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Also be sure to check for sign-up bonuses. I had the same complaint about the Chase card changes, but I figured that the $200 sign-up bonus from a similar rotating rewards program from Citi-Bank would be more "rewarding" in the short term (2-3 years) than the other programs available.
The Best 5 Credit Cards for Groceries
Last year my Chase credit card, with which I had earned 5% back on groceries and gas since 2007, suddenly changed. They switched to some sort of rotating-category-that-earns-more-points system that I didn't particularly care for. Every few months, I have to opt in all over again to take advantage of whatever category they're giving the most points for that month. Even though I do my best to keep up with credit card rewards, I don't take credit card reward hacking to the extreme. I'd prefer not to have to carry around 10 cards in my wallet.
Nevertheless, I do prefer to get the most points in categories that I actually spend a lot of money on. After our mortgage, the highest percentage of our monthly expenses comes in the form of groceries. We prefer organic and local food, which can be pricey. So, I set out to determine which credit cards actually give the highest percentage back on groceries. (See also: Best Credit Cards for Travel)
Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express
- Earn 150 Reward Dollars after you make $1,000 in purchases in the first three months of Cardmembership.
- Earn Cash Back: 6% US supermarkets up to $6,000 per year in purchases, 3% US gas stations & select US dept stores, 1% other purchases. Terms and limitations apply.
- Cash back is received in the form of Reward Dollars that can be redeemed as a statement credit.
- Simple and Straightforward: With the Blue Cash Preferred Card, you can start earning cash back. No rotating reward categories. No enrollment required.
- Terms and Restrictions Apply.
RedCard From Target
If you shop at a SuperTarget for groceries, the Target RedCard gives you 5% off at everything you purchase at the register. This isn't just a grocery rewards credit card; the cardholder will receive the same discount on all Target purchases. If you have a Target nearby that also sells groceries, this is a great way to save 5% on food, as well as a variety of other department store purchases. Unfortunately, this card has no affiliation with any credit card payment network such as Visa or MasterCard, so you can't use it outside of Target stores.
Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express
- Earn $100 cash back in Reward Dollars when you spend $1,000 in the first three months of Cardmembership.
- Earn Cash Back: 3% at US supermarkets, up to $6,000 per year in purchases, 2% at US gas stations & select US dept stores, 1% on other purchases. Terms and limitations apply.
- Cash back is received in the form of Reward Dollars that can be redeemed as a statement credit.
- Simple and Straightforward: With the Blue Cash Everyday Card, you can start earning cash back. No rotating reward categories. No enrollment required.
- No annual fee, 0% intro APR on purchases for 12 months. After that, your APR will be a variable rate, currently 12.99%-21.99% with flexibility to pay over time.
- Terms and Restrictions Apply.
The Blue Cash Everyday card is largely the same as the Blue Cash Preferred, but it has no annual fee and half the rewards across the board. Nevertheless, 3% cash back on groceries and 2% cash back at gas stations and select major department stores still represents a competitive rate of return. Finally, this is one of the few American Express cards offered without an annual fee.
Cash Rewards Visa Signature Card From Bank of America
With the exception of the extra cash back at department stores, the Cash Rewards Visa Signature card has a similar reward structure to the Blue Cash Everyday card from American Express. Cardholders can receive their cash-back rewards as a direct deposit in any checking or savings account, as a statement credit, or even as a payment towards a mortgage held by Bank of America. In fact, rewards redeemed into a Bank of America checking and savings accounts receive an additional 10% bonus. Unfortunately, the bonus percentages only apply to customer's first $1,500 spent in each category each quarter.
Capital One® Cash Rewards
- 1% on all purchases
- 50% bonus on the cash back
- $39 annual fee
This Capital One Cash Rewards offering brings up the rear of this list by offering only 1% cash back on gas and groceries, but don't count it out. This card is offered to applicants with average credit, so it could be the ideal product for those who don't qualify for other cards. Capital One also wins kudos for not charging foreign transaction fees on any of their cards. If you travel internationally, or just like to drive over the border for shopping, this card will save you some money over the other cards here.
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If you like credit card rewards programs, but have recently been unhappy with changes to your card, it may be time to consider a new one. The best way to choose a cash-back rewards card is to simply look at what your biggest category of spending is each month, and find a card that gives you the most cash back on that category. For me, this category was groceries.
What's your biggest category of spending each month? Do you earn extra credit card points for those cards?
I have the blue cash amex. didn't know i could save 3% at grocery stores. very cool! does this apply to stores like trader joe's and whole foods?
I'm not sure, but I think the higher cash back would apply at WF and Trader Joe's.
However, I think it does NOT apply to grocery shopping at WalMart and Target. Ask,
before you go on a grocery buying buying spree at WalMart with the expectation
of the higher rewards. I'm not a member at a club store, so I don't know about
Walmart and Target show up as discount stores unfortunately on the AMEX bill, so you don't get any cash back.
american express card not only gives discount on purchasing gas but also on groceries and others.there is no annual fee having this card.about 2% cash back from departmental store one can get.
The Blue Cash from AMEX is a good card to have. Although I don't condone credit cards since I help peolple get out of debt for a living, if you had to use one for groceries the first one would be the ideal card.
I personally have the 6% back AMEX card, I recommend that one the most! Very good perk for a credit card I think.
At the grocery store, you can buy no-fee giftc ards for many non-grocery merchants .. including iTunes, Home Depot, Kohl's, etc. You can even buy an American Express or Visa gift card. You get your 6% cash back. Then, you use the gift card for your other purchases. It works!
I love shopping at Target generally but I don't see them as a viable grocery alternative. You can pick up basics like eggs, milk, peanut butter etc, but their selection isn't big enough I still have to make a second trip.
But our local Target is a big supporter of our local schools. It wouldn't hurt to do more shopping there.
I use Costco's AMEX card, which offers 3% on gas, 2% on restaurants and 1% on everything else. For me it makes sense and has netted me a pretty nice check at the end of the year.
HOWEVER, I am completely against using credit cards to accrue "benefits" for anyone who is in debt. The cash system is the only answer until you are debt free and really know how to handle a credit card. Meaning...you never carry a balance.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Be Calm In Your Heart
13 comments:
- Kristen said...
This is beautiful!
such a great reminder.. - April 10, 2012 at 12:33 PM
- Lindsey said...
LOVE this, Brhea!
I really needed to hear something like this today, thank you!! - April 10, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- The Pink Growl said...
I really needed this today. So glad you posted it! :)
- April 10, 2012 at 12:56 PM
- Karla said...
Love this! Great Reminder!And the picture is Amazing. Heard the following Lyrics this morning and the made me happy " If our God is for us then who could ever stop us and if our God is with us then who can stand against".
- April 10, 2012 at 2:47 PM
- poptartyogini said...
That is beautiful and thanks for the wise words. I try and live by 'if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all'.
- April 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM
- hope in high heels said...
Brhea - that shot is just amazing! The words are so insightful - I often associate peace with a place, yet should actually be associating an ability to achieve peace in the midst of madness. Thank you for the beautiful reminder.
- April 10, 2012 at 10:19 PM
- Heather said...
Thank you for the reminder. I need to remember this as I go back to work. Beautiful picture!
- April 10, 2012 at 11:09 PM
- kyna... said...
beautiful post!
♥ Kyna - April 11, 2012 at 12:07 AM
- That Girl said...
I'm a big fan of "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is truly important is invisible to the eye."
- April 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM
- Rachel Jensen {Da Paura ♥} said...
Gorgeous photo and gorgeous words!
- April 13, 2012 at 9:51 PM
- Shauna said...
Just found your blog from great expectations, and I like it. I am your newest followe.
Happy Monday.
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- Vic said...
beautiful! just printed this out and stuck it up on my pinboard, its the perfect reminder when I'm frantically cramming for exams!
- April 21, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- Ashley said...
Love this quote. Finding inner peace is so important.
- April 21, 2012 at 7:53 PM


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FOMC Minutes: This Is What It Sounds Like When Doves Cry, And When Others Start To See An Asset Bubble
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 14:02It appears (as we noted here) that the size of the balance sheet, difficulty of the exit, frothiness of markets, and not-totally-dismal labor headlines have even the doves a little more hawkish about the possibility of an exit at some point - though obviously the minutes are clear that the 'flow' can increase (as well as decrease) based on the data.
Two things seem clear: 1) the Fed is explicitly forcing the market to hope for bad data to maintain gains as the gap between market and reality is now too large for a soft-landing; and 2) the Fed has explicitly admitted that it is the 'flow' not the 'stock' that matters - as we have been vociferous about for years. But what is worst, is that now that some at the FOMC are openly seeing asset bubbles, Bernanke is facing a mutiny on his hands!
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Easy Come, Easy Go - Equities Turn Red
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 13:45There appears to be only three words that matter any more and they all begin with the letter 'T' - Tepper, Tuesdays, and Tapering. It seems today, the apparent start of Bernanke's gentle communication policy that he might possibly maybe one day will remove the punchbowl is being modestly priced out of stocks. The S&P and Nasdaq are now down 1% from post-Bernanke 'Moar' euphoria.
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"Hawks, Doves, Owls And Seagulls" - Summarizing The Fed's Bird Nest
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 13:41With part two of today's Fed-a-palooza due out shortly in the form of the May 1 FOMC meeting minutes, here is an informative recap of the current roster of assorted birds at the FOMC via Bank of America. Of course, since every decision always begins and ends with Ben, and soon his replacement Janet, all of below is largely meaningless.
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And The Most Beloved Stock By Hedge Funds Is...
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 13:08Following the first quarter rout in AAPL stock, some wondered if there would finally be rotation at the top floor of the hedge fund hotel of stocks held by most hedge funds. The answer is no: as of March 31, AAPL still retains the title of stock with the largest number of hedge fund investors at 188, more than GOOG with 184 and above AIG with 180.
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Mortgage Applications Have Biggest May Collapse Since Financial Crisis
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 12:58It seems that the recent rise in interest rates, instead of the typical (pre-depression) behavioral tendency to make people nervous and rush to lock in low rates, has once again stalled any hope of an organic housing recovery occurring. While the reams of hard data show that the housing recovery remains a fast-money investment-driven enigma (here, here, and here) - as opposed to real confidence-driven house-buying; we are still told day after day that housing is the backbone of the economy (despite construction jobs languishing and affordability plunging again). The fact of the matter is that the last 2 weeks have seen mortgage applications plunge at their fastest rate for this time of year (a typically busy time) since the financial crisis began. But that doesn't matter because housing must be recovering because the homebuilder ETF is up 2% today...
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Goldman: "Our View Is That Tapering Is Announced At The December FOMC Meeting"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 12:32"The most notable statement made by Bernanke during the Q&A session was that the FOMC could potentially cut the pace of QE purchases "in the next few meetings," although this was predicated on a continued improvement in the outlook for the economy and confidence in the sustainability of that improvement. He also stated that the purchase pace will depend on incoming data and that the FOMC could either raise or lower the pace of purchases in the future. Our view continues to be that the December meeting and subsequent press conference is the most likely time that the Committee would announce QE tapering, although September is a possibility if the economy picks up more than we expect in coming months."
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Hilsenrath Hits The Tape: Ignore Everything I Said Two Weeks Ago
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 12:00The last time Hilsenrath was relevant was two weeks ago (in a flashback to those days before QEternity when infinite QE was not assured and Jon's input was actually relevant), when following an article of his, and due to his "proximity" with the New York Fed, many assumed that the Tapering suggested by Hilsenrath was being telegraphed by Bernanke to the market. Turns out it was nothing but yet another baffle with bullshit headfake by a central planning regime that is now merely engaged in observing market responses to indirect stimuli: if reduce monthly flow by $20 billion then X (-1%); if cut QE off entirely then Y (-50%?), and so on. Moments ago the same Hilsenrath just released another piece, which effectively refuted everything his previous piece suggested, and in fact made his position as Fed mouthpiece absolutely irrelevant, courtesy of the following disclosure: "this time, when the Fed shuts off bond buying, it won't be... predictable." He goes so far as to say that the term "tapering" is no longer even applicable! Funny that, considering on May 11, none other than Hilsenrath said: "Federal Reserve officials have mapped out a strategy for winding down an unprecedented $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program meant to spur the economy."
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Swedish Youth Riots Enter Third Day
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 11:32Sparked by the police shooting of a machete-wielding 69 year-old man, traditionally calm-and-collected Sweden is suffering amid its third night of riots. It seems underlying tensions from high youth unemployment and rising nationalism against the nation's large immigrant population have been catalyzed by this seemingly unrelated event. As the Daily Mail notes, immigrant ghettos have been created where unemployment is high and there are few opportunities for residents with left-leaning commenters adding that the riots represented a 'gigantic failure' of government policies, which had underpinned the rise of ghettos in the suburbs - "We have failed to give many of the people in the suburbs a hope for the future." An anti-immigrant party, the Sweden Democrats, has risen to third in polls ahead of a general election due next year, reflecting unease about immigrants among many voters. What is driving this tension? After decades of practicing the 'Swedish model' of generous welfare benefits, the country has been reducing the role of the state since the 1990s, spurring the fastest growth in inequality of any advanced OECD economy. Given Sweden's 24.7% youth unemployment, we wonder just what will happen to the 60% of unemployed youths in Greece and Spain when school lets out this summer?
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Microsoft To Hire Thousands... In China
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 11:09Perhaps the best answer to the question posed to Bernanke moments ago whether US unemployment is structural or cyclical comes courtesy of Microsoft, which announced earlier that it was set to hire "several thousand" workers. Sadly, the catch is that the hires will be in China.
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Euphoria Cracks As Ben Drops Hint Of Tapering After All
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 10:42MOAR Orderly... oops... Bernanke: "Fed could reduce bond purchases in the next few meetings if data supports it" and perhaps most disturbing is that reality is finally seeping into the corner offices of the Marriner Eccles building when Bernanke says that concerns about "frothiness" and "bubbles" has increased? Was it the sub-5% yield in high yield that tipped them off?
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Market Reacts As Bernanke Promises "MOAR"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 10:15'Orderly'...
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"No Tapering" - Bernanke's 'State Of The Economy' Testimony - Live Webcast
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 09:56Update: Bubbles Bernanke slams any hopes for tapering goodbye, as long predicted: PREMATURE TIGHTENING RISKS SLOWING OR ENDING RECOVERY
Bernanke's quarterly hearing with the Joint Economic Committee this morning will be today's must-see event (with FOMC minutes a close second). It seems the equity market has no fears but many in the high-yield market are anxious for the words 'frothy', 'taper', 'bubble', 'clueless', and 'I plead da fif'. While Bernanke's words will be the most important, these hearings typically include their fair share of ironic ignorant 'humor' from the politicians who sit in awe of the most powerful man in the world and his CTRL+P prowess.
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Five Decades Of Asset Bubbles: Which One Is Next?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 09:47Or maybe this is a trick question, and the answer for the "New Normal", when all central banks are coordinating on reflating the biggest asset bubble of all time, is "all of them"...
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Watch The IRS' Lois Lerner Plead The Fifth - Live Webcast
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 09:34As we noted yesterday, the IRS' head of exempt organizations who started the whole IRS targeting scandal, is testifying this morning and is expected to plead the Fifth. One wonders why, if as the IRS claims, there was no illegal or illicit activity involved. Watch her plead "da Fif" live here...
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Global Risk Appetite At 2006 Levels - Nears 'Euphoria'
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 - 09:03
Global risk appetite surged to 4.53 (5 being 'euphoria'), its highest level since the euphoria event of 2006, and up from 1.76 one month ago according to Credit Suisse. Other risk appetite indices, as well as market anecdotes, confirm the "almost euphoric" environment. US credit risk appetite has charged higher and is now at 3.22. Furthermore, as they note, the current risk rally has several unusual features. First, it clearly lacks the usual support of strong global growth momentum. Global IP momentum (as we noted here) is almost always above its long-term average when risk appetite hits euphoria, but currently is below 5%, which is somewhat sluggish. Second, the current near-euphoria is strongly driven by one asset class: Japanese equities. The bottom-line, they conclude, is that the current risk-loving environment is related much more to recent policy innovations than growth data. And confirming this 'euphoria' Investors Intelligence notes that newsletter writers classified as bulls rose to 55.2% from 54.2% with readings of ~55% "suggestive of a trading top," last seen in Oct. 2007. No surprise there but with markets statistically 'euphoric' caution seems warranted at least...
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Personal: Birth date: October 7, 1952
Birth place: Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia
Birth name: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Father: Vladimir Putin, a factory foreman
Mother: Maria Putin
Marriage: Lyudmila Shkrebneva Putin (July 28, 1983 - present)
Children: Yekaterina, 1986; Maria, 1985
Education: Leningrad State University, law, 1975; Red Banner Institute of Intelligence, 1984; Mining Institute of St. Petersburg, 1997
Religion: Orthodox Christian
Other Facts: Enjoys working out and has a black belt in judo.
Grew up in a communal apartment shared by three families.
Served in the KGB as an intelligence officer before becoming involved in politics.
Timeline: 1975 - Joins the Committee for State Security (KGB). Is on the staff of the First Chief Directorate for Foreign Intelligence for the KGB, and is assigned to shadow foreign visitors to Leningrad.
1984 - Is selected to attend the Red Banner Institute of Intelligence, where he learns German and English.
1985 - Is assigned to counterintelligence duties in Dresden, [East] Germany. Reportedly monitors loyalty of Soviet diplomats.
1990 - Becomes assistant rector (Dean) for international affairs at Leningrad State University. Reportedly monitors loyalty of students and shadows foreigners.
June, 1991 - Becomes advisor to Anatoily Sobchak when Sobchak becomes chairman of the Leningrad City Council.
1991-1994 - Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the City Council.
1992 - Leaves the KGB.
1992-1994 - Deputy Mayor of St. Petersburg.
1994-1996 - First Deputy Chairman of the City Council of St. Petersburg.
1997-1998 - Head of the Presidential Administration and Control Department of the Presidency under President Boris Yeltsin.
July 1998-August 1999 - Chief of the Federal Security Service.
March 1999-August 1999 - Secretary of the Russian Security Council, headed by Boris Yeltsin.
August 9-December 31, 1999 - Acting Prime Minister of Russia.
December 31, 1999 - Is appointed acting president after Boris Yeltsin's resignation.
March 26, 2000 - Is elected president of the Russian Federation.
May 7, 2000 - Officially becomes Russia's second president after being sworn in at St. Andrew's Hall in the Kremlin.
May 24, 2002 - Signs the Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions with President George W. Bush, which requires each country to reduce and limit its strategic nuclear warheads to 1700-2200 by December 31, 2012.
March 15, 2004 - Is re-elected in a landslide victory, running as an independent.
May 7, 2004 - Putin is sworn in for his second term.
April 27, 2005 - Becomes the first Russian leader to ever visit Israel.
October 5, 2005 - Meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and announces increased cooperation between Russia and Britain to fight terrorism.
September 5, 2006 - Becomes the first Russian leader to visit sub-Saharan Africa, when he meets with South African President Thabo Mbeki.
March 13, 2007 - Pope Benedict XVI receives Putin at the Vatican. It is the first meeting between the two since Benedict's elevation to Pope.
December 19, 2007 - Named Time Person of the Year.
March 2, 2008 - Dmitry Medvedev is elected president of Russia. He takes office in May.
May 7, 2008 - Just two hours after being sworn in, new Russian president Medvedev names Putin as his prime minister.
September 24, 2011 - President Dmitry Medvedev calls on the ruling United Russia party to endorse Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for president in 2012. Putin in turn suggests that Medvedev should take over the role of prime minister if the party wins parliamentary elections in December.


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I noticed in one of you previous posts that you ordered some encoders from BG Micro. Did you get them? The add says no hardware so I am wondering if you had any problem mounting the encoder? I assume they are just missing a nut for the shaft. I had order before from BG and got the same optical encoder but I had to remove it from a gimble type camera mount. I'm using it with my DDS-60.
It sounds like you have a high quality junk box. Keep us posted with your progress.
I decided to not use a whole 'Audio Detector' board up for a transmit mixer. I made up a simple circuit with just one of Diz's multi-purpose boards consisting of an SA612 and not much more. I'm getting a lot of good ideas for my SSB chain from the Epiphyte transceiver http://www.norcalqrp.org/files/Epiphyte3Mnl.pdf. Nothing is simplar than this and I like simple.
The TX mixer is missing the VFO input (very important) and the BPF hasn't been modified for SSB yet. The only things that work for sure at this point are the mic amp and the balanced modulator.
By the way, do you have a name. I looked up your call and couldn't find it so maybe you want to be anonymous .
Tom, ak2b
My order from BG micro came yesterday. I got two of the encoders (ya never know...). There are only two problems with them, both
are no big deal. The connector is very non-standard, but the wire is long enough to just cut the connector off and solder on a standard
one (or don't bother with a connector and just solder the thing to the pc board). The nut is missing, but it's a standard 3/8" pot nut, I
just borrowed one from an old volume control from the junk box and it fits fine. The shaft is very well damped so you won't be able
to give the knob a spin and let it ride, I think that's a GOOD thing actually (don't need the felt washer behind the knob like on the K2).
I'm sure that WA2MZE is listed on the ARRL website (last time I looked I still wasn't a SK). Name is Ken, QTH is Davie FL. (near FTL).
PS. Just looked at the Epiphyte link. Didn't think of using a CA3028 as a driver. Could add agc (alc) to it to control the power out,
they are using a pot, guess at low impedance that works at RF. Microphone amp is a 741. Those things are dinosaurs! (bet I have a
bunch in the junkbox) but I also have some more modern Fet op amps. Much less noise, but for this app it doesn't have to be hifi.
Last time I used 741's was in my ancient SSTV monitor: 5FP7 crt, 88mh toroids, etc. Still have the clunker, but it's no longer compatible with
anything on the air. Do have QSSTV on the Linux box though.... should hook that up.
Last edited by wa2me (2009-09-05 18:11:35)
This recording is the SSB TX chain as shown above with the exception that the LPF is not being used. The output of the TX mixer (bottom connecter) has a wire acting like an antenna attached to it. I added the VFO input connecter to the SA602 and use the FCC-1/2 at about +7dbm to feed it. The microphone is an old Panasonic electret from a cellualr hands free kit - which is why it sounds like it's being handled too much. The Epiphyte speech amp has the bias for this. The recording is from the earphone jack of the K2 with antenna attached - which is the reason for all the background noise. I know I could make a better recording but at this point I have more important fish to fry - like boosting the output power of the TX mixer and deciding whether to modify the LPF I already have or make up a new one. Over-all I'm amazed that I got this far
Tom, ak2b
http://www.hellocq.net/forum/attachment … tid=152219
While Googling around I found this transceiver from Dave Benson. It had just what I was looking for in a post tx mixer amp and BPF, so I lifted it verbatum and made the following board. In hindsight it would have been wiser to put the amp on the mixer board. I have enough room on the BPF board to build another BPF for 17Meters.
At this point when feeding the mic input with the *Elecraft 2-Tone generator I have about +2dbm on the output of Diz's RF amp. I just need to dress the leads a little better to get rid of some hum and figure out some cheap an dirty keying circuit - an I'll be on the air with SSB .
Dave Benson's transceiver looks like it would work really well.
Tom, ak2b
*stick a cap on the output of the generator since there is DC bias for the elecret on the mic connector.
Well, I thought I was close to getting on the air . I have a few more problems, obvious now with the added gain.
Last night while transmitting with the exciter and listening to myself on the K2, I could hear some decent sounding SSB. But, tuning away from where the SSB sounded best, produced a noise that sounded like a choir of cats. I had no idea what the problem was. I also realized that I didnt quite know what I was doing. After doing some reading http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/bldgeqp.html The principles of building SSB gear (part 2) by Doug DeMaw, I found that my carrier oscillator should be at 5.065.500 MHz (1.5 KHz lower) if my crystal filter center frequency was 5.067.000 MHz (for USB). This should put the carrier frequency about 20 dB down on the skirt of the crystal filter for adequate carrier suppression. My crystal filter is so messed up that finding the center frequency through the ripple is going to be difficult. In any case, the BW is way too wide so the whole filter needs to be redone. The caps Im using are 39pf but I think 49pf is more like it. Properly terminating the filter might also help. Hopefully a better filter will chase the cats away. Or, I might end up using a 9 MHz commercial filter that I have on hand.
Tom, ak2b
You probably want get a good scan of what the filter BW looks like in real time. You know, a sweep oscillator driven by a sawtooth wave
also driving the X axis of your scope while you look at the filter response on the y axis. Bet you have some test equipment like that.
Then replace those caps in the filter with some trimmers and you can tweek them in real time while watching the scope. Should be able
to get it perfect then. Just make sure your filter is terminated with the right impedance at BOTH ends while aligning it.
Also you might not have your crystals in the filter matched well enough to even bother, though in that case some trimmers in parallel with the
crystals might compensate.
If you give up on the homebrew filter, or just want to eliminate it as the problem try subbing that store bought filter in and see if it works any
I've got my AVR16 micro up and running (at least it's passing the 'hello world' test out the serial port). Next step will be to write a
serial driver for the DDS-60 and see if I can get it to spit out some RF, say at 10mhz. Then I'll add a user interface via the serial port
so I can control it. I also think I'll look for a d/a converter to output a sawtooth sweep so I can build my own sweep oscillator and sync
it to my TEK454 so I can test MY if filters and see if they are any good. Guess I'll be trying to beg a free sample from Maxim-ic for the
d/a. (there was a nice article in QEX a year or so ago on building something like this).
Hi Ken,
I have an N2PK VNA (which has a very steep learning curve for me). The filter looked pretty bad. I really didn't take my time with it. The crystals Diz sent were right on the nose, frequency wise. I checked them before I built the filter. I used the AADE filter design program last night and it actually didn't look so hot either using the Min-Loss (Cohn)type Ladder design (using all the same caps that I used). Using a Butterworth design looked a bit better. I'll give it another shot using your suggestion of adjusting parallel trimmers while sweeping.
I probably will try the Inrad filter since I also have the 9 MHz USB and LSB crystals. At least I will find out if everything else is working ok.
There is a group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dds_controller/ which has a program for controlling a variety of DDS's including the DDS-60. The group started out with the idea that serial ports are disappearing and they wanted to be able to control a DDS-60 via the USB port. I believe the program is still available although the group has gone on to other, newer DDS chips. The programs should still work with the DDS-60.
Steve Weber, KD1JV http://kd1jv.qrpradio.com/butterfly/bflydds.HTM uses the AVR Butterfly to control a DDS-60.
Tom, ak2b
After spending half the morning trying to measure crystal parameters with my VNA, I gave up and did it manually from the "BW/Q method of parameter measurement" on this page:
http://pages.suddenlink.net/wa5bdu/crys … e_show.pdf
While changing the VFO frequency the output of the crystal was measured directly with the M3 until a peak was found. Measuring crystal peaks is not so easy since there is some point around resonance were the frequency doesn't change so sharply. This is not the case, however, with the -3db points - they are more distinct. You can figure out the resonant frequency as the center of these -3db points if you like.
I measured 5 of the last crystals that I got from Diz with these results:
Fs -3db low -3db high Rs BW
5.067.211 5.067.167 5.067.255 12.8 ohms 88
5.067.224 5.067.194 5.067.266 15.4 ohms 72
5.067.226 5.067.184 5.067.277 19.6 ohms 93
5.067.220 5.067.171 5.067.265 14.6 ohms 94
5.067.202 5.067.159 5.067.257 15.0 ohms 98
Which is quite a good match as far as I'm concerned.
So, from the formulas on the above mentioned page I got from the first crystal the following:
QL = 57.582 Cm = .0144pf Lm = 68mH and Co = 3.16pf
That's enough information for AADE's filter design program.
If anyone finds something strange about thes figures, please let me know. I'm very new at this.
Tom, ak2b
Now that's interesting. A few years ago I snagged about 250 8.3886mhz rocks in HC6u cans off of fleabay.
I'd sure like to try making a few IF filters out of them. I've been told crystals in these larger cans make better
filters than the sub mini micro processor rocks, not too sure if that's true but it could be.
IIRC I paid about $15 plus postage for all those rocks.
I transformed the 2K input/output impedance to 50 ohms so I could sweep it with the VNA. I used Jack Smith's tutorial in the AADE Filter Design program Help Files. Having done that, I added something that likes 50 ohms - the ADE-1 mixers which are those little things at each end of the filter. The ADE-1 is supported upside down by the ground leads.
http://www.danssmallpartsandkits.net/ is selling ADE-1's for $6.00 with a little circuit board.
Anyway, the curve looks fine but the slopes stink. I don't know if this is a problem with the design, the VNA, me or all three. The slopes are only good to about 40 dB. I took out another filter (Inrad) and tested it with the VNA and it also has poorer slopes than it should (not quite as bad as mine, though).
I'm taking a break - the Giants are on
Tom, ak2b
I see you have trimmers at half the capacitor positions. Depending on the filter design you might need to adjust the remaining cap positions to get your slope where you want it. The filter termination impedance can make a difference, as well as the number of poles (but five crystals does seem to be about the average used in SSB ladder filters.) If you use more poles you might need a series capacitor or two in the middle of the filter. Seems you are zeroing in on the thing though.....
I just got brave and hooked my newly built DDS-60 up to my ATmega16 development board. I wrote some software to initialize the SPI interface on the processor and to send bytes out to the DDS-60. I had to do some hex math to come up with the right constant to multiply the frequency by to get the correct DDS programming word. It has to be a binary fraction so that you can use integer math. The code is written in "C" using WINAVR (avr-gcc), the variables end up being long long int's (64 bit integers) and I right shift out the LS 24 bits to get rid of the fractional part of the product. Avr-libc DOES have a floating point package, but it's a code/cpu HOG.
Anyway my dumb program simply sets up the micro to dump 5 bytes of zeros to the AD9851 twice to make sure it's initialized in serial mode, then it calculates the DDS tuning word for 10mhz and sends that to the AD9851. I hooked up my frequency counter to the output, powered up the micro/dds and crossed my fingers. DANG!, either my counter is out of calibration or the rock on the DDS-60 is a bit off 'cause the output is 650HZ low! Well actually all considered, that's close enough for government work!
Next step is to hook up my shaft encoder and either an LCD display or an LED display. I have a module half built with 8 LED's and a MAX6954 display driver that I plan to use. The '6954 will also give me a 16 button keypad interface too. I may just hook up a 16x2 LCD just to have something now. I also can control the micro from my pc using the serial interface, and I'm using that now with printf statements to debug to code.
As soon as I have a way to change frequency on the DDS from a user interface, guess I'll hack up a DC RX front end.
AH HA, the A/C just turned on and started to blow. The frequency dropped another 10HZ. Well the DDS-60 isn't exactly THAT good a frequency reference I suppose.
PS, I'll drag the DSLR into the work room one of these days so I can post some pictures.
Not sure if this is helpful but anyway here is a screenshot of the measurements I made last fall of the crystals I got from Diz using the W5BIG analyzer http://www.qsl.net/w4gns/dizcrystals.html Keep up the good conversation guys
73 Gary W4GNS
Hi Gary, I hope you're feeling better.
I remembered your post and looked it up to check my crystals against. They are very close.
Tom ak2b
That last board I built is kind of messed up. Both the ADE-1's are mis-wired. The audio input should go to pin 2 (IF) and pin 3 (RF) should go to the input of the the crystal filter. The output of the crystal filter should go to pin 2 of the transmit mixer.
Any resemblance to intelligence I may exhibit is purely coincidental:)
Hi Ken,
With all those crystals the only thing to do is make some filters. There are a lot of good references out there. Another one I like is:
http://www.k8iqy.com/testequipment/pvxo … 02V1R5.pdf
Once your DDS is done you aren't far from making one.
Tom, ak2b
I'm looking at your K8ZOA crystal fixture, Is there anything special about that other than having alot of ground plane ? I soldered a female pin to a BNC connector when I was measuring, I need to whip something else up and get started doing something again. Gonna whip up a QRSS receiver, most likely from Hans Summers design, then get back to doing something with the RF Tool Kits, sloooooooooooly.
I have lost alot of stuff, that I had in the truck, last spring, do alot of hunting for by homebrew related stuff now, may have to reorder alot of the basics too, will make another post when I have gotten rolling on some cool stuff
And no Tom, not feeling any better, surgery did not help most of my symtoms, and the pain killers seem to be frying what few brain cells I have ;-( , I made a bad call when I thought it was a great idea to be a truck driver for a living. Really done a number on my back
73 Gary W4GNS
ak2b wrote:
Hi Ken,
With all those crystals the only thing to do is make some filters. There are a lot of good references out there. Another one I like is:
http://www.k8iqy.com/testequipment/pvxo … 02V1R5.pdf
Once your DDS is done you aren't far from making one.
Tom, ak2b
w4gns wrote:
I'm looking at your K8ZOA crystal fixture, Is there anything special about that other than having alot of ground plane ?
Here is a schematic of Jack's test fixture. In the K8IQY url, there is also a test fixture. Take your pick. You seem to have gotten good results with your analyzer without a fixture.
http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/Docu … ixture.pdf
Sorry about your back. Good luck with that.
Tom, ak2b
After a futile attempt to get a decent curve out of the 5.067MHz crystals I gave up and built this 9MHz Inrad cheapy filter. The filter impedance is 200 ohms so I made up transformers with a 5 turn primary and a 10 turn secondary on an FT37-43 core. It looks pretty good. It looked really bad until I added the transformers. Actually, that might be a clue to why the 5MHz crystals look so bad - I probably have the impedance wrong.
That's about all that went right today. I blew out one of the ADE-1's. Can't figure out how I did that.
Tom, ak2b
Your measurement run on the Inrad filter looks like a carbon copy of the one on their website, except that
they had a center frequency 10hz lower than yours.
If you can drive your 5mhz filter from a high impedance output and put low resistance carbon pots on the
input and output of the filter, and measure with a 1meg ohm voltmeter, you should be able to vary the termination resistance
till you get it right. Problem is you don't KNOW what the correct termination impedance for your set of crystals should be
to get the right response curve, though I would have thought that within reason you could vary the capacitance till you
got it right for a given impedance. Maybe not if the crystal series resistance is too far out of wack. Did you look at the design of the filter in the K2 SSB adapter for ideas?
You might need to add a series capacitance at the input and output of the filter, or a series resistance at the input and
or output of the filter. I've seen these in some ladder filter designs, mostly those with 5 or more rocks though.
Anyway, that INRAD filter looks good, and for $24 not too bad. I'm hoping I can build something decent out of all those 8.3333 mhz HC6/U surplus crystals I have. As far as my project is concerned, I got the LED display board wired up with the MAX6954 display driver chip. Next step is to ohm it out to make sure I wired up correctly, then to add a connector to my Mega16 development board to interconnect the two and try writing a driver for it. Also need to wire up the rotary encoder and then we can actually try to control the DDS. I also need to find a serial interfaced D/A chip so I can generate a sweep output with the DDS, that will give me an el-cheapo way to look at the response curves for filters. Not actually right though since the voltage display on the scope will still be linear, not log ... would need a linear to log conversion circuit between the output and the scope. Could use the 10 bit A/D on the Mega16 and do the conversion and graph in software, but that would require writing a graphical application on the PC. Guess I'd have to look at the TCK/TKL, GTK or QT documentation (running Linux here) for that.
Also need to measure cutouts for the front panel of my project for the LED readout and the 16 switch keypad. Thinking of using a Dremel to cut out the openings. The target project box measures about 11"W x 6"H x 14"D (larger than the K3) which should give me plenty of room for the transceiver with a 100W power amp (though I'll start with something in the 10-30w neighborhood based on junkbox transistors I already have).
Last edited by wa2me (2009-09-20 12:58:49)
Hi Ken,
Thanks for the suggestions. I dismantled the 5 MHz filter with all the variable caps and tried using an SSB filter from Diz's kits with 39pf caps. If I model it with AADE I get about 600 to 700 ohms impedance. Anyway, I dispensed with the previous layout and now use the following one:
This setup is working really well. The DSB signal at the RF port of the SBL-1 is textbook. I'm using Diz's Universal BFO as the carrier oscillator. I threw caution to the wind and put the crystal filter in without the proper termination just to try the SSB chain as a whole. After the xtal filter I used the TX Mixer. I had to jumper past the pin diode switch since the following amplifier input is not at DC ground. I'm using an FCC-1/2 for the VFO. I tested the whole thing with a homebrew power amp and it works . I'll get to the crystal filter termination some other time.
I'm looking forward to some pics of your DDS. I've never made an amp with more than a few watts. I'd be intrested in seeing what you do - particularly since sunspots have been few and far between.
Tom, ak2b
I modeled yet another filter using AADE filter designer. I pretty much followed the tutorial in the AADE help file - the one by Jack Smith. (Tutorials > Crystal Filter Tutorials > Cohn Filter Example) I even transformed the input and output impedances the same way it described in the tutorial. I used the 5.067 MHz crystal parameters described in anothe post on this page. I ended up transforming a 734.482 ohm impedance to 50 ohms. I built the L network into one of Diz's crystal filter boards. The caps are 39pf. The result is posted below.
I think this will be good enough.
Tom, ak2b
I've had a few ideas for a medium power final for the rig I'm working on:
Motorola design using MRF475 and MRF476 transistors (I have some of them)
http://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf-dat … 405884.pdf (figure 2)
Also the 40w mosfet amp that appeared in QST, but I'd run it at lower voltage at the 20W level....
For a QRP final, probably a pair of 2N2219A's driven by a pair of 2n2222A's. These are 250-300mhz FT transistors and should give
somewhere between 1/2w to 2w PEP output. I have some fairly large TO-5 and TO-72 heat sinks for them.
Another idea would be a QRP final producing 2-5 watts (MRF476's) and an external linear using a pair of 1625 tubes. There was
a passive grid design in QST back in the '60's that used two 807W's with 1kv on the plates to produce about 150W PEP output (230W PEP input).
The 1625's are identical to the 807W's (except for a different base, 12.6v heaters, and larger ST16 glass bulb). These old bottles actually will take
the overload in plate voltage quite well.
If I go with one of the 20W finals, I might build a linear using one or two 811's to get up to 300W output (for those times when the band is REALLY
dead, or some rare DX shows up and I want the QSL bad enough.) I have a few 811's in the junk box too. There is also a real nice toroid power transformer available for around $60 that will power TWO 811's (including the heaters) that has a 240v primary. (OK it's a dual 550v secondary, dual 6.3v 5A, and is rated at 400VA at 50hz CCS. That translates to around 600VA ICAS at 60hz).
Just found a few of your videos on YouTube. Seems one of my ideas for an el-cheapo QRP final you already know of, and I just now heard of JBOT. Nothing new under the sun! I see you also have a DDS-60 based DSP in addition to the FCC-2. Which one do you think is cleaner? That DDS-60 package job reminds me of an old Lionel train power pack!
Well, I've started to work out in my head how to code the MAX6954 driver, maybe I'll get the LED displays going by the end of the week. Hope to package up my DDS-60 into a working VFO ASAP so I can get on to the FUN stuff. (Then I'll need to get some 74HC595's so the uC can control the BPF/LPF filter relays, though that's getting a bit ahead of myself!)
Last edited by wa2me (2009-09-21 20:20:08)
wa2me wrote:
Just found a few of your videos on YouTube. Seems one of my ideas for an el-cheapo QRP final you already know of, and I just now heard of JBOT. Nothing new under the sun! I see you also have a DDS-60 based DSP in addition to the FCC-2. Which one do you think is cleaner? That DDS-60 package job reminds me of an old Lionel train power pack!
Hi Ken,
"The WB2EBY design is implemented in the PA-100 from HF Projects.
I can supply bare boards or kitted parts." (quoted from Virgil, K5OOR, the designer and owner of HF Projects)
I also have this kit, it is very handy to have around when 1 watt isn't cutting it.
The Motorola app notes also look interesting, particularly if you already have the transistors.
I don't know which one of the DDS's is the cleanest. I probably should. It has never been an issue in terms of practical use with any of the radios I've built. I know there are people that won't use either one because of the spurs. I haven't noticed them - I'm sure they are there, though. Maybe ignorance is bliss . I can tell you that the DDS-60 is by far the hottest! The FCC-1/2 is incredibly well programmed to do almost anything you can dream up. Either one makes for a very cheap piece of test gear with great accuracy. I use my FCC-1/2 with a step attenuator as much as my HP8640B generator.
If you are looking for an amp, take a look at http://golddredgervideo.com/kc0wox/wa2ebyamp/index.htm
It documents building an amp to pump up your 1 watt.
Last edited by kc0wox (2009-09-23 18:48:14)
Well I'm still working on the Mega16 controller. I hope to write some code for the MAX6954 LED driver interface this weekend. I got side tracked by another idea. I am going to add an IR receiver interface using a spare interrupt input on the processor. Since I already wrote this code for a project at work, getting it going on my DDS controller will be easy. So I will be able to use an IR remote control to operate the DDS and the eventual transceiver as well. I have a NIles R8 remote control (older version of this one http://www.nilesaudio.com/product.php?p … ID=FG01446) that I can use. The IR receiver interface is very simple, just a 38khz receiver module (http://www.bgmicro.com/index.asp?PageAc … odID=11069), connected to a spare interrupt on the microprocessor. The software uses a hardware timer to measure incoming pulses to decode the IR signals.


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The Norse God of Thunder/Lightning. He wields his magical hammer "Mjolnir".
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Norse god of Thunder. He is described as immense, enormously built with a big red beard, clad in leather and mail, wearing a belt of strength, and iron gauntlets. He wields an unstoppable hammer, Mjolnir, and he fought giants and all who opposed his people. Likes to drink mjod and smash christians with his hammer. Thor will kick your ass and smash you into a pulpy mess with his hammer.