Rebuilding my station

After many years away from amateur radio, I am slowly adding back equipment. I had sold all of my radios and I gave away antennas, and station accessories, that weren’t homebrew. Given my current QTH (place of residence), I am limited on the types and numbers of antenna’s I can deploy. As I live in

Alinco Programming Error

I started messing with my Alinco codeplug. Now of course I can’t get into my hot spot. All values look right. The radio kinda…reset. The Brandmeister/hot spot still looks good. Had to take a break after hitting a wall. Will refresh, read more info. Then logically approach it again. 🙂 73 de KD8FTH

VHF/UHF Station

I have been enjoying using DMR again. I plan to setup on the TGIF DMR servers soon. That will require a new codeplug. I was able to order a dual band VHF/UHF mobile radio to play with. The AnyTone AT-778 UV. It provides 25 watts of power. And it is very affordable at around $125-132.

DMR

I have recently located my DMR hotspot. Which uses the internet to link you to a digital amatuer radio network. This network consists of these internet nodes as well as digital rf repeater links. It makes contact globally effortless. Just one of the many useful, fun aspects of our hobby. 73 KD8FTH

Learning

I am still learning the exciting world of Morse Code. What a true art form. One, I may never fully master. But, a joy nonetheless. I have most of the letters and all of the numbers in memory. Associating the dihs and dahs with them. Practicing receiving the code around 10-13 wpm is the greatest