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Upgraded QTH Roof & Feedlines

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024
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Ham Radio

First posted 12/23/2024 The double hamstick dipole situation on my roof was great, but a fairly sizable hailstorm in late spring resulted in almost everyone in our neighborhood needing a new roof (fortunately the antennas & PVC structure survived the

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WSJT-X on a 20 year old computer running AntiX Linux 23 (or Raspberry Pi OS)

February 15, 2024February 16, 2024
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Ham Radio

First posted 2/16/2024 The first brand-new computer I ever built for myself had an Abit AAX8E motherboard with a late 2004 Pentium 4 3.2ghz (single-core!) processor, and still remains in my basement to this day. The CMOS battery on it

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2024 Gameplan

January 13, 2024January 13, 2024
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Ham Radio, Homelab

First posted 1/13/2024 I have a whole bunch of tiny updates that I would have split into multiple ham radio, homelab & everything else posts in the past. But rather than bore everyone with low-quality posts, I figured one big

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Double the Hamstick dipoles, double the fun!

October 1, 2023October 14, 2023
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Ham Radio

First posted 10/1/2023 It’s been a very busy summer over here, after a good year and a half since moving away from the condo balcony antennas, I’m finally happy with my setup at the new QTH. Unlike my previous 10m

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IPv6-only fun with Echolink & Wireshark

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
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Ham Radio, Homelab

First posted 4/2/2023 As always, opinions in this post are solely those of my own, and not necessarily those of any organization I am currently affiliated with or have been in the past. I recently revived my NAT64/Tunnelbroker.net homelab and

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FT8 on an original iMac G3?!?

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023
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Ham Radio

First posted 2/5/2023 Ever since sharing the picture of me cleaning my shower while doing an FT8 QSO over at the WSJT-X + Raspberry Pi 4 + VNC write-up, I’ve had many people ask about getting silly mobile devices to

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Growing a QSL card collection on a budget with only a Technician license

June 25, 2022June 25, 2022
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Ham Radio

First Posted 6/25/2022 Did you know it’s possible for anyone in the US48 to communicate with amateur HF radio operators in other US states, the Caribbean, and South America with only a technician license? Thanks to the ten meter (10m)

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New license, new radio!

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021
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Ham Radio

First posted 12/11/2021 It only took 7 years of procrastination and excuses since getting my tech license in 2014, but as of today, I finally have a General ticket! Not only do I have the new license finally under my

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Diving into DMR hotspot traffic with Wireshark

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021
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Ham Radio

First Posted 10/3/2021 After finally taking the plunge into DMR, I was fascinated with the ability to use my mobile transceiver and WD9BBE’s repeater here in Chicago to make QSOs from afar via the Brandmeister network. The ability to log

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qdmr (DMR code-plug utility) on Raspberry Pi OS & AntiX Linux

July 18, 2021May 4, 2024
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Ham Radio

First Posted 3/5/2021, updated 7/18/2021 Welcome to the fourth installation of the Linux for Hams series of posts! Earlier this year, I wrote quite a bit about how I’m a big fan of the Anytone 578 radio, but I’m not

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