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What is a Noise Blanker? Mailbag Monday #29

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Post date September 18, 2022

How to sort POTA Parks by Activation Status. What wire is good for Counterpoise? What is a Noise Blanker? What are my Favorite Bands?

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00:00 – Intro
00:34 – Sorting POTA Parks by Activation Status
03:07 – Whay Type of Wire for Counterpoise?
07:16 – What is a Noise Blanker?
11:14 – What Are My Favorite Bands?
15:22 – Final blah blah blah’s
16:01 – Super Awesome K8MRD Radio Stuff Jingle

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Comet HFJ-350M Toy Box 9 Band Portable Telescopic Antenna

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Post date September 16, 2022

Testing the Comet HFJ-350M 160-6 Meter Toy Box Antenna for Portable Ham Radio.
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FT8 & Chill – or – My First Digital POTA Activation

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Post date September 14, 2022

My fist FT8 Parks on the Air Activation. Using the Xiegu G90 and Packtenna EFHW. How did it go? Join me and see!

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Can you Charge LiFePO4 from your car? Mailbag Monday #28

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Post date September 12, 2022

This week we learn how to wire a LiFePO4 Battery for Solar Charging. We also take a look at a few ways to Charge LiFePO4 from your car, including a new Mobile Lithium charger from Paradan Radio
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00:00 – Intro
00:29 – Wiring Your Battery For Solar Charging
03:17 – How to Charge LiFePO4 Batteries From a Car
07:18 – Outro
07:43 – Super Awesome K8MRD Jingle

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Xiegu G106 Firmware V1.1 Beta. Better or Worse??

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Post date September 9, 2022

Installing the latest firmware on the Xiegu G106 and testing spectral purity. Did they make it better or worse?
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Digirig, Xiegu G90, FT8 Fast & Easy

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Post date September 3, 2022

Installing the Digirig into my Xiegu G90 Go Box for Fast & Easy FT8 Communications. Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting. Xiegu G90 Locked on Transmit? This video is for you.
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00:00 – Pulp Radio Skit
04:22 – Download Flrig. It’s a must.
05:07 – Finding your Com Port
05:40 – *Flrig Settings
07:04 – Computer Audio Settings
08:54 – Radio Settings
09:36 – Restart Flrig
09:42 – WSJT-X Settings
10:53 – Marker 8
11:26 – Outro
11:38 – Super Sweet K8MRD Metal Riff

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Xiegu G106 | They Sent Me Another One!!

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Post date September 2, 2022

Testing and Reviewing the Xiegu G106…Yeah, Radioddity sent me a second one. Let’s see how this performs.
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K8MRD Reads Mean Comments | Memoirs of the Sad Hams

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Post date August 31, 2022

Join me, K8MRD as I Read Mean Comments from viewers, er, sad hams, whatever. No one is safe!

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Mailbag Monday #27 | Finding Park Boundaries for POTA

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Post date August 29, 2022

This week we learn How to Find Park Boundaries for a Parks on the Air Activation. Where should your Unun go for a 49:1 antenna? Can A Dipole Antenna be Directional?

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00:00 – Today’s Questions
00:29 – Where does your Unun go?
03:34 – How to find Park Boundaries for POTA
06:49 – Can a Dipole be Directional?
10:56 – Somewhere near the end…
11:25 – Super Awesome K8MRD Jingle

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Dinosaur Tracks and Parks on the Air | Dinosaur Valley State Park

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Post date August 26, 2022

I visit Dinosaur Valley State Park and explore Fossilized Dino Tracks, meet some Archeologists, and do a Parks on the Air Activation. Packtenna Linked EFHW with the K8MRD mod and Icom 7300.

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00:00 – Sting
00:03 – Welcome to Dinosaur Valley State Park
01:12 – Getting into 4×4
01:20 – Blue Hole
01:54 – Types of Dinosaurs and their tracks
02:31 – Hiking down to the river
02:52 – Blue Hole
04:24 – A real living Dinosaur
05:02 – First Dinosaur Tracks
06:15 – Ballroom Track Site
08:05 – Heading to the Taylor Track Site
09:18 – Taylor Track Site
09:36 – Archeologists tell us about the site
15:54 – Heading back
16:25 – Let’s do the DinoPOTA!
21:45 – Emotional Damage
24:06 – POTAsaurous Results
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