What is a digipeater?
A digipeater, most simply put, repeats digital packets. However the how it repeats and what packets it repeats and why it repeats them are very…
Category: Amateur Radio
I do not like moderation (and I’m thankful for it too.)
Just posted, held in que for moderation, and I’m impatient. Copy and pasted, and in the future I’ll post here first, and link their second…
An APRS radio day
Ahh, I had been waiting for today, among many projects on my list, this is one I have been looking forward to the most. Then…
Study Guides
Here are the study guides that I have used for each of the three exams. First, an quick introduction to the classes of licenses By…
Amateur Radio Maps and Stuff
Public APRS Map: https://aprs-map.info/ Jeromy Alexander APRS Map: http://map.jeromyalexander.com Visual Topographic Maps: https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map-nb18/United-States/ Amateur Radio License Map: https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map/AD8GN airLink Line of Sight Visualizer tool: https://link.ui.com/# APRS Menolink…
A simple ground plane to turn your favorite HT SMA antenna (a Signal Stick, of course!) into an external ground plane antenna. The panel mount coax adapter and nuts/bolts/washers came…
Local Repeaters (Jackson, Michigan)
These are the repeaters that I have accessed from my QTH. 146.88 -0.6 MHz 100.0 / 100.0 W8JXN Jackson 2.75 NW 147.36 +0.6 MHz 100.0…
One Thousand FT8 Contacts in 14 Days
This was an article I had originally begun writing to publish on my then local clubs website and later the ARRL reached out to me…
Height is might!
Hello – I’m a new ham (11/18/20) in Jackson, Michigan. I work as a Skydive Photographer and AFF Instructor as the Napoleon (3NP) Airport, which…
My QRZ logbook
Yes, I am good on QRZ for my email contact address- although I’ve been operating mobile since Thanksgiving Day 2022, so be sure to ask…
First ‘big’ antenna!
Height is might! Here is my quick and easy antenna mast: 4x pieces of 17 gauge fence top rail, 10.5 feet each, for a total…