Author Archives: KA9KQH

BandConditions.com

Posted on July 21, 2015 by KA9KQH

http://bandconditions.com is an interesting look a band conditions. plus a lot of other information.    

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3d Printing

Posted on February 2, 2015 by KA9KQH

Over a year ago, I purchased a Printrbot+ Laser Cut. This was a kit that was a fun build. I had just gotten it calibrated and was starting to print interesting things like a whistle or a puzzle.  Life got in … Continue reading →

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Field Day 2012

Posted on July 3, 2012 by KA9KQH

Field Day 2012 found me at home this year, so I ran a 1E station off of deep cycle batteries, about a total of 4 sporadic hours of search and pounce CW operations netted me about 60 contacts and a … Continue reading →

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Dead FT-857d

Posted on January 22, 2010 by KA9KQH

Well I went to power my FT-857d on tonight, quick flash of the display and nothing. Time to troubleshoot.

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From my phone

Posted on January 21, 2010 by KA9KQH

Just a quick test to see how hard it is to blog from my phone.

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