My kids are studying to become Amateur Radio Operators or Hams. This weekend we attended the local Ham club’s Field Day setup to let them talk on actual HF radios. Many thanks to the Voice of Idaho and the HPBARC… Read More »Field Day Fun in Idaho
My alter-ego, Johnny Batch’s book, Null Pointer was gifted to the Chief TWiT – Leo Laporte this weekend by my good friend Nate McIntyre. Not sure how much cooler my birthday month could have gotten. I mean, a mention in… Read More »Null Pointer at TWiT Studios
Joe Walsh’s new album is his first in something like twenty years. What a come back! Analog Man is chock full of straight ahead rock songs with real guitar riffs and Joe’s famous attitude. For those of you under the… Read More »Analog Man – Joe Walsh
If you drop by my web site, www.w0pht.org and click on the Amateur Radio page, you will find an option to install a Search plugin into your Firefox browser Search Engine box. The handy little plugin lets you search the… Read More »Firefox Callsign Lookup Search Engine
Ham radio operators have joked about this irony for decades. You used to be able to buy Amateur Radio gear at the Radio Shack store – hence it’s use of the Ham radio term “radio shack” in the title. But… Read More »“Radio” Shack
The FCC has finally dropped the Morse Code requirement for obtaining a General and a Extra Class Amateur Radio License. The Report and Order has yet to be issued making it official, but the FCC has given us an early… Read More »No Code General, Finally
Recently my mother had the chore of cleaning out my father’s side of the family’s old house in preparation for selling it. She went through all of my grandmother’s old papers and came across some of my father’s old QSL… Read More »QSL Cards
Flex-Radio SDR-100 Make Magazine’s article. You can test the software for free but the hardware will set you back about $1,400.00. Good article with links.
It’s getting cooler out in the shack, time to start up the GG net again. If you can get the word out, add a comment that you are interested and what night would work for everyone. We were meeting Saturday… Read More »Geek Garage Net
http://64.27.98.24/clip.ram (Requires Real Media) Giving new meaning to being a Ham. Thanks to KI4GMX for this one!