985 Workbench: 2024-09-15

 Posted on 2024-09-15

My Week in Radio

  • Tried some new firmware for X6100, but no good
  • Moved Houses
    • installed some antennas
      • 71ft random wire
      • 1/4 wave ground plane
  • POTA weekend
    • Michaux State Forest
    • Caledonia State Park
    • King’s Gap Environmental Education Center
    • Pine Grove Furnace
    • Used an EFHW for everything
    • Ran out of battery on Pine Grove Furnace on the second day, so did the whole thing with 1W FT8.
    • Tried calling CQ on CW to see if RBN would pick me up.

Questions

  • Charles, KC3SWC: What books about operating do you recommand?
    • Ron, WA3VEE
      • ARRL Operating Guide
      • ARRL: Basic Electronics for Radio
      • Electronics for Hobbyists
    • John, KC3WWC
      • Spend lots of time listening to others
      • Youtube
    • Chuck, NA3CW
      • Lots of people are listening
      • Keep it civil
      • Keep it technical
      • Don’t bore people with aches and pains
      • ARRL Operating Manualy
      • ARRL Handbook
      • ARRL Antenna Book
      • Be helpful
      • Be interesting
  • Wayne, KC3SQI: How do you tone squelch for receiving and filtering away QRM from another repeater on the same frequency?
    • Ron, WA3VEE: tone squelch or “split tone”
    • CR, W8CRW: T-SQL = tone squelch
    • Chuck, NA3CW: would be useful when the band opened and a distant DMR is overtaking 985.
  • Ron, WA3VEE: Yaesu HTs can only do one of the other, not both.
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