Saturday projects:
We now have a 2.55 watt output Full Duplex UHF Pi-Star (DMR) Hotspot driven by a "Broadband 1-930 MHz 2w eBay Amp"
Having to run a -10dB attenuator (since the mmdvm outputs 10mw) to not blow up the amp since it only needs 1mw to run it
Hopefully driving the amp with 13.8v won't hurt it too much because it's only meant to be driven with 12v 
...(Just a little spicy given it's output power heh 
)
Going to have to take a walk later on and see what it's range is like now 
Activated Alewife Brook State Reserve after work today. Not bad for a 5 watt radio with a 5 foot whip antenna.
Here's a link to a journal entry I wrote last summer about POTA at this park.
Went to the store wearing my Yaesu hat.
Man, pointing to my hat: "Are you one of those ham radio guys?"
Me: "Yes, I am a ham. A ham I am."
Man: Gives me a strange look and has no further comment.
#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #Yaesu #Awkward
I have an idea for an #AmateurRadio #Satellite
160m/80m linear SSB.
Given how so many of our antennas on that band are low enough to the ground that they send most of their signal straight up anyway, it should be easy to hit it.
With fairly small weights @ the ends of thin wires, a slow spin & centripetal force would keep them stretched out in a big + arrangement.
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2025-04-04 3:30 AM.
My new Begali postal key is trapped in France!
Today my #GMRS group participated in a #LarimerCounty emergency communications drill.
We ran a net on our repeater with simulated road updates and a medical emergency. Our #ham operators passed traffic to the EOC and back.
There were several neighborhood groups participating but I believe we were the only GMRS. Our weekly practice net really helps it go smoothly.
Ok for real I’m going to go through more boxes and find my old HT so I can practice both sides.
#AmateurRadio
Greetings Elmers! Seeking advice on buck converters.
I ordered a QRP Labs QMX. For this model, they are extremely specific that it must not be powered by more than 12V. This means a LiFePo4 battery is out. Unless of course I put a buck converter inline to ensure only 12V goes to the QMX. Since it's a QRP radio, it consumes roughly 1A max current.
Any advice on what buck converter options make the most sense here?
I had heard of the Laughing Policemen group in the UK but this seems rather over the top.
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As a #HamRadio guy with 4 displays on all the time, 75% of which are doing something #AmateurRadio related, but 2 of them are rarely interacted with. Just something interesting to look at, like #HamClock or #TheHolyCluster I found myself occasionally moving my mouse to... (cont'd in alt txt)
At 20:00 Eastern, it's the #AmateurRadio Exchange Group, a 2 M simplex net that has been running in the Hamilton Ontario area for over 31 years.
146.430 mHz, or stream live from VA3CJZ's #Youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@VA3CJZ
#HamRadio #VHF
Are there any UK based ham radio podcasts out there ? I know about the ICQ podcast but that seems to have a massive USA slant which isn’t relevant to me? Hope someone can help. #amateurradio
#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #HF Bands for this morning's #POTA #parksontheair CW #MorseCode activation was like an Allstate commercial, "MAYHEM". #40meters was
but found relief on #30meters. Thanks Alan #W2aew @alanattek for finding me as I couldn't hear you on 40. Got in 18 contacts before 20 MPH winds started.
Just received a responding QSL card from N2AKJ, one of my LICW friends.
Is the #ARRL having issues right now? I keep getting SEC_ERROR_OCSP_SERVER_ERROR when trying their web site...
#AmateurRadio #HamRadio
#AmateurRadio callsigns ending in ...7HA sound the best in #MorseCode
Signal report 
1 April 2025
~20h27 UTC
#IBP #amateurradio
International Beacon project (IBP)
https://www.ncdxf.org/beacon/
Yeasu FT-710
135' doublet @ 40' 
N-S
Lat: ~ 45°30'
Long: ~ 73°30' west
Freq.:
24.930 MHZ (12 meters)
Stations:
VE8AT ~S2 
Canada (far north)
CS3B ~S1 Madeira Island
M.U.F. (World map)
https://www.qsl.net/4x4xm/Propagation/HF-Propagation-Condition-Map.htm#Current
Propquest: 
https://www.propquest.co.uk/graphs.php
Damn, the new TETRA radio I bought is not compatible with the Motorola TETRA CPS version that I have, so I cannot program it.
The radio is on MR2022.4
I'd need to import the release package or install the newer CPS.
If anyone got those files, let me know!
so, a few months ago I got an email from the local ARRL Bureau for QSL cards, and they said I had some waiting, so I sent them the $3 and waited... lol
I just got the mail today, and oh my gosh, there has to be 30 to 40 QSL cards for the past 5 years here! 
this is going to take some time to catch up on, 
VA7XF CN89 
