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Author Archives: Dan
NTS messages in Emacs
Passing messages via the ARRL National Traffic System (NTS) has recently caught my fancy. If you don’t know anything about it, you should take a look at the NTS page on the ARRL website. In short, it’s a network of hundreds of … Continue reading
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ID800 Magnetic Head Modification
The ICOM ID-800 is a very common D-STAR radio, and for good reason: it includes the digital functionality, dual-band operation, and a remote-able head. It’s much easier to mount a small head unit in view than an entire radio, with … Continue reading
The view is better from up here…
Since our recent trip to the Tillamook State Forest OHV area with the Jolly Jeepers, a suspension lift for my Jeep has been on my mind. Wednesday of this week, I dropped it off at Leonard’s Off-Road and got it … Continue reading
Roku Player
I recently received a Roku Netflix player as a gift. I have always been skeptical of the Roku player and the quality of the picture that they could possibly deliver over someone’s network connection of unknown quality and load. When … Continue reading
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2009 Jolly Jeepers “Back to Basics” Rally
This past weekend, Taylor and I packed up a bunch of camping gear and headed down highway 6 towards Tillamook. Our destination was the basecamp for the 2009 Jolly Jeepers “Back to Basics” Rally. This annual gathering of off-road enthusiasts … Continue reading
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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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
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
Dayton Hamvention 2009
The weekend before last was the 2009 Dayton Hamvention. I’m a week late crafting this write-up because of some work-related travel that came up unexpectedly last week. It was a good show, but it seemed clear that the poor economy … Continue reading
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