A few years ago, I was frustrated in my research for getting a YSF reflector up and running so I wrote this guide on getting a YSF Reflector running on Debian 10. Now here we are a few years later, and that’s basically obsolete. There’s a new (actually kind of old) kid on the block called XLX. XLX is a […]
One of the main reasons I bought the Xiegu X6100 was the fact it was running a Linux kernel with root access. I’m not sure if Xiegu intended this, but it’s here so I’m going to use it. I think we are still sleeping on a lot of use case for this. Youtube channels such as TemporarilyOffline have highlighted this […]
The title of this post is bold statement. The obscure naming of the FT-891’s menu settings leaves a lot to the imagination when trying to setup the optimal digital menu settings. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of speculation in the hobby as well, and we tend to just accept things without understanding them. This has lead to forums being full of […]
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. […]
If you follow my YouTube, you know we like to save money. We’ve tried the $20 power supply I used on my HF radio here: https://youtu.be/0C6lu_oomn0, but now were going to try something a little different. Why not convert an old ATX PSU into a ham radio power supply? I’ll start off by saying this isn’t optimal, as computer PSUs […]
The Modern Prepper In the beginning of 2020, as we started to see Covid take hold in America. We also saw that many people weren’t ready. To my circle I’m seen as “the guy with the radio”, and that really reflected when people started coming to me for advice for off-grid communication. As people were panic buying the last stocks […]