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 […]
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, […]