KD7QWZ is now K7AKM
As of whenever the FCC processed the application last night, my callsign changed from KD7QWZ to K7AKM. I’ve been itching to get a shorter call for a while, and I wanted to wait until after I was fully upgraded, as I didn’t want the Technician->General->Extra process to get thrown off by my callsign suddenly changing [...]
Well, here goes something…
It’s a packet station mounted in a 4U equipment rack from the local musical store. I’ve managed to consolidate everything save power (and the antenna) into the rack, so as long as I have either 12VDC or 120VAC, I can run this thing. The radio is still powered off akaline AAs, as I’m having some [...]
2M J-Pole and a musing…
I built a 2M (144MHz) J-Pole this afternoon with about 54″ of 300-ohm ladderline and 25′ of RG-6 coax. It works beautifully for packet operations, so I think it’s going to go in the bag for that. I won’t go into the details of building a j-pole, as the instructions are just about everywhere (see [...]
Packet operations for dummies…
So, we had a class a few days back on how to run a packet station. Ken, N7QQU, makes it bloody easy to understand, and coming from a technology background, I picked it up in no time at all. But it seems that packet operations still confuses a lot of amateur radio operators, and I [...]
2m packet operations…
Okay, so APRS is APRS. LiveStrong was LiveStrong. Fun, but APRS misbehaved, so we were sort of reduced to voice checks with other sites. Oh well.
I’m now up and running on 2m packet, for those who care. I’m KD7QWZ@K7IQI.OR.USA.NOAM. Not that you should need to enter anything beyond KD7QWZ@K7IQI, but sometimes it happens.
As far as [...]
