Been a little busy lately, but I still managed to find a little bit of time to play around with my TS-820 and laptop. I was using the signalink usb […]
When the compiling instructions are not clear.
Lately I’ve been playing around with old school Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). This is something that you can still do over the internet, but it also is something you can […]
PAT and rig control for radios with CAT control…
In my last post, I talked about using FLRIG and rig control in dummy mode to work with PAT and Ardop to send and receive emails. That worked pretty well, […]
Pat and Flrig for radios without CAT control…
Last post I talked about trying to use PAT, and it wasn’t working very well for me. I had set up PAT and Ardop, but I kept getting errors and […]
PAT: Email over radio?
If you’ve spent some time reading this blog, you will probably realize that I like techie things. In particular, I like cell phones and computers and radios. So it is […]
JS8Call: a keyboard to keyboard “rag-chew”
In my continued efforts to use digital modes with my tube radio, I’ve decided that FT-8 wasn’t my cup of tea. I’ve done a bit of FT-8, and that was […]
Alien to the rescue? Converting RPM to DEB.
All I really wanted was to use GridTracker. It’s a program that maps your contacts live as you are using digital modes like FT8. The problem was, there wasn’t an […]
FT8: How far can you transmit?
While I don’t think this is my favorite way to pass the time, I’ve been enjoying trying out different digital modes, including FT8. I’ve posted about it before, when I […]
WSPR: Start to finish with a TS-820 tube radio!
Over the past couple months, I’ve been slowly working my way into the digital HAM radio scene. It’s been a lot of fun, but a little slow going, as some […]
Upgrading to NextCloud 21
After making a full backup of my server, I decided it was time to make the plunge and update my home NextCloud server from version 20 to version 21. I […]