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03-24-26 Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2026 Knock yourself out... 03-24-26, 12:43 pm Knock yourself out... View article »
03-24-26 East Providence Fire Department This morning, the EPFD announced that the radio system would be undergoing maintenance & that they would be using the backup radios. I've programmed my scanner for... 03-24-26, 12:41 pm This morning, the EPFD announced that the radio system would be undergoing maintenance & that they would be using the backup radios. I've programmed my scanner for the old 460 & 470 frequencies, but I'm not hearing anything. I hope they're not doing what I think they may be. View article »
03-24-26 Comet CHA-250HB / Yaesu FT-DX10 Performance I'm a relative newbie to HF radio, having finally upgrading to General Class in April of 2025. Immediately afterwards, I purchased the Yaesu FT-DX10 and the JPC-12... 03-24-26, 12:36 pm I'm a relative newbie to HF radio, having finally upgrading to General Class in April of 2025. Immediately afterwards, I purchased the Yaesu FT-DX10 and the JPC-12 portable vertical antenna. A few months in, I purchased a Harvest Out 250B antenna from Amazon... this turned out to be a mistake, as I suffered with intermittent operation. I returned this antenna and ended up buying directly from DX Engineering (store near me where I purchased my DX10) and bought the Comet CHA-250HB. The DX... Read more View article »
03-24-26 HAM radio for emergencies Hi, I'm new to the forum, and am looking into HAM radio. I've had a landline telephone (copper wire) for decades. We no longer answer incoming calls, not ever, because... 03-24-26, 12:32 pm Hi, I'm new to the forum, and am looking into HAM radio. I've had a landline telephone (copper wire) for decades. We no longer answer incoming calls, not ever, because of the volume of spam. We use our cell phones instead. The reason we've kept the landline was the idea that in a catastrophic event (like earthquake, I'm in California) with power and cell towers unavailable, we'd have a shot at using the landline for communication. For various reasons, maintaining the landline may not be... Read more View article »
03-24-26 KW TK890/790 Dual Brick Setup Need someone to check my sanity since the documentation I have been reading is confusing. I have a TK790 VHF HP and a 890 UHF in a dual brick setup with a KCH11 head.... 03-24-26, 11:59 am Need someone to check my sanity since the documentation I have been reading is confusing. I have a TK790 VHF HP and a 890 UHF in a dual brick setup with a KCH11 head. The 890 UHF seems to be dead and no power, so I swapped the bricks and threw on the KRK-7DB TIB, and the setup is powering up no problem but I cannot read/write now with 44D. Is there also a resistor change that is needed internally on my donor brick which used to be a 890 w/ KRK-5? Or am I just missing something else in this... Read more View article »
03-24-26 New TwoToneDetect in the works - Python based Hi all, I've started work on a ground-up rewrite of my TwoToneDetect software (website of existing program and forum thread) using the Python language instead of the... 03-24-26, 11:53 am Hi all, I've started work on a ground-up rewrite of my TwoToneDetect software (website of existing program and forum thread) using the Python language instead of the LabView language that it was originally written in. I'm doing this to make the code more accessible to other developers out there, as Python development doesn't require any expensive tools or programs. I'm also hoping this new version will be more stable (not crash every few days), although that remains to be... Read more View article »

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