I got into ham radio because I am interested in being able to communicate with others as a hobby. In the early – mid 90s I ran a dial-up BBS. I wanted to get a ham license but I didn’t know where or how to find the info I needed to get licensed. Recently got … Read more
… But How? Time expended thus far, 2 weeks. I’ve recently been playing a little bit on sideband on my IC-7300 and have been getting reports that i should check my station because it sounds like i’m getting RF feedback into my radio. I’ve been using the radio primarily as a data radio and participate … Read more
A couple of years back… well more than a couple… I built a Gray Hoverman antenna to pick up over-the-air terrestrial broadcast TV. I wanted to cut the cable-tv cord. It worked, but wasn’t optimal, I got 4 RF channels accounting for 13 digital channels. The antenna was constructed from plans found on the Internet. … Read more
Apparently my backup solution failed so I wasn’t able to recover from a failed upgrade. No real loss though as most of what I had here is available on archive.org or elsewhere. Anyway, this kicks off version 2 of the blog which will support some YouTube activity as well.
My last iteration of this site suffered an unrecoverable crash so I’m starting over. The first time I set the site up I was still learning a lot. I plan to cover more digital operation stuff this time around. Let’s dive in!
