My Field Day adventure started on Tuesday, 23 June. I finished the final touched to the eARSIB and then through every possible item I thought I might need (minus a 25 pin to 9 pin cable for a Kantronics KPC-3+ which I will talk about later) in a total of 3 footlockers. I [...]
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It has been a cold, rainy Sunday. We are on short final for the delivery of child number two… about 12 more days. Spent part of the day finishing the fixes to the nursery. Despite the rain, I BBQ’d two excellent steaks for dinner. I spent a good amount of time [...]
It’s time to dust off the Amateur Radio Station In a Box (ARSIB) and get it ready for field day.
Back in 2006 I was inspired by other hams who had put together portable stations that were built inside waterproof containers, capable of multimode (phone, CW, digital) HF, VHF, or UHF operation, easily powered by 110v/220v [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2009, 10:29 pm, by AD7MI, under
radio.
I enjoyed AB9RF and KE9Vs recent postings concerning the ending of the “era of the communicator” – I am a big fan of both blogs. Kelly (AB9RF) argues that to continue to attract new hams, we need to focus the image of ham radio not as a means to talk to far away place [...]
Posted on January 21, 2009, 3:06 am, by AD7MI, under
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Looks like I can use my RIGblaster Plug & Play with linux. I am going to have to test this out.
More info here: Linux Wolf Pack
… and here:Ek’s Files
Posted on November 19, 2007, 2:15 pm, by AD7MI, under
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After a painful few weeks of being off the internet, we are now back online through a satellite internet service.
During the internet outage, MARS Winlink/Airmail worked like a champ – allowing me to stay in contact with friends and family. I am impressed with the reliability of WL2K.
My dad has recently upgraded to General and has been getting on the air making contacts. This isn’t the first time he’s been on HF or exchanged QSL cards. Back in his younger days, he held the call KN6ILL (I Love Lucy) and operated an HT-20 transmitter and a National NC-57 for a [...]
Posted on September 1, 2007, 1:51 pm, by AD7MI, under
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During my deployment to Iraq, I wanted to setup and operate a MARS station. I know that MARS is not nearly as well used by deployed soldiers as it once was to send MARSGrams and use phone patches to talk to family back home. Access to the internet and AT&T Call Centers now [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2007, 6:23 pm, by AD7MI, under
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Setting up the DigiPan dial scale to read actual transmitted RF frequency:
Under Configure/Band, mark the band you wish to be displayed on the dial scale as active, tab to the Spectrum Start box and enter the Spectrum start frequency in kHz, or kHz and tenths of kHz, and check if you want the dial scale [...]
Posted on April 8, 2007, 2:02 pm, by AD7MI, under
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I’ve been playing with my FT-817 and having some fun. It is amazing how many features they pack in such a tiny little box. I’ve slowly been learning some of them. The first (important) feature I discovered was the power setting. When you operate off batteries, the radio defaults to 2.5 [...]