Category Archives: General

A new Radio Amateur

Posted on 2012-10-26 by James

I’d like to take a moment to congratulate my friend Shaun on passing the Canadian Amateur Radio Basic Qualification examination last night. Shaun took the exam while Ernie (Ve3EJJ) and I were giving an introduction to the practical aspect of … Continue reading →

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Exam Software – Android

Posted on 2012-10-16 by James

Well .. looks like I couldn’t leave well enough alone .. I’ve started yet another project. I am attempting to write a Canadian Amateur Radio Basic Exam application for the Android platform. So far, I have put every single exam … Continue reading →

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Teaching & Collaboration

Posted on 2012-10-08 by James

Its that time of year again, and the OVMRC is once again hosting its Amateur Radio Course. I’ve been asked to help provide some of the lectures once again, and it is my honour and delight to offer my assistance … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi & Ham Radio

Posted on 2012-09-09 by James

So I’ve played around a bit with the Raspberry Pi embedded computer and a USB sound card (Soundblaster) in an attempt to use the soundmodem software TNC for APRS tracking. My initial impressions are that my current implementation (Raspbian “wheezy”) … Continue reading →

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