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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…

February 12, 2023

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.

February 12, 2023

“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.

February 12, 2023

Rambler February 2023 (Vol.65, Issue 6)

February 12, 2023

President’s Ramblings for February, 2023

The new year is already starting to slip away but after that short ultra cold snap I for one am looking forward to warmer weather ahead.

February 10, 2023

2M/70cm Slot Antenna: Re-purposing a satellite dish for amateur radio

With a surplus satellite dish on my hands as a result of an internet upgrade, I began to look around for a potential amateur radio use.

January 17, 2023

USING AN OPEK HVT-600 VERTICAL AS A MOBILE ANTENNA

The Opek HVT-600 is a 200 Watt 10-band (1/4 λ) ham radio antenna (80m - 2m).

January 17, 2023

Technological advancement in Amateur Radio: Software Defined Radio and innovative software with potential application for POTA and SOTA.

This emphasis on technological advancement and experimentation in the amateur radio community has rapidly developed with the advent of Software Defined Radio (SDR).

January 17, 2023

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