Category Archives: Operating

Easter Vacation = Mobile Ops

Posted on 2012-04-08 by James

Once again, I was on the road with my wife to visit some of her family which provided me with an opportunity to do some mobile HF operating. This time, however, I did not have any success of HF. For … Continue reading →

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More Linux & Radio

Posted on 2012-03-23 by James

Day two of my field-testing the Linux netbook. The machine I use is an Asus eeePC Seashell netbook with an Intel Atom 1.5GHz processor and 2GB RAM. It will last ~8 hours on a charge and is plenty powerful enough … Continue reading →

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Playing radio ..

Posted on 2012-03-22 by James

So today I decided to spend some time playing radio in the FJ. I drove down to the Canadian Aviation Museum which is situated along the Ottawa River to watch some light aircraft come and go as I played around. … Continue reading →

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Proper operating practices & contests ..

Posted on 2012-02-12 by James

For the love of god, QRL (the frequency is in use)! QSY (change frequency)! This weekend the CQ WPX RTTY contest is in full swing and so, naturally, all the rule breakers and ignorant operators are out in force. It … Continue reading →

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