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[Jump here or scroll down if you just want to get started with the instructions on how to set WSJT-X up on the Elecraft KX2 transceiver.] I messed up. I could not get the KX2 to transmit in SSB yesterday. On a truly beautiful spring afternoon AA1F, Georgie (our shepherd), and I set out to …
Scroll to the bottom if you are only interested in the FD checklist! Is Field Day worth it? This year, more than any other, it seems this question was popping up on ham radio forums across the internet. Other versions seem to be what is the relevance of FD in the day and age of …
I am literally afraid to turn anything off. I am sitting here with two computers connected together with an ethernet cable. A Yaesu FT-991A on the left of me, and not one, but two Yaesu FT-891As on the right of me. One of the 891s is mine. The other is AA1F’s. Which I recently ran …
I have ever so slowly been moving away from exclusively phone to other non-verbal modes on Summits-On-The-Air activations. My last peak, a short little walk up Joe English Hill, I brought the digimodes-only Venus DR-4020 transceiver with a 3 ah LiFePO Bioenno battery, and the once extraordinarily cheap (as in $60!) Evolve III Maestro PC …
It was one of my buddies who really put a bug in my ear about the use of RF digimodes in a city landscape. He’s been itching to build the QRP Labs QDX Digital Transceiver. I did not instantly see the excitement. FT8 is a fun mode at times. I have enjoyed JS8 call. WSPR …
These settings for getting the Yaesu FT-891A to play nice with WSJT-X worked well for me! Well, really for AA1F who is deciding he wants to be able to operate FT8 during campground quiet hours too… (Thanks to https://w0abe.com/projects/ft8-ft891/ who I hope does not mind me reposting these here!)
OBJECTIVE: Develop a pilot experiment to determine if Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) can be used by amateur radio operators to test radiofrequency propagation, and in particular compare antenna systems. DESIGN: Erect two 10M antennas in close proximity to one another. One antenna is a citizen’s band (i.e. CB) 11M steel whip on the roof …
So, you are looking at my latest ham radio acquisition, the WSPR Desktop Transmitter Model 80to10 by ZachTek. As always, I buy all of my own items and do not accept solicitations for product reviews. In fact, I really only talk about the things I own that I like on this blog for the most …
I have been struggling with FT8, well, pretty much since the moment I heard about FT8. I am excited to say those days ended tonight. The Icom IC-705 could not be easier to use with WSJT-X. And in fact, this little radio keeps impressing me more and more. Like just a few mornings ago when …
Few things scream lazy brunch more than a rainy Saturday of a long holiday weekend. And a homemade stack of butter and honey waffles segued quite nicely into figuring out how to operate the FT-8 digimode on my Yaesu FT-857D battlehorse. At least that’s what I told the OM! I was ready for this moment! …