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I’ve been spending a lot of time in Huntsville, AL. for work. On this last trip, I finally had some time to activate Monte Sano! Normally I’d take a whole afternoon to make that happen, but this time I had my colleagues with me, and they wanted to see what ham radio was all about!
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Baofeng UV-5R Mini: The Truth Behind the Rumors (#1443)
Ever heard the rumor about the UV-5R radios and their constant spurious emissions? Well, Dave tests the UV-5R Mini to see if they follow in the footsteps of the UV-5R. Will the UV-5R Mini pass the test?
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How to Use FT8 | Complete Setup Guide Using the Xiegu G90
Learn how to use FT8 with the Xiegu G90 in this complete step-by-step FT8 setup guide. I’ll walk through the hardware, radio settings, audio levels, CAT control, WSJT-X configuration, transmit power, and the complete process of getting on the air with FT8. I’m using the Xiegu G90 and TOADs DI8 digital interface as the example station, but the FT8 concepts, WSJT-X settings, operating process, and troubleshooting apply to many HF radios.
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Prepping For Huntsville Hamfest. Am I Packing Too Much?
I can’t believe Huntsville Hamfest is already here! Well, almost. I usually camp at Monte Sano State Park from Monday to Monday and this year is no different. Except instead of car camping like I’ve done the last 2 years, this year I’ll have the teardrop camper. Huntsville is really the main reason I bought the camper. I usually leave super early in the morning on Monday and get to Huntsville around ~4pm but this year, since I’m pulling the trailer, I thought it would be good to leave sometime Sunday afternoon. Get a 4 or 5 hours behind me since I won’t be able to drive 90MPH like I normally do. 70 is kinda top end when I’m towing. I’ll just stay the night in a rest stop when I feel like stopping, then hopefully only have 6 or 7 hours to go and get to Monte Sano right at checkin time. That’s the plan anyway. Since I’m camping in the primitive camp sites (12A) I’ll be totally off grid. This is going to be a great test to see if I can keep the batteries in the camper charged via solar so we can use the AC at night or during the day when we need to cool off. There’s not a lot of sun that comes through the canopy so I’ve brought just about every solar panel and wire that I own to hopefully accomplish this task. We gotta keep Caitlin comfortable after all.
Anyway, I may do a video from the road. I’ll def be doing videos at the camp site and park in general, and of course from the fest. Those prob won’t post until after though as there is almost zero internet on top of the mountain. Enough to watch some YouTube videos usually, but uploading videos is about as painful as downloading a single picture back in the early 90s. I know some of the guys will have their StarLinks setup and I’m pretty sure Kyle AA0Z will be live streaming the cookout on Friday on his channel (it’s AA0Z) if you want to catch the shenanigans. There’s going to be over 200 people at the cookout this year. It’s gonna be a crazy good time!
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An in-depth look at a fully assembled Raspberry Pi 5 desktop PC, featuring a 256GB SSD. We explore the unique smaller SSD card, the necessary adapter hat for SSD connection via GPIO, and compare it to a branded Raspberry Pi SSD.
