K0BUB Blog
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Off Duty APRS Station
I have a renewed interest in APRS.
I am currently maintaining two APRS stations at my home.
One is for a base station operation and one is for a portable operation.
73 de K0BUB
Playing Radio in a Central Iowa County Park
My friend and I set up in a Central Iowa County Park a few weeks back, and enjoyed one of the last nice days of 2022.
My first contact was to Canada on 20 meters at 5 watts!
73 de K0BUB
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Friday, November 4, 2022
The “Ham Radio” Phonetic Alphabet
Since I am in and out of ham radio so often (and since my memory isn’t what it used to be), I can appreciate this visual reminder of the “Ham Radio” Phonetic Alphabet.
73 de K0BUB
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Icom 705 Data Modes
Earlier this year, I created some videos on how to setup the Icom 705 for various data modes.
Check out my YouTube playlist here.
NOTE: These videos are for reference purposes only.
73 de K0BUB
I Support the ARRL
I am supporting the ARRL, year in and year out, regardless of whether I am active on the bands.
They are the one consistent path to lawmakers that amateur radio has.
73 de K0BUB
Political Discussions Suck
I haven’t been doing any HF phone lately, in part, due to all of the on the air political discussions.
I guess if you have no one to discuss these things with, that’s understandable, but you’re pushing decent people like myself out!
Anyway, do what you will, my friends.
73 de K0BUB
Monday, October 17, 2022
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