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03-25-26 Having Trouble Renewing My HAM License I made the mistake of simply forgetting to renew my license back in July of 2024. I just recently realized it expired, but since I am still within the 2 Year grace... 03-25-26, 09:24 am I made the mistake of simply forgetting to renew my license back in July of 2024. I just recently realized it expired, but since I am still within the 2 Year grace period I attempted to renew it last week. I had no issue logging in with my FRN and password, but cannot get past the point to where it says (work on this license). There is no link there. I think I made the mistake of trying to update my home address first, before trying to renew since I keep getting an error message saying you... Read more View article »
03-25-26 Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2026 Knock yourself out... 03-25-26, 09:21 am Knock yourself out... View article »
03-25-26 SDRtrunk audio As my journey continues trying to set up the computer end of my radios, I’m having a hard time getting by SDRtrunk audio to work. The files when recorded are dead air... 03-25-26, 09:20 am As my journey continues trying to set up the computer end of my radios, I’m having a hard time getting by SDRtrunk audio to work. The files when recorded are dead air and they’re usually 2.5GB files that seem rather large for audio? I’ve tried everything looking back at related post. I turned off record in the channel and only have record & listen selected in the aliases. I downloaded the JMBE audio library (which I don’t think I need because they are conventional frequencies), I checked the... Read more View article »
03-25-26 Free antenna from my neighbor There is a house on the corner down the street from my hose that has an antenna atop a 2" pipe mast attached to the house. I've been eyeballing this for weeks. I... 03-25-26, 09:11 am There is a house on the corner down the street from my hose that has an antenna atop a 2" pipe mast attached to the house. I've been eyeballing this for weeks. I stopped one day and looked from the car. It appears to be a 2 meter(?) loaded antenna at the top of 30' mast, and I could see ladder line coming down from some tree branches. Today curiosity got the better of me and I stopped by to knock on the door. Before I even got to the door a woman came outside and I said hello. I introduced... Read more View article »
03-25-26 Question about radials A couple of weeks ago, my Comet CX-333 antenna blew down. I checked it over, and except for the radials being bent, there didn't seem to be any damage. I straightened... 03-25-26, 09:01 am A couple of weeks ago, my Comet CX-333 antenna blew down. I checked it over, and except for the radials being bent, there didn't seem to be any damage. I straightened them as best I could and put it back up, but now a couple of repeaters I used to use easily are not receiving me clearly. I'm told I have a lot of static and a weak signal. Bumping up the power doesn't seem to make any difference. This morning, on my clubs regular morning net, I was told I had "a little white noise". That's... Read more View article »
03-25-26 New SDR app (Mykola) this is new (?) software for Airspy, RTL-SDR and HackRF SDRs. I am seeing the claimed 600MHz/sec (598 actually) on my... 03-25-26, 08:58 am this is new (?) software for Airspy, RTL-SDR and HackRF SDRs. I am seeing the claimed 600MHz/sec (598 actually) on my Airspy. MykolaSDR - Професійний сканер Багатоканальний SDR сканер. Екстремальна швидкість, 100 каналів запису, Dynamic Noise Floor. Підтримка RTL-SDR, Airspy, HackRF. mykola-sdr.netlify.app NOTE: the free version does not support channel naming, etc. but --- this software looks very promising! I've had this loaded for all of 5 minutes -- just a bare metric for you ---- 225-380MHz is scanned in 0.3 seconds. Tip: When you download it and run the app, there are 5 drop downs on the left side. go all the way to... Read more View article »
03-25-26 An interesting way to help mobile antenna... Talked to a fellow ham that wanted to do some installation of antennas on his vehicle. He decided to wait about an hour after a swap got underway, and walked the lot... 03-25-26, 08:57 am Talked to a fellow ham that wanted to do some installation of antennas on his vehicle. He decided to wait about an hour after a swap got underway, and walked the lot looking for vehicles like his that had popped holes in the roof and did permanent installations. He left notes under a few wipers asking for help doing his. Someone called him and did the install for him. Only cost him a little drive and the materials. Just found that interesting. View article »

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