Most places in the US use 25 KHz channels on the 70cm band. I’m told that there are some places that use 20 KHz channels. There is good information on this at the Ham Radio School website. Here is a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here are some links I’m collecting to help get my code proficiency up so I can operate CW. We will see how this turns out. The editor in this new version of WordPress is pretty horrible. https://www.g4ifb.com/FOC_Guide_to_Morse_Code_Proficiency.pdf CW Ops: https://cwops.org/ […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I built something like this for about 10% of what MFJ gets for theirs. I wanted something to “have my back” while I operate CW in the field, in case I miss any characters. It also boosts my confidence to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After investing about 30 hours of time to troubleshoot problems with a Vertex VXR-7000 recently, I discovered that the software for programming the radio is to blame for a host of problems. If you are using these radios for amateur […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are many reasons that a VPN will be necessary. One example is where Josh uses a satellite internet connection that does not allow for reliable port forwarding from the internet to his AllStarLink node. Installation of OpenVPN should allow […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have several Zetron DTMF microphones. These are great little mics, used the heck out of them in the 1990’s. But today I can’t find any information on them. I really need a pinout for them so I can figure […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve setup a couple of Vertex VXR-7000 radios for use on AllStar app_rpt. What follows are my detailed notes of that configuration in the hope it will help anyone else. These are excellent radios but the connection to them is […] ↓ 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…