm x 3.69) I used 8, but be sure they are inserted with correct polarity so as to attract and not repell!!" If you do make modifications to these files, it would be appreciated if you would send them to me for inclusion on this page.
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Downloads
As with all information and files on my website, these files are for personal, non-commercial use only. Noise_Blanker_Enclosure.stl The STL file for the enclosure. Noise_Blanker_Enclosure_Lid.stl The STL file for the lid.
