Antenna Adventure

Hi again!

The end of October is almost here and with it comes winter weather, especially around these parts. A few days ago, I was told North Dakota was in a winter storm warning with 12+" of snowfall expected! Of course, I'm sure Northwest Missouri is next.

Which brings me to today's post - antennas. Currently, I am running a roughly 29' random wire antenna fed with a 9:1 unun around the ceiling of my room. It works, but we recently installed GFCI outlets in another room that trip every time I'm on a band below 15 meters. Obviously, there's too much RF for my house to contain, and the only option now is to put my antenna outside. So strap in, because this will be a thorough and long adventure! Oh, and feel free to correct me in the comments below... I'm still learning.

Running PACKET on Linux

 Hi again everyone!

Man, I cannot put down my Linux with ham radio software! It's absolutely amazing! If you didn't read my last blog post, I got Linux to FINALLY run RMS Express and VARA, albeit with some issue. It does, for the moment, seem fixed. Today, I want to talk about expanding upon the RMS software to run packet for HF, VHF, and UHF radio.

The Many Wonders of QRP Circuits

 If you're like me, you like to build things and experiment with them - you constantly ask yourself, "how does this work?" QRP operation has brought me to that question many times, and today, I want to discuss a few QRP designs I happened to stumble upon. I'm sure you've also seen these circuits across the web. Today, I'd like to showcase some simple transceivers that you can build in a very short amount of time for almost nothing!

It's Official - Winlink/RMS Express is NOW on Linux!

I have been having a major uphill battle as of late with trying to get RMS Express installed on my Linux machines. As of yesterday, I think I have it figured out now!