Here is a short slide presentation about Digital HotSpots For HAM Radio – That Bill KF5ZBL and I presented to The Richardson Amateur Radio Club at their August 2018 club meeting.
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A short video of my solar charging setup using a 100W Renogy Solar Suitcase Panel with a West Mountain Epic PWRGate controller and a Bioenno LiFe battery for power.
The Jupiter Research Foundation has an amateur radio club. And, that club has recently launched the HF Voyager on a Pacific journey from Hawaii to California. Enclosed in a waterproof housing onboard the HF Voyager is a HF (high frequency) HAM radio (an Elecraft KX3 in fact).
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A very short slide-show overview of a ZUMspot with Pi-Star software/image running on a Raspberry Pi – An open-source multi-protocol UHF HAM Radio HotSpot. Protocol support for DMR, D-Star, System Fusion (YSF), P-25 and NXDN. Click below for slide-show.
First look and hardware install of the ICOM UT-137 Bluetooth unit for the D-Star ICOM ID-4100A Radio. This will allow the remote controlling of the ID-4100 from an iPhone/Android or PC using Bluetooth and associated client application.
Since the State of Texas requires front license plates like it or not I had to put one on.
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Details on installing a Yaesu FTM-400XDR in a 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor pickup
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The Elecraft KX2 is a marvelous tiny radio – I have done several upgrades to it including SideKX Panels and matching cover. The latest update is an upgrade to the plastic VFO knob. Below is a VFO knob kit I found on eBay for around $25 bux (free shipping) Complete with allen wrench for an easy install.
David Cappello (KG5EIU) 