My Week in Radio
- The photos looked great from Bill’s, KC3OOK, antenna party
- https://ft8.live/ for a more responsive visualization of pskreporter data.
- POTA at Susquehannock
- No digital, only sideband
- QSO parties for Hawaii, Kansas, and Ohio
- Bothered someone with a bit of CW badly
- Morse Machine app on Android for practicing
- I finally confirmed 50 states on QRZ.com with Hawaii
- generally 5-10W
- mostly digital, some sideband
- I started playing with a couple Meshtastic nodes
- Impressive range for low power, ~125mW
Questions
- W8CRW, CR: Is there any device that would log a date-time every time you key
your VHF/UHF transmitter?
- W3DIB: string together an arduino, some AI, and voice recognition
- WA3VEE: pull it from broadcastify
- K3VIL: newer ICOM has a recording feature
- NA3CW: security system that can log contacts opening/closing
- W8CRW: looking for something radio agnostic
- KC3OOK, Bill: Balanced-L vs T-Match network tuner for open wire feed.
Is one better than the other?
- Balanced L = L-C-L and it’s fed on the low-impedance side.
- T-Match has a wider range, but maybe less efficient.