A Quick Aside About Two VoIP Services
Early experience with LES.NET and voip.ms
Rolling My Own Unified Home Phone System
Exploring the mystifying world of VoIP, SIP, and more
More Digital Shenanigans: Adding a Phone Number
Configuring a Cisco IP phone for Hamshack Hotline and a "normal" phone number
AllStar: Summary of What I've Learned
Pulling the last few weeks together into one summary post
AllStarLink: Status and To Do
Where I'm at after having the ClearNode for ten days
AllStarLink: Still Learning
Some successes and plenty of opportunities to learn
ClearNode AllStarLink Node is Up
And now what?
A Bit More on Remote Operating
Results of my exploration into remote operation of a VHF/UHF station
Voices From Space Sparked my Interest in Radio
It seemed like magic at the time to hear the voices of astronauts talking with ground stations on Earth
Looking Forward to Trying the Icom ID-5100A
This is a dual-band, VHF/UHF radio with both analog and D-STAR
Wishing for...a Ham Radio Lab!
Or: what I would do if I won the lottery
Easily Map Your QSOs
Free online tools to map your contacts and make the image web friendly
Safely Getting a Cord Over a Branch
Or how to avoid shooting arrows and other dangerous projectiles in a public park!
Vertical vs. Dipole: Qualitative Notes
Hamstick vertical performance compared visually to a hamstick dipole on 20 meters
Antenna Problems = Failed POTA Activation
Second Curse, Same As The First, A Little Bit Louder And A Little Bit Worse
The dearth of remotely controlled VHF/UHF radios
We see HF radios that can be controlled from far away, but where are the VHF/UHF radios with CAT/CI-V control?
Four Aspects of Amateur Radio
Service + Safety + Science + Social
What a Great 2-Meter Net
Asking "what is on your workbench" really brought out the comments
FT8 on Two Radios
Works a treat on the Yaesu 450D
V1 of a POTA-To-Go Box
A milk crate may be the poor man's version of a tactical radio carrier
My amateur radio interests are expanding
As retirement looms, so does the prospect of spending more time on radio communications!
Coming soon
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