What’s Going On?
Since creating the Radio Artisan discussion group, I haven’t been frequently posting progress reports on my various open source amateur radio projects, but needless to say progress and interest in […]
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New Radio
Well, I finally broke down and bought a new rig this week. You may recall I was debating between a Yaesu 950, Kenwood TS-590, Elecraft K3, and Ten Tec Eagle. […]
Thoughts While Lawnmowing
“I wonder if that new antenna radial I dropped last fall settled into the grass enough by now?” THWAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! “No.”
FCC Relinquishes Amateur Radio Licensing
In a shocking and unexpected move, the FCC today transferred all amateur radio licensing responsibility to QRZ.com, releasing Report and Order 2013-699. Outgoing Chairman Julius Genchowski read a statement noting […]
Misconduct and Consequences
Larry, W2LJ, recently wrote about a topic that all of us can identify with, the LID in a DX station pileup who ignores protocol and has no sense of manners. […]
Don’t Fear the Penguin
It’s day four of my hopefully last Windows-to-Linux migration, and so far so good. I have my HRD log imported into CQRLog and it’s talking to both my Arduino Keyer […]
Migrating to Linux (Again)
I’m no stranger to Linux. I’ve run numerous distributions since about 1995, even venturing into BSD territory, running FreeBSD and some other Berkeley variants. I’ve also used Linux quite a […]
I Was A Radio Pirate
Back when I was a young radio artisan I would eagerly await my monthly copy of Popular Communications to arrive. My favorite column was Pirates Den which covered the latest […]
Review: Hamshop.cz Open Keyer
The Hamshop.cz Open Keyer is a cute little keyer kit that is Arduino based and runs my open source keyer software. It features a menu button, three memory buttons, a […]
Obligatory New Years Post
Greetings and Happy New Year! Our celebration last night was one that married 40-somethings with kids often have — a night spent at home watching Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ […]
