While working on interfacing the UHF VXR-7000 radio to the URI, I realized that I needed to reprogram the transmitter. It had previously been programmed to transmit a CTCSS of 100.0 Hz. That’s fine but I want app_rpt to handle […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Amateur Radio
I’ve removed all of the amateur radio equipment from Schweitzer Mountain for maintenance. My hope is that I’ll only have it offline for a week. Unfortunately the 145.230 transmitter has died. I measured no power out although I could hear […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Listening to the UK hub this morning (Node 27066), a couple of OM’s were in QSO about clubs. They had some good thoughts about what was wrong with their local clubs and made comparison to some of our US clubs. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It seems that the 5.230 repeater has some sort of output power problem or maybe a bad antenna. The 444.075 repeater still functions normally. I plan a trip to the site for this week for work. At that time I’ll […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I previously published a rant in which I described some needs for a logging recorder for radio communications. When I’ve purchased logging recorders of this type for public safety (use use them to record all phone, radio and operator positions) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We (Josh, Dirk and I collectively) just killed most of an afternoon tripping over ourselves on a parallel port configuration for a node. GRRRR! So I’m putting a few notes here in the hopes that we won’t make these mistakes again. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Notice: This post will contain a bit of a rant. It’s gotta be done. But it’s relevant, so please endure it and you’ll see the point. It will explain a future post where I put together something technical (hint: recorder). […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many have noticed the announcements playing on the STARnet nodes for the last few weeks. They’ve been successful in pointing people to the N7JCT web site to obtain information about the nodes. Several people have, as a result, emailed me […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When it comes to getting on the air with digital modes, chances are it’s easier than you think. There are some fine commercial products that will help you to connect your computer to your radio, but they aren’t necessary. I’ll […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
BACKGROUND It all started with beer and HF radio over at Thor’s house. We were sitting around the radio and the bands seem dead, and we wanted to do some kind of radio operation. I had just upgraded to General […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…