Category: Red Summit RF

I went to the DeVry Hamfest this morning http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/april-hamfest-at-devry-8
I came home with a free GoPro Hero 3 and all my money! I don’t know how this could have possibly happened – haha.

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A friend of mine located a data center that was swapping out some of their used batteries. He was about to get a huge pallet of them for FREE! He brought them home, and virtually gave them away to people who had been wanting to set up a solar system at home. He charged $5 each for the gas and effort. It turns out two of the batteries didn’t have much life left in them and failed after a few months.

I disconnected them and waited for the cost of LiFePo batteries to come down. They are fairly affordable now and so I purchased one to replace the four I had. This LiFePo4 battery is used by several of my friends and they say it works great!

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I joined the crew who were servicing our local 2 meter / 23 centimeter repeater for ham radio. Here is a look inside, identifying each module.

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A viewer asked how the ham radio bug works. Well, here is a simple high-level explanation. If you need more info post a comment

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After demonstrating using a straight key and oscillator to learn Morse code, a viewer asked what the equivalent would be if you wanted to learn cw with a paddle instead.

MX-K2 Keyer: https://amzn.to/3K84Ffn
Morserino Keyer: http://www.morserino.info/
CW Hotline Keyer: https://hamradio.solutions/cwhotline/
QRPGuys KD1JV Keyer: https://qrpguys.com/kd1jv-skc-keyer

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I good friend of the YouTube channel, Jay W4ZXT left a comment for probably the Nth time encouraging me to acquire a CW bug. I finally decided it’s time to start leaning how to use one, so I barrowed one from another friend of mine, Jim KF7E. The ham radio community is amazing!

What is a CW Bug? We’ll more to come in another #short, soon.

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If the electric grid goes down for a significant amount of time, you will want to be able to communicate and also run a few of your other electronics . . . maybe even run your fridge. To do this you need a few things.

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Power Inverter: https://amzn.to/3Ko46iM
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A viewer wanted a little bit more code after viewing my videos on the Vectronics practice oscillator used to learn Morse code.

Morse code Straight Key: https://cwmorse.us/products/black-and-red-camel-back-straight-key
Phone jack to 3.5 m jack converter: https://amzn.to/3JMi3FY
Phone jack for direct connection: https://amzn.to/3LVnEMU

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Yes! I need to pay closer attention. Why did I call this manufacturer VECtronics? I didn’t look at it the labeling closely enough. ooops!

Morse code Straight Key: https://cwmorse.us/products/black-and-red-camel-back-straight-key
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I found this classic Vertronics Classroom Code Oscillator at a hamfest I attended, recently. These are used to send and receive Morse code with a straight key, in a setting where you can learn the code before getting on the air.

Morse code Straight Key: https://cwmorse.us/products/black-and-red-camel-back-straight-key
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