K9IQY
Brad Dye
ex KN9IQY, KN4BK, KM5NK, WB4JCF, ZP5TQ, WA4VXU, WA9RVL, /TI2, /9Y4, /6Y5, /KP4, HH2FJ
53 years as a licensed amateur radio operator
37 years as a licensed first class commercial radio operator
P.O. Box 266
Fairfield, IL 62837 USA
618-847-8118
Latitude: 38°21'14.58" N
Longitude: 88°21'28.51" W
My latest project is a general coverage radio receiver, tuning from audio frequencies to 30 MHz in one Hertz steps — locked to the GPS constellation. The "dial" is a beautiful 24" color monitor connected to a laptop showing 190 KHz window of the band as a spectrum analyzer. I have been involved with many kinds of radio receivers for over fifty years — amateur, military, and commercial. This one is a dream come true. When I was a young ham, I dreamed of the day when I might have a receiver that would read out to one kilocycle (before we used the term Hertz). Now I have assembled one that reads out to one Hertz and is accurate to a few millihertz — and thanks to GPS — it will maintain this accuracy as long as the GPS satellites keep working. It was nice of the US government to spend many billions of dollars just to keep my radio on frequency. (HI) Check out
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