The Garage Shoppe

LD-1D Update

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:30:49 +0000

The LD-1D prototype is assembled, and I’m evaluating it. I did get “interrupted”, sort of, by a motorcycle oil change that should have taken about 30 minutes turning into 4 hours. More about that at the end of the post. It’s a good thing I did order a prototype run of 4 PCBs. I immediately [...]

LD-1D Prototype

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:45:24 +0000

At the top of my to-do list today is assembling one of the prototype LD-1D boards. I hope it doesn’t need any revisions, but prototype boards almost always need one or two minor changes. If this one doesn’t, the only difference in the production board will be slots for the power connector pins. Advanced Circuits [...]

New LD-1D Coming, Price Reduction on LD-1C

admin — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:06:21 +0000

I’ve never announced a new product before it was available. I’ve never reduced the price on an existing product that was about to be replaced, until I announced the replacement. Until now, that is. The price of the LD-1C is reduced to $219.95 for closeout, effective immediately. I’ll shortly be sending refunds of $64.05 to [...]

Finally Spring

admin — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:45:46 +0000

Well, I’m way behind shipping radios, but I’ve begun catching up. To bring you all up-to-date (some of this I’ve written about in the past) I spent just about all of October and November on a consulting assignment in Warsaw, Indiana, about an hour from my house. That made for very long days, with little [...]

“Annual” mea culpa, a little early this year (plus more)

admin — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:04:47 +0000

I owme my customers, especially those who have pending orders that should have been filled, an apology. Looking back over the last couple of years, it seems that I always get behind sometime in late fall. Lazy Dog Engineering’s backlog of email builds until it seems overwhelming, and for a while I can’t bring myself [...]

Transmitter Prototypes and More

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:04:44 +0000

The new transmitter prototypes came on Friday, and the solder stencil should be arriving within a day or two. If all goes well, I’ll have four transmitters done & ready to go by the end of the week. There’s another factor, though. Right after Labor Day, I was presented with an opportunity I couldn’t pass [...]

Transmitters are Sold Out! (Temporarily)

admin — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:50:28 +0000

We sold the last of the current batch of LD-1TX transmitter modules yesterday, and need to reorder the PCBs. Of course, this means the LD-1TR is also temporarily out of stock. I’m sorry if that inconveniences anyone, and will have TXs and TRs back in stock ASAP. In the meantime, we still have plenty of [...]

High-Power Perfect Portable Antenna

admin — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:47:25 +0000

The current line of PPA (Perfect Portable Antenna) end-fed Zepp antennas from Lazy Dog Engineering is limited to a maximum output power of 5 Watts, due to the voltage rating on the capacitor in the impedance matching network. I’ve received numerous inquiries about a 100 Watt version, and I’ve been looking for a low-cost way [...]

Video Shows How To Set Up LD-1TR for PSK-31 (Updated)

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:19:28 +0000

Here’s a video that shows how to do what I described in my last post: Set up an LD-1TR for PSK-31 operation using HRD and DM-780, as well as VSPE and VAC. Enjoy! Updated: Better Video Resolution Share on Facebook

PSK-31 Operation Using HDSDR, HRD, DM-780, VAC, VSPE, and LD-1TR

admin — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:03:09 +0000

The following is a draft of my instructions for setting up an LD-1TR with HDSDR, Ham Radio Deluxe, Digital Master 780, Virtual Audio Cable, and Virtual Serial Port Emulator for PSK-31 operation, or operation with other digital modes supported by DM-780. Although it is written primarily for LD-1TR owners, it may be helpful to owners [...]