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Space Weather Update
Aficionados of HF DXing will know that solar flux levels have been rather high over the last 3 months leading to exceptionally good propagation on 20 metres and the higher frequency HF bands.
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A Guide to HT Range Extension With the Anytone 578
The Anytone 578 (AT578) mobile radio can be configured as a “crossband” repeater. As the name suggests, crossband repeaters operate much like other repeaters with one important difference: the uplink and downlink frequencies are on different bands.
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BLAST FROM THE PAST!
Witnessing the constant evolution of our OVMRC amateur radio club under the inspired leadership of amateur radio operators such as Norm VE3LC, Barry VE3NA, and many others, it reminds me of the Golden Years of the OVMRC in the late 90's when the club had a count of about 300 members in its fold.
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Peanut – Digital amateur radio software with great audio
While working across digital modes the trans-coding can really distort audio quality for the voices you know and recognize! This was the situation with my access to the Friday night CANNET working cross-modes with my C4FM and DMR handi-talkies and a jumbo-spot running pi-star. The search for some better audio quality led me to take…
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VA3ODG is back on the air on the 70 cm band.
An article that may be of interest to local D-Star and Fusion radio users.
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“RepeaterPhone” app for IPhone, IPad and Apple Watch
just installed this app on an IPad mini and it seems to work like a charm; it cost me $12. This application provides access to both the AllStarLink system of Repeaters and “Hubs” as well as EchoLink nodes.