Tag: ARES
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Bob K6UDA Follow-up on CAL FIRE
Hello Operators. Here’s a video from Bob K6UDA. This is a follow up to the original video, proclaiming California no longer receives any benefit from Ham Radio operators. As some of you know, it seemed like that video had some stretches of truth, for the sake of telling the story. Fair enough! As YouTubers we…
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PAT WinLink Connection over HF on Raspberry Pi
Hello Operators Many operators have been frustrated and duped trying to use Pat winlink on Raspberry Pi, to connect to winlink gateways over HF. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason (@km4ack) Jason km4ack shows us how he does it off grid, using a modest setup from the field. Operation conditions Yaesu…
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Commsprepper Portable AREDN Node on Solar Power
Hello Operators. Commsprepper shared a video demonstrating a portable solar powered AREDN node from a mountain overlooking La Paz Bolivia. This isn’t my normal sort of thing, but Commsprepper seems so passionate about it, I thought I would share it with our community. As usual I’ll add a little bit of my own commentary to…
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Winlink on a Raspberry Pi
Hello operators @KM4ACK needs a pat on the back. Sometimes it’s nice to think we Inspire others to contribute to the community, or carry the load when the we/them are working on other projects. KM4ACK is one of those operators with videos I’m happy to see, every time they’re published. He has carried the load…
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Bench test success DIY Solar Generator
Today I’m running JS8Call Solar powered with the Yaesu ft-891. This is the first successful QRO test of the diy solar generator. It has also provided me with some much needed projdct motivation. The Yaesu ft-891 is running at 50 Watts. The solar generator is also powering the Raspberry Pi, audio interface, and the laptop.…
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Grid Down EMCOMM Winter Edition
Hello Operators. Extreme weather and grid failures in various degrees, are a fact of life in many parts of the world. More often than not we prepare ourselves for bad weather or the grid being down, with solid training. Yet we usually do that training, in fair weather conditions. I don’t believe training in nice…
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Better Power Distribution for Portable Ops.
Hello Operators We’ve done lots of work on the channel with portable power for portable ops. We’ve even discussed power distribution on the channel but it’s always been from a “ham shack” perspective. All of the examples of power distribution boards found in ham radio shops, are designed to be mounted to a wall. In…
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WinLink Fail!
Don’t bet your life on WinLink just yet!
