When I was a child we would get to go visit our cousins in the summer and would get to see them again at our grandmothers for Christmas. We always had a great time and wanted to visit more often, but we lived to far apart, and a phone call was long distance (read expensive). My cousin came up with the idea that we should get amateur radio licenses. We never did but I learned a lot studying the materials we were able to gather, and I always remained interested.
I was an electrical engineer by profession but spent almost my entire carrier in digital (computer) electronics. A once new job at Sonavation required that I work on some analog circuits. I enjoyed the experience and learned a lot. This sparked my interest in Ham radio again. So I started building and experimenting with analog circuits. I must confess I enjoy the learning much more than the communicating.
In general I build each section of a radio, and try to do the following
It is the later that I hope to provide to others, and what is provided in the ham web pages of this site.
It's highly likely that I have mistakes in these documents, both typos and technical errors. Please feel free to let me know. Contact Me
I started with the Elenco AM/FM radio kit. Then built Dave Benson's, K1SWL Small Wonder Labs SW40+, followed by a complete home-brew Frequency generator.
I am currently working on a Tony Parks KB9YIG Softrock RXTX Ensemble.
When I started documenting these projects my documentation was just for my own use. I have re-documented many of the projects and that information is provided on this site. However I got too interested in other projects before re-documenting the crystal radio and the SW40+.