FB NEWS Worldwide June 2021

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  • Japan Castles On The Air (JACOTA)

    Compact/Light weight Tripod for JACOTA Operations

    I have a lightweight and convenient tripod for installing the antenna, I would like to introduce its usability.

  • Short Break

    Making a 50 MHz monoband MLA without a variable capacitor

    This time I made a MLA that uses only easily available components.

  • Technical Trivia by Dr. FB

    The principle of PLL
    Learn the basic of PLL technology again

    I wanted a signal generator for testing radios, and while thinking about making it, I came up with the principle of PLL.

  • Report from Thailand

    RAST Talks, RAST CW Challenge Results

    Despite the cancellation of many planned activities that involved social gatherings, RAST continued to engage its members through a new project called “RAST Talks” .

  • FB LABO

    Investigating the PRR (Personal Role Radio), a transceiver used by the British military

    An active military radio that I obtained for investigation; it is a 2.4GHz, 50mW digital transceiver that can be operated only with two AA batteries.

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FB News Japan

  • Japan Castles On The Air (JACOTA)

    Sonobe castle

  • Report from Thailand

    RAST & G. SIMON BALLOON FESTIVAL 2020 "E2ICOM"

  • Technical Trivia by Dr. FB

    Possibility experiment of passive repeater with the Back-to-Back antenna

  • Short Break

    An External Keypad for Icom Transceivers