uBitx Firmware and Speakers, and the Canada Winter Contest Today, in keeping with my winter vacation goal of spending more time on my hobby and doing what makes me… Continue reading “uBitx Firmware and Speakers, and the Canada Winter Contest”…
CQ Santa! I finally took some time off. I haven’t taken time from work and truly disconnected for some time, and I’ve… Continue reading “CQ Santa!”…
SKYWARN Recognition Day SKYWARN Recognition Day turned out to be some good low-key fun. It wasn’t a contest, per se. It was an… Continue reading “SKYWARN Recognition Day”…
Update on the uBitx Kit Back in February of 2018, I purchased a radio kit from HFSignals.com called the uBitx or micro Bitx, to affordably… Continue reading “Update on the uBitx Kit”…
My first Net Control! Tonight was nuts – and I loved it! I’ve been listening to amateur radio nets since before I was a… Continue reading “My first Net Control!”…
Rebuilding the Hamtop I’ve been meaning to write an article on how I set up my Hamtop; my Linux laptop with free amateur… Continue reading “Rebuilding the Hamtop”…
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend or ILLW was a lot of fun. The goal is to try and make… Continue reading “International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend”…
Red Cross Shelter Exercise Once I joined the Wireless Society of Southern Maine, I quickly learned that there was more to amateur radio than… Continue reading “Red Cross Shelter Exercise”…
VHF Propagation measured by APRS Reading up on 2-meter or VHF propagation, I recently stumbled across a website that displays APRS propagation, overlayed on a… Continue reading “VHF Propagation measured by APRS”…
Learn Morse Code with Google! Pawing through news stories over supper, I came across a news article from Verge that says Google updated their keyboard… Continue reading “Learn Morse Code with Google!”…