Not a joke! RT @rjek: Today is World Standards Day. Except in the US, which celebrates it on 23rd. http://t.co/ePc5KIvpIa
— Thomas Robitaille (@astrofrog) October 14, 2014
A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Standards
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Leixen VV-898: Hans Reviews
Hans reviews the Leixen VV-898:
"The receiver is sensitive, very sensitive. With an average sensitivity of -127dBm the Leixen is amongst the most sensitive radios around. Sensitivity isn’t everything though; the capability to separate wanted signals from unwanted signals is much more important.
That proved to be something the Leixen VV-898 can’t do at all. Even on a relatively deaf antenna, a Diamond discone, I heard mixer products and out-of-band signals all over VHF and UHF."
Monday, October 13, 2014
CWNP
I'm looking into the Certified Wireless Network Professional program for my next cert. CWNP is vendor agnostic. I've never formally done any training or studying on the wireless side, but after reading a couple of chapters, I'm excited about the (no surprise) overlap with ham radio topics. I spotted a ham calling "CQ" in the CWNP forum.
Wouxun KG-UV950P: 800 MHz Receive
BuyTwoWayRadios reminds us that the Wouxun KG-UV950P quad band radio will also receive from 700.000 to 985.000 MHz. The trick is to make sure you are using the "A" side of the radio to hear the 800 MHz band:
"To access the 800MHz band, simply press the A/B button and switch to A, Press the 2 Key (MHz), and enter a frequency from 700.000 MHZ to 985.000 MHz. Once entered, you can also scan the entire range of those frequencies on the A side by pressing the * (Scan) key for two seconds to initiate the scan."
Sunday, October 12, 2014
409Shop Introduction Video
A little promo video about the 409Shop...
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Saturday, October 11, 2014
Baofeng UV-82: $29.99
You can get a Baofeng UV-82 for $29.99 at Radioddity.
DC Rainmaker's Handy Tools & Apps Page
A good list of various on-line tools for runners, cyclists, etc. For example, I've used this one to download all my Garmin data since there isn't a way to do a bulk backup of it from the Garmin Connect website. A foolish oversight if you ask me.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Alinco = AnyTone
Hans points out that Alinco is rebranding Anytone radios.
While the looks are still typical Alinco, inside it’s another story. The Alinco DR-138 and DR-438, two mono-band radios, are incarnations of the AnyTone AT-588 mono-band radios. The ‘all new’ DR-638 dual-band radio is an incarnation of the AnyTone AT-5888.As I was posting this, I was going to add the Alinco label/tag and realized I had never used it before. Funny that I've made it four years without using it and now I add it because of Anytone.
TYT TH-9800: Version 2
Grapevine Amateur Radio sent out an e-mail about the updated TYT TH-9800 Quad band mobile. They have it for $279.99:
"We received a brand new shipment 2 days ago and have already sold several of these updated radios. This is the latest version of the TH-9800 Quad Bander, which contains a new PCB board and has the most up-to-date firmware."I wish there was a little more detail in the message.
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