Modern take on electronics and RF Engineering
I had to take a break from amateur radio for a few months due to moving to an apartment, a few other life issues that came up. When I came back, I decided to get a fresh start and look at my logging software. I’d always used DXKeeper, but as great as it is, I’m growing old of the mid […]
Why are we talking about TAK on an amateur radio blog? One of the big uses for amateur radio is disaster preparedness. Disaster relief efforts require a degree of communciation and coordination between different individuals and different groups to be successful. TAK (Tactical Awareness Kit) allows us to do just that. I also have some big plans for TAK and […]
Welcome the next Part of our Packet Radio Saga. We have already configured IP/TCP over AX25 on debian with tnc attach here. Then we created our very own JNOS BBS instance, and configured it to run with direwolf here. This will not re explain the concepts we talked about before, but will serve as a guide on getting AX25 networking […]
I’ve been doing deep dives into packet radio. Most of the time I make notes on theses adventures, but decided I should probably blog these as well. That way everyone can benefit. So this won’t be the most pretty post, but it will get you up and running. Our goal is to setup JNOS with Direwolf to create a BBS, […]
First of all, IP over AX25 is not talked about as much as it should be. I know it’s old and slow, but we can send entire Ethernet frames over it, and it still has existing support within modern TNCs. As long as APRS is still kicking, AX25 will be too. There’s a lot of niche sub-hobby’s in amateur radio, […]
When I first got into ham radio several years ago, I experimented with transferring webpages via PSK31. I dreamt of a network of amateur radio operators with the ability to browse an internal internet “off grid” via ham radio. I later learned about AREDN/Modified Wifi for Ham radio, and AX25 over IP, but there were some shortcomings for my use. […]
I was tweaking some setting with my microphone and had a crazy thought. Why don’t we use the same software used in content production to reduce noise on amateur radio? Sure, modern radios come with some built in digital noise reduction, but nothing compares to what is on the market for PCs these days. So i sought out to combine […]
A few months ago I covered a handy little device, and it quickly sold out. You can view my old post here. A lot of people have been asking across Youtube, Tiktok and here where can I get one?Well they are finally back in stock, and I’m going to talk about them some below. But if you’re already convinced, you […]
A user over on the forum QRZ has posted a thread with a video of what sounds like a mass jamming of the ham radio bands in Cuba. The user reported that he was relaying conversation over the radio on SSB (Single Side Band) with another operator about the situation in the country when the frequency he was using was […]
Honestly, I’m not sure why we didn’t see it sooner. A company called TIDRADIO has came out with a device and smart phone app to wireless program your Baofeng radio (and several others) with Bluetooth. The best part of all of this is no more weird driver issues, and you don’t need to lug a laptop around just to program […]