I came across this video that gives an introduction to the HackRF One,
and although it's used by ham's the origin is really non ham-radio.

So I was kind of happily surprised to see how the people in this video got the hack-rf sparking their intrest in ham-radio

Check it out:

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Several years ago I've owned a Kenwood TR751E and I've always regretted that I've sold this rig as looking back it was the best 2m multimode transceiver I've ever owned. So when I suddenly got the chance to buy, in very good condition, not only the TR751E but also the TR851E as a pair of transceivers I didn't think twice !

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Recently I was doing some quick searching the internet for a zero-crossing dimmer circuit that could be controlled with a DC voltage,
and as I didn't really find any copy and paste kind of circuits I've decided to build one myself from parts I've found could be useful with some modification.

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If your building an automatic antenne switch that follows your transceiver or your building your own amplifier this building block can come in handy:

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Some post ago I've discovered this interesting combination of cellphone and VHF/UHF transceiver of the brand "Runbo"

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