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Tune your antenna
I’ve committed heinous acts in HF. Since my primary rig is a Xiegu G90 and the built-in antenna tuner can tune up a wet paper bag I’ve put tuning my antennas on the back burner. Well no more! This past Easter weekend I rolled out my 4SQRP EFHW from this article/video with my tiny radio…
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CHIRP Install Script Deep Dive
I step through the code in this basic script to install chirp in Ubuntu.
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Installing Chirp on Ubuntu
I talk about a script I wrote to help me install CHIRP somewhat reliably on a fresh Ubuntu install. DISCLAIMER: I’m not a Linux expert, this script will uninstall the BRLTTY driver for braille devices, if you use a braille device you run this script at your own risk. The script live at this link…
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K6ARK CW Paddle
I’ve finally started the journey of learning CW. The price of some of these CW keys are outrageous for someone who is just trying to start out and learn. Luckily K6ARK has graciously uploaded these 3D print files for making your own with cheap parts from readily available sources (Amazon). Assuming you or a friend…
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4 State QRP EFHW Antenna Kit Build
The 4 State QRP EFHW antenna kit ($16) is a super cool little compact matching unit and antenna. It can be built as a random wire or an end fed half wave. The only thing you need to supply is the antenna wire. This is the first torroid I’ve wound and I’ve found their instruction…
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Loose Xiegu G90 Cat Control Cable
In this video I showed how I fixed my loose cat control cable for my Xiegu G90. Its a pretty quick and easy fix as long as you have a soldering iron. This is for the Xiegu G90 and I use the CE-19 for data interfacing with my computer.
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Wolf River Coils TIA Mega Holder
I’ve been in love with 3D printing for a long time and recently I’ve been getting more interested in designing my own models to print. Most of the things I make a pretty simplistic, i.e. basic shapes measured and modified with booleans. I also really only focus on functionality of my models, I’m not too…
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Xiegu G90, FT8, CE-19, WSJT-X, & FLRig Troubleshooting
UPDATE: I’ve made a video showing this if that format is more palatable for whoever needs it. Putting this out to hopefully reach out and help someone else so they don’t go through the same crazy troubleshooting I did. To get the main problem out of the way, if your symptoms are: You need to…
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I DID IT!
I finally earned my General ticket! I was extremely worried about it as I was bumping up against the deadline for the new question pool and I felt I didn’t know the material as well as I wanted too. Either way I had to take a shot, so back in May I signed up for…
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FRS? GMRS? HAM? MURS? CB?
Recently, I’ve been experimenting with find the best solution for local communications at our family farm. I’ve been trying everything from HAM to CB to FRS handheld radios (still haven’t tried MURS though) and by and large they all do the job about 80% well. Each has their strengths and drawbacks as far as ease…
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