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Reminder- TechConnect Meeting. April 6, 2024 at 10 AM
Hi Everyone. The next 285 TechConnect Radio Club meeting will be held on Saturday, March 2nd at 10AM, at the Bridge Church at Bear Creek, just North of Hwy 285 & Kipling. We have coffee &
By Anthony Montoya | K0MCW · #182 ·
Re: Bob Heil - K9EID, SK
He was a legend and what a loss for the amateur radio and commercial audio industries. And a heckuva ?nice guy too. RIP Bob Heil! -- --------------------- Mark Ehr | K0EHR President, 285 Tech
By Mark Ehr | K0EHR · #181 ·
Bob Heil - K9EID, SK
Bob Heil - K9EID, SK ( http://www.arrl.org/news/view/bob-heil-k9eid-silent-key )
By Jed Baer | KD0YMG <KD0YMG@...> · #180 ·
Reminder- TechConnect Meeting. March 2, 2024 at 10 AM
Hi Everyone.
By Anthony Montoya | K0MCW · #179 ·
Followup on Miady 8AH battery - it's BAD?
Just picked up a new toy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HB3XK7L/ - MakerHawk adjustable load tester For a look at that tester, K8MRD has a vid on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um6rBa4RCKw Not
Re: RMHAM SwapFest - Sunday Feb 18
Hey all, The SwapFest was a lot of fun yesterday. As usual, it was very well attended; I'd guess maybe 500 people, possibly a lot more than that. Thanks to Jed we had a club table and this time it
By Mark Ehr | K0EHR · #177 ·
RMHAM SwapFest - Sunday Feb 18
A reminder that RMHAM will be holding another of their cool SwapFests ( https://www.rmham.org/the-swapfest-2024/ ) this Sunday at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Brighton. We will have a club table
By Mark Ehr | K0EHR · #176 ·
The first ham radio station on the moon!
In case you haven't seen this..there is a Japanese amateur radio station transmitting from the moon for a limited time. According to an article on the ARRL website (
By Mark Ehr | K0EHR · #175 ·
Re: NA0TC Presentation on February 3, 2024
Too funny! I actually made contact with Mark Ehr. But I am interested in hearing how others use tools like PSK Reporter to improve enhance their operations. Tony K0mcw
By Anthony Montoya | K0MCW · #174 ·
Re: NA0TC Presentation on February 3, 2024
Tony, What time did you look? Notice that some of those might have been for my WSPR station cause it runs 24/7 and WSPR shows up on PSKreporter, too. On 10, I¡¯m typically active on FT8 around 7
By Mark Edwards | W0QL · #173 ·
NA0TC Presentation on February 3, 2024
Mark, I was working on my presentation for Saturday's meeting and was playing with PSK Reporter. I plan to demo it as part of the presentation. Using PSK Reporter, I noticed that you were on 10m
By Anthony Montoya | K0MCW · #172 ·
Flex Radio SmartSDR for Mac
Hi all, As many of you know, the club has an awesome remote station located out in Strasburg CO, powered by a Flex 6400 radio and a fan dipole which has coverage of several HF bands including
By Mark Ehr | K0EHR · #171 ·
Re: Building a dummy load for less than $5
yikes--like a virus! The gift that keeps on giving... :-) -- --------------------- Mark Ehr | K0EHR President, 285 Tech Connect Radio Club Littleton, Colorado k0ehr@... Check out my ham radio
By Mark Ehr | K0EHR · #170 ·
Re: Building a dummy load for less than $5
I have owned both the original Heathkit and later MFJ versions. I didn't own the Heathkit long enough to observe the problems, but if I remember correctly both units are essentially the same design.
By Bill Leonard | N0CU · #169 ·
Re: Building a dummy load for less than $5
Thanks Bill--good to know. Hopefully I won't have the problem with oil getting too hot since I'm not likely to be pushing more than 600 watts through it. And we'll see about the wicking issue...I'll
By Mark Ehr | K0EHR · #168 ·
Re: Building a dummy load for less than $5
Mark, FYI. The old "Cantennas" are a cost effective way to dissipate 1 KW+ for short periods of time. However, I eventually sold miine because the mess created by the oil got to be more of a hassle
By Bill Leonard | N0CU · #167 ·
Reminder- TechConnect Meeting. February 3, 2024 at 10 AM
?Hi Everyone. The next 285 TechConnect Radio Club meeting will be held on Saturday, February 3rd at 10AM, at the Bridge Church at Bear Creek, just North of Hwy 285 & Kipling. We have coffee &
By Anthony Montoya | K0MCW · #166 ·
Building a dummy load for less than $5
Cool article in Nuts and Volts mag about building a dummy load for under $5: https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/build-a-small-powerful-dummy-load Not quite as convenient as some of the
Re: Anyone heard of a Radioberry?
Will do,. I'm particularly intrigued by its transmit capabilities. I can think of all sorts of interesting use cases, from a WSPR or CW Skimmer receiver to a digipeater to a mesh networking hub. Even
Re: Anyone heard of a Radioberry?
Definitely interesting. I don¡¯t have one but I see possibilities. Keep us posted if you learn more. Tony K0mcw
By Anthony Montoya | K0MCW · #163 ·