Monthly Archives: June 2009

June 29, 2009
13:56
by: Dan

Field Day 2009

The ARRL Field Day 2009 contest was this past weekend and I had quite a trip.  The point of field day is to get out of the house and operate the radio on emergency power out “in the field”.  It’s … Continue reading →

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June 24, 2009
23:59
by: Dan

Embedded D-RATS

For a while now, I’ve wanted to see what interesting things I could do with a microcontroller by teaching it how to send and receive D-RATS packets.  I bought an Arduino Diecimila a while ago and played with it a … Continue reading →

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June 15, 2009
22:28
by: Dan

D-RATS covered in the D-STAR Nifty Guide

The “Nifty! Ham Accessories” company publishes a large number of quick reference guides and manuals for a variety of ham hardware and software.  I think the most popular items are the nifty guides which are pocket-sized cheat sheets for today’s … Continue reading →

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