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Talking via The ISS Onboard Radio

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Post date May 12, 2024

The International Space Station has an onboard radio repeater that you can talk through whilst it’s flying overhead!

Some have even had the opportunity to speak with an astronaut who was listening at the time.

#hamradio #iss

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How I Fixed The Heltec V3 Bluetooth Issue (and why it exists)

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Post date May 9, 2024

The bluetooth range in the Heltec V3 meshtastic device is terrible! This is how to fix it.

Heltec V3 👉 https://geni.us/e6sLqF
Antennas 👉 https://geni.us/v1by
IPEX to SMA patch 👉 https://geni.us/0f9sR6P
More Meshtastic 👉 https://geni.us/goCW4XJ
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Are Your Radios ILLEGAL? (TinySA Spectrum Analyser Basics)

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Post date May 7, 2024

How do you know if your radio is compliant & legal. You can test your own ham or CB radios for spurious emissions, spectral purity, output power and more with a cheap TinySA spectrum analyzer from Amazon! I even use it to check out other RF transmitters in my area.

Equipment used in this video:
(Amazon affiliate links)
TinySA Ultra 👉 https://geni.us/AvGQJ
40dB Attenuator (SMA) 👉 https://geni.us/heuQgnJ
Universal Adapter Kit 👉 https://geni.us/goeu
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TinySA 100 KHz to 960 MHz 👉 https://geni.us/PfHm7

⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Test Your Radios with the TinySA
1:16 VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW!
4:41 Measuring Output Power
7:42 Measuring Harmonics & Spurious Emissions
12:26 Looking at the RF Spectrum

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#HamRadio #AmateurRadio

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Build An AllStarLink Node with a AIOC Board – NO SOLDERING!

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Post date May 6, 2024

In this video I show step by step how to setup the AIOC board for use with an Allstarlink node thanks to Herb G1LRO’s scripts.

Herb G1LRO’s guide 👉 https://g1lro.uk/?p=676
Setup AllStarLink using HamVOIP 👉 https://youtu.be/iCZsMFrVJlM

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#HamRadio #AmateurRadio

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HamAlert: Your KEY to NEVER Missing DX Again!

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Post date May 5, 2024

Never miss out on that elusive DX opening ever again with Hamalert. We’ll show the basic to advanced setup and how this will change your operating for the better.

👉 https://hamalert.org

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You’re Causing INTERFERENCE (and you don’t even know it!)

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Post date May 2, 2024

How does a seemingly clean radio, with no spurious emissions still produce harmonics when transmitting into an antenna? What about two transmitters in close proximity – Let’s find out what happens and why.

Why Your Receiver Doesn’t Work 👉 https://youtu.be/RVRoEPB1swo

📋Equipment I use in this video (Amazon Affiliate)
TinySA Ultra 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMPSSFTK?tag=hamradiodx-20
RF Adapter Kit 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079K65LHK?tag=hamradiodx-20
Attenuator 👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MZLVY9T?tag=hamradiodx-20

⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Testing Radios for Harmonics
1:12 Clean As A Whistle
3:06 The test environment
4:48 Huh?
6:40 Even worse!
9:03 What’s going on?
11:01 SUM and the Difference

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SECRET New Handheld from Radioddity

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Post date April 29, 2024

The Radioddity GA-5WB is the newest handheld radio featuring a stack of features such as a dedicated programming app, bluetooth, IP67 rating, GPS (kinda) and APRS.

💰 $15 discount at Radioddity with my code – http://radioddity.refr.cc/haydenvk7hh (Affiliate)
More handheld radio reviews 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSuX83ay4OuiZzb3C9pd5dh1UIN593B4a

@temporarilyoffline review video 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSa5zlQ5Yv8

⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Full of features
1:53 I had some problems, but fixed them
3:35 Radio settings
5:22 It’s LOUD!
6:45 Squeaky sound
7:25 APRS
9:56 Real standalone GPS?
11:35 Invalid uncompressed format
12:16 The BT App
17:08 Audio tests
17:47 Receiver and transmitter tests
19:29 Spurious Emissions test

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#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #radioddity

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How to AVOID Blowing Your Repeater Up!

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Post date April 28, 2024

One of the 2M repeaters in our system all of a sudden dropped in signal strength one day… so I took the opportunity on a nice day to head up to investigate what the problem might be.

More ham radio repeater adventures 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSuX83ay4Oug4QxmLe8MLyXjEqFd1Qr8-

⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Problems
2:30 The role of an isolator/circulator
6:07 Troubleshooting steps
7:56 There’s ya problem!
8:54 A fix, of sorts

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#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #repeaters

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Can You Help Me Find One Of These?

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Post date April 26, 2024

I’m after some more repeater controllers – specifically, NHRC repeater controllers. If you have any please let me know – vk7hh@hamradiodx.net

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MFJ is Closing Down..

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Post date April 25, 2024

In very sad news, popular ham radio products from MFJ Enterprises, a company founded over 50 years ago will no longer be in production.

Read the statement from Martin F Jue K5FLU 👉 https://mailchi.mp/62e24f2ccc99/a-heavy-sad-heart

https://mfjenterprises.com/

⏱️Chapters⏱️
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#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #mfj

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