• Do not operate the station without permission and prior instruction
• Follow all FCC rules when operating
• Non licensed operators are not allowed to transmit unless under the supervision of an appropriately licensed member and within that members license privileges
• Always disconnect antenna, turn radio off, and put dust cover back on when you're done using it
• Please do not abuse the station, abuse will result in removal of the station

If you'd like to get permission and instruction to use the station please contact:

• Jeremy (zunkworks at google's email service domain dot com).

• ICOM IC-718 HF Transceiver w/factory installed DSP, hand mic, and power cord (covers 160m-10m with up to 100 W output) eHamReviews Manual
• LDG IT-100 Automatic antenna tuner eHam Reviews Manual
• Pyramid Model PS-25 DC power supply eHamReviews
• G5RV-jr antenna, covers 40m-10m eHamReviews
• Not in use: West Mountain Radio Rigblaster Nomic - Radio to computer / computer sound card interface (for digital modes) eHam Reviews Manual
• MFJ DSP filter unit - MFJ-784 - On loan from Matt Grooms - DSP filter set to remove unwanted signals like noise and interference.
• Dell Dimension 3000 loaded with all sorts of open source ham radio software
• 5V Sparkfun FTDI based USB to serial adapter for CI-V interface to radio - Allows computer to read/write the mode/frequency and a few other parameters to and from the IC-718
• Donner digital radio interface - Radio to computer / computer sound card interface (for digital modes) eHam Reviews

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On 2012.07.24 I used my AIM-4170 Vector Impedance Antenna Analyzer with software version AIM_858 to measure the G5RVjr installed at 10bitworks as follows.

SWR of antenna from 1MHz to 30MHz (roughly what the antenna and ICOM IC-718 are designed to cover).

SWR, Return Loss, Zmag, Series Load(RsXs), and Phase of antenna from 1MHz to 30MHz

SWR of antenna from 1MHz to 180MHz, just for fun

You can download AIM_858 for free and use it to open the data used to generate the above graphs. In addition to being able to open and inspect the scans yourself, the software comes with a very thorough explanation of how the antenna analyzer works and what the data it generates actually means.

• get better dust cover for radio equipment
• install ground rod and lightning protection device

• Find or start a hackerspace amateur radio net
• Operate in contests see Contesting
• Form an official 10bitworks radio club and get a club call sign (shouldn't be difficult) How to do it
• Aquire VHF/UHF equipment to access local repeaters
• Setup SDR radio for WSPR propagation monitoring
• Setup GNU Radio and one of the $25 ezcap USB SDR radios to cover recieve from 25-1300 MHz link link