bibikar.net
Front of QSL card

Links: QRZ, RBN heatmap, GitHub, LinkedIn.

I hold the US call sign N5EIF (formerly KI5EIF). I was first licensed April 18, 2019, and upgraded to Extra class in 2021.

This site is mostly dedicated to hobby projects now, but you may read about my school projects here.

Clubs and membership numbers

Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association (PAARA).

Oak Hill Amateur Radio Club (N5OAK).

UT Amateur Radio Club (N5XU), alumni, 2019–2022.

FPQRP #–4618, PODXS Ø7Ø #2906, member ARRL.

CWops #3524, SKCC #28163, 30CW #353.

Recent posts

Comparing my first two POTA activations

Tags: cw, pota, qrp, sideband
Sameer Bibikar, November 23, 2023.
My first two POTA activations were successful, but I made just 14 QSOs in the first activation, and more than 60 in the second (joint) activation. I'd like to find out why.

The 2023 ARRL Sweepstakes contests at N5EIF

Tags: contest, cw, qrp, sideband
Sameer Bibikar, November 22, 2023.
The 2023 Sweepstakes contests were a lot of fun even for a newcomer like me. I made 92 QSOs in the CW Sweepstakes and 19 in the SSB Sweepstakes.

A long-needed website redesign

Tags: maintenance
Sameer Bibikar, November 21, 2023.
I've finally redesigned this website, and it's basically a blog engine now. One reason I wasn't writing much about recent radio activities was that this website was set up only for manual HTML pages. I had to write each article manually in HTML and then push it to the web server. This is fine, but I wanted to have a header and footer, and maybe autogenerate indices.

Softrock RXTX QRPp transceiver

Tags: digital, ft8, kit, psk31, qrp
Sameer Bibikar, March 21, 2023.
Building a Softrock RXTX all-mode QRPp kit transceiver.

A standalone amplifier based on the QRP Labs 10 W amplifier module

Tags: amplifier, homebrew, kit
Sameer Bibikar, March 18, 2023.
Building an amplifier with built-in T/R switching for full QSK.

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