As I write this, it’s the middle of a fairly nasty winter. We have had near record snowfall and the temperature is currently 5°F (-15° C). What better time to reflect upon a warm/sunny Field Day 2009?
The Story County Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) and Iowa State University Cyclone Amateur Radio Club (CARC) joined forces [...]
It’s been far too long since I’ve updated the blog. I hadn’t intended to go so long without a post, but the chaos of life simply got in the way.
I’m now planning to get back into the routine of posting from time to time on this blog. I’m going to keep the focus on ham [...]
Dudley (WA5QPZ) from Flex sent me this follow-up note to my post about the FlexRadio CW contest demo. Just for clarification, I’ve included his comments here.
Pat, Read your Blog and very good.. Wish good old MS had not made the changes, but I am sure they were trying to fix [...]
A few days ago the demo CD from the folks at FlexRadio arrived. Unfortunately, the CD was corrupt and missing some key files. After some emails with their support folks and a lot of experimenting, I was able to accomplish my goal: demo the PowerSDR/FlexRadio system in a CW contest environment (without actually buying the [...]
Since posting that the FlexRadio 3000 has been released to the masses a few days ago, I’ve been wondering if SDR & the Flex Radio platform is ready for contesting/DXing prime time.
For example, could the FlexRadio 5000 be used as an SO2R machine in a single box? (SO2R in a box) The literature claims [...]
I’ve been following the development of the latest SDR HF transceiver… the Flex-3000. This radio began shipping last week – so we should start to read real world reviews and hear them on-the-air. FlexRadio Systems is famous for their pc-driven ham radios without knobs and their high marks in the NC0B (Sherwood Engineering) Dynamic Range [...]
In their never ending quest to promote amateur radio to the general public, the ARRL announced a new marketing campaign today: “We Don’t Do That”.
Over the past few years, the ARRL launched several new websites tied to promoting the many facets of ham radio:
Hello-radio.org Celebrates global ham radio communications… all walks of life [...]
In the mid to late 1990s, I predicted that some ham radio suppliers would embrace the internet as a means of selling amateur radio gear while others tried to remain purely “bricks and mortar” shops. Years later, we see some vendors that are almost exclusively internet based businesses that seem to thrive.
I caught a [...]
It’s that time of year again here in Iowa. Severe weather season is upon us.
I can recall attending tornado spotting classes as a teenager ~25 years ago.
Growing up in Central Iowa (the northern edge of “Tornado Alley”), there’s plenty of reason to keep a mindful eye on the weather from April through July. [...]
The IC-7600 (Icom’s much awaited replacement for the IC-756 ProIII) will soon be hitting the US market. Amateur Radio transceiver vendors have already started to post pages on their respective websites (usually minus pricing information).
IC-7600 FCC Type Approval
The FCC website shows details of the IC-7600 as tested during the certification process (required for any [...]
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