I have been a big fan of Drake amateur radios for years, long before I could to actually own a Drake. Over the years I have had serveral Drake radios and my favorite has been the Drake 2B receiver. Well, there is another very good Drake receiver, the Drake 2C. The 2C is a more […]
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Comments(4) We had a great presentation today by Wendell, N4VLK, on the digital mode FT-8 today at the CARS club meeting. I was asked if I have run FT-8 / WSJT-X on my IC-7100. Yep, I have, and it works quite well too. I know where are a number of guys in the club that have […]
Read More..>> Comments(28) I was trying to interface the Icom IC-7100 to a PK-232 MBX Terminal Node Controller (TNC). On my Yaesu radios it is a pretty simple matter to put a 6 pin mini DIN connector on the end of the PK-232 cable and have everything working in a very short time. However, it wasn’t that easy […]
Read More..>> Comments(3) I see these bursts of noise from time to time on 40 meters. I have expanded the spectrum display and it is fairly broad band but it varies in amplitude across the spectrum. It doesn’t look like typical noise and sometimes I wonder if it is a sampling Phenomenon in the SDR as a reaction […]
Read More..>> Comments(2) I have an acre lot and that sounds like a pretty good size, but actually space for antennas is at a premium. The the house sits fairly far back on the lot and the lot is fairly long and narrow, almost a pie slice shaped, coming to a point in the backyard. Further complicating the […]
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