John AE5X
I went into the contest with the goal of testing the performance of the HL2+ in crowded CW conditions.Rather than writing a dry narrative of "How I spent my weekend" (actually only four hours of it), I'll just sum it all up in bullet points:I used the HL2+ on Saturday; the Anan-10E on Sunday. Same...
John AE5X
With the arrival of my Apache Labs 10E, I finally worked up the courage to put my HL2 under the knife for the surgery required to convert it to a Plus version.No, it didn't get fatter; it just got better.The update required removing a 0603 ferrite bead, adding a 0603 resistor & a small...
John AE5X
I went through the rest of the bands today and the HL2 looks good on all of them. My HL2 includes, of course, the N2ADR Low Pass Filter board, as they all should (and probably do). 10m .12m .15m .17m .20m.30m.40m .60m .80m .160m ...
John AE5X
While waiting on an "Your Anan-10E is ready" email I thought I'd test a claim on Apache Lab's website regarding SDR radios that use the AD9866 processor - ie, the Hermes Lite 2.Apache Lab's comparative chart claims that the HL2 is not compliant on 10 meters. News to me...let's have a look.[UPDATE:...