Tag: js8call
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JS8Call Net Weekly each Sunday
Hello Operators.This message about a new weekly JS8Call Net running every Sunday. It came in over WInlink this morning, so I thought it would be great to share. Hi Julian, hope you’re having a great day up north. I want to invite you to participate in the second edition of Amateur Radio Outdoors Sunday JS8CALL…
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Microsoft Surface for Ham Radio | Icom IC-705 Wireless Station
Hello Operators.During my “spare” time, I’ve been quietly working with the Microsoft Surface GO 2 and Icom IC-705 in hopes of coming up with the most portable data mode configuration we’ve ever seen on the channel. Since the last firmware update for the Icom IC-705, Wireless Wi-Fi access point functionality has been enabled. It can…
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SPAIN EMCOMM test JS8Call 40M
Hello Operators.Just letting you all know about a JS8Call EMCOMM event from Spain. The event will take place on 11 April 2021 from 12-15 UTC on 40 meters. I will have a fixed station on air to support the event, but may also deploy portable to just add another variable to their training exercise. If…
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Icom AH-705 Icom IC-705 Chameleon EMCOMM 3B 80M JS8Call
Hello Operators. Normally I wouldn’t fire off a blog post like this so quickly after receiving product however, something happened which has never happened before. I’ve been off and on on 80 meters for a couple of decades. It’s difficult to get a full size efficient antenna up and running on 80m, so we often…
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Try JS8Call this weekend
Hello Operators.This is perhaps the best weekend to try JS8Call. ATM 40m is open for global comms with relatively low power. Almost all JS8Call activity is on the 40 meter band. So if you’re trying it out for the first time, that’s a great place to start.If a station you can hear doesn’t answer right…
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Using filters for weak signal work.
Hello Operators. Here’s a video about using the filters on your radio, for weak signal work. It’s an excellent presentation and I suggest you all watch it. At the end of the video there’s a QSO between his station a myself as I operated from the camp, in Lapland. 73 Julian oh8stn
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Less is more! JS8Call 40M Mesh Network
Hello Operators.For the last 24 hours, I’ve bewn running an experiment. An experiment where I am only operating at 25 watts output, but doing so with a directional antenna, and the narrow bandwidth data mode, JS8Call. The antenna is the Chameleon EMCOMM III Base, configured as a Sloping Inverted Vee. It’s orientation is ~340° and…
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JS8Call Version 2.0 Released
Hello Operators. JS8Call Version 2.0 has been released. This new version has some very cool features including three new Speed Modes, Type Ahead and Much more. View the full list of updates below. In this video, we will compare the differences between Normal JS8Call comms, and the new Fast and Turbo modes found in the…
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Portable JS8Call Saturday 12 OCT 2019
Hello Operators. On Saturday October 12 2019, I’ll be operating JS8Call portable, on 40m, during daylight hours. I’ll be operating /P as oh8stn/p with the Yaesu FT-817ND, QRPVer 10w amp, and raspberry pi. Portable power for todays op is the 20Ah LiFePO4 Generator, augmented by 2x 28 watt PowerFilm Solar, solar panels. Even without the…
