Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My hobby for this Christmas was to become a Ham Radio operator. This is something I previously had no experience with. Along the way, I purchased some Drake Tube Radio gear, a Drake R-4B receiver and a Drak T-4XC transmitter. In this video, I build a panadapter for the R-4B. The panadapter takes a normally narrow-band receiver and visualizes a wideband output. Using a small buffer board together with a computer-based SDR receiver, I'm able to visualize the full 40 meter band on the computer, while at the same time listening to it on the receiver. For more electronics projects, see smbaker.com
My hobby for this Christmas was to become a Ham Radio operator. This is something I previously had no experience with. Along the way, I purchased some Drake Tube Radio gear, a Drake R-4B receiver and a Drak T-4XC transmitter. In this video, I build a panadapter for the R-4B. The panadapter takes a normally narrow-band receiver and visualizes a wideband output. Using a small buffer board together with a computer-based SDR receiver, I'm able to visualize the full 40 meter band on the computer, while at the same time listening to it on the receiver. For more electronics projects, see smbaker.com
