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Belletts
Rare Bellett GT for Sale ! Dec 2025
Isuzu Bellett pages Sept 2013
My 1972 Bellett "SPORT" 2-door sedan (RARE) Imported in 2012 from Japan.
HAM RADIO Note there are no PCB's available for Picastar
Ham Radio "PICaSTAR" Transceiver project (Module version)
The "COMBO" PICaSTAR (new page in construction) 2014 onwards.
Combo (single PCB Picastar) Vers A
Combo (single PCB Picastar) Ver B incudes Trxavr for Combo
Combo (Single PCB Picastar) Vers "C" PICASTAR
Combo ( Two PCB's, Picastar "P1 & P2/a") "Porta Combo" Current: 2019
PICaSTAR "Show & Tell" 16th May, 2010
STAR BUILDERS PAGES Module PCB's
More STAR BUILDERS Combo PCB versions, UPDATED July 2017 !
Using a high pulse count Optical Encoder NEW Divider project, July 2018
2nd LO oscillator using Si5351 by VK5TX March 2015
PeakSWR PCB.
Very limited supply.July 2014Toroid adapter PCB's for Star BPF April 2013.....2016
TrxAVRB Interface for Picastar with keypad pcb etc
Trxavrb PCB interface for Combo B (no keypad PCB)
real time clock (RTC PCB few pcb's available ? check.
Real Time Clock battery charger May 2012
Panadaptor for PICASTAR 28th March 2016 !!!
"tinySA",A simple Spectrum Analyzer ! NEW April 2020
Home built SSB Rig:-
Home built HF SSB rig based on book by EI9GQ NEW 2018
and a VFO based on the Si5351 chip. NEW
THE FT-7:-
Repairing a YAESU FT-7 HF TRansceiver NEW March 2019
and an FT-7 Digital internal display and VFO NEW May 2019
The mcHF rig:-
The mcHF transceiver April 2017
edenDSP and RS-HFIQ rig:-
EdenDSP & RS-HFIQ transceiver NEW March 2021 NOTE there is a new EdenDSP project on the group.
GPSDO:-
VE2ZAZ's GPS locked 10MHz OCXO. May 2017
The Silicon Chip magazine GPSDO combined with VK3DIPs' 'Sig Gen':-
Coming soon
The ICOM IC-705 Sept 2020
NEW May 2022 Using Bluetooth to switch external Linear and LPF's for external use on the IC-705.
NEW Jan 2026, using BlueTooth to do antenna switching for the IC-705
The uSDX:- the very clever uSDX HF rig NEW May 2021
N7DDC's ATU's:-
NEW Sept 2020: 100W ATU:- The N7DDC Extended ATU-100 and new 10W ATU, the ATU-10:-
QRP version using latching relays for low current. NEW July 2021
The "T41-EP" Software defined Transceiver by AC8GY & W8TEE NEW July 12th 2022
Misc:-
K3NG's Antenna Tuning Unit & Update Page Sept 2018
WSPR mode and my 5W PA Feb 2016
Dead simple and cheap WSPR Tx now with OLED display, using an ESP8266 and Si5351 module. UPDATED Dec 2023
W6JL's low cost 50W PA NEW Version May 2019
MRF101 100W Amplifier VK3PE version.
Another 100W Amp using low cost dual FET's. SOON (See also G6ALU's web page. Google G6ALU)
A Low Pass Filter (LPF) by G6ALU
Dual Zone NTP sync'd Clock Nov 2020 & 2025
And a version using a Cheap Yellow Display (CYD) also. Aug 2025
Updated Aug 2025 a NIXIE clock display version !
Ham Radio pages. My new antenna Aug 2010
The Systron Donner Monitor June 2020
MAXIMITE single board PIC computer
PICATUNE vk3pe version
Syntrx SERVICE SHEETS
Melbourne, Australia
