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Category: Radios

Good Shack Day (Jan 19, 2019)

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 Van Rowe

Welcome to 2019 and we had a great Jan Shack Day to start off the new year. We had a lot of people show up to operate on the radios and make a few contacts. And we had guys working on the repeater controller, thanks to Steve (KC4CAW), Bill Runyon Read More …

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Vintage Radio and Communications Museum

August 18, 2018 Michael Tromba

Yesterday I had the privilege of visiting the Vintage radio and communications museum in Windsor CT. The staff was extremely friendly and eager to show off their exhibit. If anyone is in the area I highly recommend stopping by. -Mike Tromba KK4OXH

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This is ham radio & comments.mov

July 30, 2018July 24, 2018 Admin

Interesting to see how ham radio was back in 1970 (48 years ago)

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Antennas, ARRL, Computers, Equipment, General Discussion, Radio Modes, Radios, Technology1970, ARRL, Dave Bell, ham radio, time warp, W6AQLeave a comment

Ham Radio – Remote radio with a headless Raspberry PI

July 27, 2018July 24, 2018 Admin

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Ham Radio – DMR radio discussion How it works

July 26, 2018July 24, 2018 Admin

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General Discussion, Radio Modes, Radios, TechnologyDMR, Frequencies, how does it work, Just an overly simplified discussion on what DMR is and how it works, Radio, YoutubeLeave a comment

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