The June 2026 lecture is now available on the club YouTube channel VK2MB-TV.
Richard VK2ARH talks about the new projects for the club’s 2026 Buildathon Program, which starts in July. The lecture has been split into two parts, one for each project.
Part 1 features the main project this year, an implementation of Jon Dawson’s “Hamfist”, a multi-channel Morse decoder based on the Raspberry Pi Pico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2HawdiCoH.
Part 2 details upgrades to one of last year’s club projects, the Network Time Protocol Clock. New features of the clock include atmospheric and solar weather, multiple time zones, remote operation and more: NTP Clock with GPS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coA3r7XgQvE.
Hi. Will the morse decoder “Hamfist” be available as a kit purchase anytime in the future?
Hi Seppo,
Richard VK2ARH has replied to you directly via email.
For anyone else with the same question, here’s the essence of Richard’s reply:
We do not have any plans to make the kit commercially available, our build program involves a group buy to support our Buildathon program.
Full details of how to build the decoder including gerber files for the PCB’s and a comprehensive construction manual can be found at my GitHub site: https://github.com/VK2ARH/Morse-Decoder.