Compared with the MD-380... different batteries, chargers, and more...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Monday, August 1, 2016
Hamvention to Greene Co Fair and Expo Center
Well, let's make it official - we're moving to the Greene County Fair & Exposition Center - See you in 2017! More detaild to follow!— Dayton Hamvention (@hamvention) August 1, 2016
Friday, July 29, 2016
SDR Limits
From the linked article:The Problem with Software Defined Radio https://t.co/adnsZEjh6p— hackaday (@hackaday) July 29, 2016
The key feature of the LimeSDR, and all boards derived from Lime Micro’s tech is the LMS7002M. It’s a Field Programmable RF transceiver with coverage from 100kHz to 3.8GHz, a programmable IF filtering from 600kHz to 80MHz, and — this one is important — on-chip reconfigurable ‘signal processing’ and a fast USB 3.0 interface to a computer.
APRS: Xastir and Raspberry Pi
WZØW's Xastir on the Raspberry Pi:
"A while back I got interested in APRS. My only 2m radios were a Kenwood TM281A in my car, and a dual band HT. Neither had TNC capabilities built in, though, so the first order of business was to get a TNC that I could use on one or both of these radios. I had seen an article by Jerry Clement, VE6AB, in the May 2015 issue of QST about a bluetooth-capable TNC fromMobilinkd that works well with HT tranceivers and APRSDroid on Android smartphones. I decided to give it a try, and it worked well, as advertised.
Then I started wondering, if I used a Bluetooth USB adapter on a Raspberry Pi, could I use Xastir to set up APRS on my base station. The punchline of the story is yes, I could."
Die Hard Reloaded
The bane of a real sysadmin. I will do anything for uptime. #xkcd #sysadminday #humor pic.twitter.com/SlZ6XQXdm3— nixCraft (@nixcraft) July 24, 2014
La Plus Ca Change
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Here's the true different between mainframe computing & #cloudcomputing #hackers #geeks pic.twitter.com/u4n6wWCE1C— Mil Air Comms (@MilAirComms) July 27, 2016
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Digital Voice on VHF/UHF
"I've been living in a bit of an alternate reality, thanks to shooting video at the ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conferences and at some of the more esoteric forums at Dayton and other hamfests. In that universe - actually more of a future than a present - we don't have to choose which closed system we want to buy into. We don't have to carry three or four handhelds around to cover all the modes, and hope our belt is strong enough to keep our pants up (and guaranteeing a feature spot on HamSexy). We can operate a single radio that can run all the DV modes, along with analog FM.
That radio doesn't exist today, but it will."
Afternoon Farmer
Old Fashioned Insults...
Afternoon Farmer - A laggard; a farmer who rises late and is behind in his chores; hence, anyone who loses his opportunities.I think that one fits me right now.
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Baofeng Tech UV-50X3: Miklor Review
John has reviewed the BTECH UV-50X3 tri-band mobile. The full review is here, but he sums up this way:
The 50X3 has the power, functions and quality you would expect in an upper end tri-band transceiver. It is based on a proven design, and I have found no issues with the radio over the past few weeks. A bit more power on 220 would have been a plus, but it still gets me into the local repeaters fine. This is definitely one of the nicest mobile transceivers I've used; and yes, I've owned the "big 3".
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Baofeng Tech UV-50X3: Improvements over VR-6600
Baofeng Tech mentioned to me that there are several improvements in the BTECH UV-50X3 over the similar radios that came before it. Specifically, we should find improvements to the receiver, microphone, and 220 MHz.
The UV-50X3 radios are starting to hit the street, so we should start seeing what people think of them.
The UV-50X3 radios are starting to hit the street, so we should start seeing what people think of them.
Friday, July 15, 2016
Baofeng Tech UV-50X3: Test Results Pictures
One of the concerns with the Chinese radios has been spurious transmissions. Baofeng Tech posted some pictures of their testing of the new BTECH UV-50X3 tri-band mobile.
The results look good.
440...
2 meters...
220...
The results look good.
440...
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Pokemon Go
Funnies... even Ham related!
Children Tangled in Dipole After Special Event Station Becomes Pokéstop https://t.co/Uxonh5ZWFT #HamHijinks #PokemonGO— Ham Hijinks (@HamHijinks) July 13, 2016
Dear @TSA,— Joe Onisick (@jonisick) July 11, 2016
I caught 4 pokemon inside the secured area of the airport. What, exactly, are you protecting us from? Apparently nothing.
Joe
GUYS I FOUND A POKEMON HOW DO I PUT IT IN MY PHONE WHY DOES IT BITE SO HARD pic.twitter.com/gKcGebNjjN— Jelisa Castrodale (@gordonshumway) July 11, 2016
— Lethality (@real_lethality) July 12, 2016
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