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…
Here is the info and files to add to your node so you can program a variety of radios. The HamVoIP site is the source for most of this but I am helping you to add what is needed for […] ↓ 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…