Posted 02 Feb 2010 — by Alex
Category Radio
A while ago I purchased a softrock kit with a view to building the HF lite receiver and eventually a switchable bpf kit to use as a sdr based beacon monitoring system.
After 2 tries at building separate kits I still get stuck with the same issue. A large spike in the centre of Rocky and no other signals to speak of. The first kit must have had some dodgy soldering as there were some weird voltages coming out the IC’s. I got myself another kit and spent a lot more time constructing, checking etc and low and behold the same issue.
I won’t give up with this idea but boy is it testing me….perhaps stepping away is the key and getting some guidance……any offers?
Back home now, thought it best not to advertise that I’ve been away in case we had some unwelcome visitors at home.
Had a quick 20 mile run out on saturday to see how bad my cycling legs are and surprise surprise they were pretty stiff. Got a few more miles under my belt as well on the road with a nice quick tempo run on monday evening 4.5 miles at a sniff under 7 min miles. The first time I’ve got down below the magic 7 for a while. So the pre training is nearly over and the real 16 weeks start soon.
I’m struggling to get enough sleep at times and so I’ll have to work on getting to bed earlier or getting better quality sleep. Too much tossing and turning andnot enough snoring!!!
No sooner have I set myself a suitable goal for running then I get a cold, nothing too much but enough to move me from running to not running in a matter of moments. Completely filled up to the eyeballs and working my way through tissues like the fragile economy needs and expects it.
It’ll only last a few days but there isn’t much more annoying than a cold. A minor one and I wouldn’t think twice about going out and running actually helping the cold but a heavy one like this leaves you really, well, rubbish. Chances are as well you go out, run some of it off and come back worse, so this one involves rest and cups of tea.
