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51. DSTAR - An Adolescent Mode of Communication?

I recently read an article about DSTAR and was surprised to find that this form of communication is still in it’s adolescent form. Supported by Icom,  DSTAR adds a considerable expense to the cost of their HT’s. DSTAR not only requires...

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52. DSTAR – An Adolescent Mode of Communication?

I recently read an article about DSTAR and was surprised to find that this form of communication is still in it’s adolescent form. Supported by Icom,  DSTAR adds a considerable expense to the cost of their HT’s. DSTAR not only...

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53. ARRL Gets Donation From Yaesu

FTDX9000 “Thanks to the generosity of Yaesu, W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, now boasts the Yaesu’s premier transceiver — a FTDX9000D. Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, Executive Vice President for Yaesu’s Amateur Radio Sales...

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54. Winlink 2000 - This Ain’t Grandpa’s Packet Radio Program

A local radio club who is heavily involved in Emergency Communications is hosting a meeting to discuss packet radio next week. When I initially heard that, I was thinking, why would anyone be interested in packet radio these days? After doing a bit...

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55. F6DQM Free Software - Hams = Free = Happy!

Has anyone visited the F6DQM site? Well, maybe you should. After all this guy has created several nice Ham Radio software packages for Windows that are 100% free. Come on, as Hams we are so cheap that our shoes squeak. And yes, I know the saying...

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56. F6DQM Free Software - Hams = Free = Happy!

Has anyone visited the F6DQM site? Well, maybe you should. After all this guy has created several nice Ham Radio software packages for Windows that are 100% free. Come on, as Hams we are so cheap that our shoes squeak. And yes, I know the saying...

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57. CQ CQ CQ CX ???

Excerpt From The Article By:  Mario Dianora, N2AK dianoramd@verizon.net January 09, 2009 Do you have any old equipment from the bygone days of radio? Are you a homebrewer who likes to make nifty low power (QRP) radios or replicas of old...

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58. Review of the HP Mini Netbook at the “Monday Cynic” blog

The HP Mini Netbook product line is a welcome change (and literally a sight for sore eyes) from our ( technically aged and challenged) Asus “Surf” EEE PC with it’s 4GB solid state drive and the oh-so-small display.  The...

06/01/2009 | 498 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF | Email | Read more...