QSO Today with Charlie Morris, ZL2CTM

ZL2CTM

4/4/2020

Episode 296 - Charlie Morris - ZL2CTM

Charlie Morris, ZL2CTM, builds his QRP rigs, the old fashioned way, starting with a paper and pencil, combining basic components to make each stage of a receiver or transceiver. Once the radio is made, he adds an Arduino micro-controller, touch screen, and other advanced components to bring his masterpiece into the 21st century. Charlie is a prolific creator of You-Tube videos to document and demonstrate his creations. ZL2CTM is my QSO Today.

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Charlies Morris ZL2CTM Resources
ZL2CTM Blog
ZL2CTM You-Tube Channel

Favorite operating mode: CW
ZL2CTM VFO/ SI5351 Breakout Board
Most challenging project: SSB Transceiver
ZL2CTM SDR from Scratch
ZL2CTM Teensey SDR Radio Design

Radios and Rigs:
Yaesu FT707 Transceiver
Kenwood TS120V Transceiver
Kenwood TS-757GX Transceiver
Kenwood TS-120V Transceiver

People
CW Mentor: Andy Scott, ZL2BRR
Peter Parker, VK3YE

Terms:
Mikado Set
A and P Show
Royal New Zealand Airforce
Hang Gliding
Windom Dipole Antenna
QRP Notebook, By Doug Demaw, W1FB
GQRP Circuit Handbook
Solder Smoke Podcast
Experimental Methods For RF Design, By Wes Hayward, W7ZOI
Magpie
Adafruit Industries
AliExpress
I2C Bus
Arduino Range
Tough 2
NE612
NE5532 Low Noise
LM380 Audio Amplifier
WSPRnet
AD9850
SDR - Software Defined Radio
Teensey Micro-controller
ARM Cortex Microcontroller
Arduino IDE
Direct Sampling Receiver
Teenesy Audio Shield
Hilbert Transform Digital Filters
Oscilloscope
Siglent Signal Generator
LCR Bridge
New Zealand Mountain Radio Service
8098 Digital Tuner
L Match Tuned Circuit
End Fed Long Wire Antenna
NVIS - Near Veritial Incidence Skywave
Hacker.io
“Hack Chat” on Hackaday Charlie Morris
Pete Juliano, N6QW, QSO Today Episode 60
Soldersmoke Podcast
Hack-A-Day
Engadget
HamNation Podcast
RTL SDR
SDR Sharp
LT Spice
NanoVNA
Twin Flex Wire

Good first project: Build a direct conversion receiver

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: Getting young blood through the door.

Excited most by: Inexpensive boards for building projects, gps, dds, arduino, SDR

Advice to new or returning hams: Find something that you enjoy and get in to it. Don’t need to buy the greatest rig.

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