Usually when this happens, your messages are full. Delete some and you should be able to send.
Amateur Radio
Below is a link to a website about random wire antennas.
Using the supplied LDG cable attached the red end (radio) in to the left most mic jack input on the back of the radio, then attach the black end of the cable (tuner) to the Radio port on the back of the tuner.
If you want the tuner to control the radio then update the Tuner Select property to LAMP (Linear Amplifier) in the FT-891 deep settings. Now when you press the tune button on the tuner it will lower the power and send a CW carrier to tune the frequency.
If you don't have cable the tuner will still try to auto tune when you transmit but it's sub-optimal. So you'll need to drop the radio's power down (below 35W, if you don't you'll ruin the tuner) and change the mode to CW by long pressing the BAND button. Then PTT and the tuner will perfomr a proper tune.
80M = 16 radials at 1/4 wavelength length = 2 wavelengths of wire
40M = 8 radials at 1/4 wavelength length, 16 1/8 wavelength length
It really doesn't matter try it out!
Reference DX Commander video
Listing of knots to know:
- Stopper knot
- Bowline
- Alpine Butterfly
- Half Hitch
HackRF:
DVB-T+DAB+FM USB dongle (Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001): A Generic RTL2832U OEM Rafael Micro R820T tuner.
On Ubuntu, I'm using the rtl-sdr package which contains the following command line utilities:
- rtl_adsb: a simple ADS-B decoder for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_eeprom: an EEPROM programming tool for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_fm: a narrow band FM demodulator for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_sdr: an I/Q recorder for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_tcp: an I/Q spectrum server for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
- rtl_test: a benchmark tool for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
Found this documentation at osmocom.org (rtl-sdr)
You can also use the GNU Radio Companion. I found these interesting links:
Some good Boston radio stations:
69.9 - Throwbacks, the Best New Hip Hop and R&B
94.5 - Boston's #1 For Hip Hop & Throwbacks
100.7 - Classic Rock
105.7 - Boston’s 80s & More
102.5 - Country
89.7 - WGBH Public Radio Boston’s Local NPR Station
92.9 - The Next Generation of Classic Rock
Started with this video
Using Pentoo on SD Card. When you login start GUI by type startx and use defaults.
I've been having a hard time getting the Uniden SDS100 serial over USB to work with my Windows virtual machine, but finally figured it out.
My virtual machine setup
Host Machine
Using VirtualBox with Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack installed. The first thing you'll want to do after installing the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack is to enable USB via the virtual machine's settings. I selected USB 3.0, but depending on your use case, you may have to try another option.
The HOPE conference is a biannual hacker conference that dates back to 1994. It is associated with the 2600 Hacker Quarterly magazine. The latest HOPE conference, A New HOPE, occurred July 22-24. The organizers recorded all the presentations and posted them on their YouTube channel (Channel2600).
The following are my notes taken during an MMRA meeting where Robert Macedo (KD1CY) presented the first Skywarn training of 2022 on January 19 at 7pm. These notes also include material from NWS Boston refresher video.
Training Objectives (below bullets taken from Skywarn website)