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08-27 North Central Texas Simplex Net

Good net tonight with tough conditions. Seemed like everyone was struggling a little bit. Stations to my south, there’s a house between you and my antenna. Hopefully will get that resolved soon with some extra height added in. Report below. Callsign Signal Report Remarks W5LTZ Green Fresh upgrade to General! Congrats!! W5BNK Green Some minor noise KG5SQL Green Very clear […]

Review: Pi-Zero MMDVM Hotspot

Review: Pi-Zero MMDVM Hotspot

I recently ventured into the world of DMR. So far, I’m loving every second of it. Even the impending arrival of my Xiegu G90 SDR transceiver hasn’t been able to take any excitement away from the flexibility of use and depth of capability DMR offers. If you’ve followed my site for a while, you’ll already know I like to document everything I experience so that maybe you don’t have to make the same mistakes I do or maybe I can help you find something you’re looking for.

07-23 North Central Texas Simplex Net

Had a great time tonight! I’m looking forward to continuing to generate these reports so you can see how you are getting out. Apologies for the table below… I know it’s hard to read and a little fuzzy. If it’s too hard to read, click here for a larger version. Stations to my South: My antenna can’t hear you because […]

AmSats

AmSats

After I got my first several ARISS contacts, I decided it was time to move on to the other Amateur Satellites that are available for voice operations. So I added a few (SO-50, AO-73, AO-27) to my favorite Android satellite tracker, ISS Detector, programmed up some frequencies and set out with high hopes! But I didn’t hear anything but static […]