In Dabbling in DMR Part 1 I mentioned that I had some issues getting the MMDVM hotspot configured. I watched several videos on YouTube showing how to configure the MMDVM hotspot (I will link to them at the end of this post) and several mentioned using the Pi-Star WiFi builder to generate a file that […]
In March 2020 I was told that everyone would work at home for a couple weeks to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus. I set up my computer and a spare monitor on the kitchen table and my daughters had their school computers on either side and we all worked together. A couple weeks […]
Back in March of 2020 I was informed by my supervisor that all of us office workers would be working from home for a couple weeks to “stop the spread” of Covid. That was over six months ago and I am still working from home and have put in to transition to working from home […]
After receiving my Black Friday radio and hotspot it was time to start figuring out DMR. I was having some difficulty getting the MMDVM hotspot onto my network (I will delve into that adventure in Part 2) so I decided to pull out my ZumSpot-USB and get that working. Configuring the ZumSpot-USB was very easy. […]
In January I realized I hadn’t been on the air since trying to contact the special events station on Veteran’s Day, so I decided to get on a for a little bit during the North American QSO Party and Winter Field Day. I didn’t go hard core and work the maximum number of hours allowed, […]
I didn’t plan on buying anything on Black Friday…but I got an email from Radioddity advertising a package deal of a MMDVM hotspot with a GD-73A UHF DMR radio for about $120 for the first 30 customers. Normal price for the MMDVM hotspot is about $110 and the price on the GD-73A is about $80 […]
As a veteran who worked with radios during my time in the service I still have an interest in continued service in conjunction with my amateur radio activities. In fact reading about MARS was one of the things that prompted me to get my license to begin with. I am not yet involved with MARS […]
Who wouldn’t love a Geochron. But the mechanical one’s cost thousands of dollars and take a good chunk of wall space…neither of which I have. Even the digital one’s cost about $400 for the software then you need to spend from a couple hundred to a couple thousand on a 4K television. I have a […]
On Veterans Day The American Legion Amateur Radio Club (TALARC) was conducting a special events station with the call sign N9V. As a veteran, I thought this it would be fun to make a contact. Since my dipole is built for 20 meters that is the band I first tried on. Looking at the QRZ […]
In my previous post I mentioned I was contemplating a laptop type power supply to use with the Xiegu G1M however in researching this and discussing it with some friends that are also Hams it was pointed out to me that a laptop power supply is very noisy and not a good choice. So that […]
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