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Hey, those boats must have gotten turbos installed. The radio came in and I got it running with SDR# or sdrsharp. FM broadcast comes in OK. Absolute zero on HF, no HF broadcasts. Well, I read that little gum-drop antenna is no good for that. Amazingly today, though, I was able to pick up the...

that is contraband where I live

Didn't the politicians try to redefine the value of Pi to make the math easier?

now, minus all that bling, I had the luxury of assemblers like her to do all my work for me. Noting like having a 160 pin FPGA in SMT replaced for you while you wait.

A forum host's work is never done... After Mole gets the animation figured out again, they might come with sound.

I just did a quick harmonic check, ~ -20 dBc (estimating about 10 mW conducted). I am just picking up the signal on an open coax, so take it with some sodium chloride.

Well, I tacked some solder around the SMA nut (with something screwed into the connector) so hopefully the antenna connector will not be giving me any more trouble. I don't think that was the problem since I was able to tighten it when I put it on. Maybe the programming is not right for...

Here is the insides. I was pleased to see the GPS module in a logical orientation. And there is the reason I took the covers off, the right angle SMA connector. I'm thinking of screwing something on there and then epoxying the nut in place. I'l also put something between the circuit board and...

OK, so the iGate will keep track. I guess the message has a half life once it goes into the system, or does it just die if there is no outlet? I set my beacon from WIDE1-1 to WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1. That took almost half an hour because I had to get my PC to install the USB driver again. Why does USB...

just curious. i'm not on twitter anyway

yeah, it's all your fault I bought an AP510 APRS module

Oh, one thing I do not know is if I send a message to WKRP, how does the right iGate know to release the signal?

so what happened?

I learned a few more things about APRS (and I need to add AP510 to this post for the search engine). these are quotes from elsewhere: Add NOGATE and RFONLY to the end of your path, and the information stays off the Internet. This still allows communication with other APRS users via the RF...

re: kph vs. mph, I thought this was changing on a single track, but it may have been two separate tracks, or maybe I looked at it once at work and then later at home, and the display is set differently. I'll have to check it. I am just using the stock duck with it sitting on the dash. I recall...

I noticed on aprs.fi, some of my hits reported in kph rather than mph. is that the device or the website? Some of the hits had my call, but no data. Maybe the transmission was truncated or illegible? The coverage is spotty, but this is just 1W. Some of the igates, however, pick me up far away...

I couldn't find my wire antennas. I can't put up the vertical where I am now, so a dipole or loop will have to dew. It might end up being a weekend project.

You know you got a big radio when you squish folks with the sound of nothing. You don't do that with 2W swinging 16.

go wave eighty bucks at him

yep