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 […]
Building a new BBTD antenna
As I am still dabbling with digital modes on HAM radio, I decided to try and step up my setup a bit, without costing too much money. Previously, when using […]