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While AH6TD is fundamentally an Apple Macintosh station, I have been interested in an absolutely incredible piece of software, free software, called Ham Radio Deluxe. For the longest time, however, I have been unable to use the latest version, version 5, because it was astoundingly unstable. No more. Ham Radio Deluxe 5 is alive and well at AH6TD. . . . To read the rest of this article, please click here: → Ham Radio Deluxe 5 Alive and Well at AH6TD In the event of a surge (nearby lightening strike), everything in the shack should always be at the same potential – even if that potential is many kilovolts above normal ground potential. But achieving that requires providing some protective measures.
If you have done nothing in your hamshack installation to handle lightning surges, AND you live in a high lightning incidence area, the best protection is to disconnect everything when not in use – do that until you have a good surge protection scheme installed.
Fortunately here in Hawaii, we are not a high lightening incidence area. Nevertheless, lightening does . . . To read the rest of this article, please click here: → Lightening Protection and Grounding Around the Shack Table of Olivia Calling Frequencies and Olivia MFSK Activity Frequencies, as per existing bandplans. . . . To read the rest of this article, please click here: → Olivia Calling Frequencies and Modes In the modern ham shack, with computers, rig control software, logging software, digital mode software, firmware update software, and myriad other utilities, it is for all practical purposes mandatory to have your rig connected to your computer via an RS-232 or serial cable. As you may imagine, this opens up a world of possibilities, including opening up avenues for hum, noise, and RFI. I labored for a month or more to discover why when I transmitted, my computer desktop would alternate from normal to “Dashboard” mode and back again, rapidly and many times (I have a Mac — Dashboard mode dims the normal desktop and brings up on top . . . To read the rest of this article, please click here: → Shielding Less Important Than Twisting Something near and dear to my heart, since I have been an engineer in the computer industry for about 25 years now, is software. Another thing near and dear to my heart, since I have been licensed as a Amateur Radio operator for over 30 years now, is Amateur Radio. Combine the two, and how can you possibly NOT have a winning combination? :-) At the heart of my current Amateur Radio station is the Elecraft K3. My trusty Kenwood TS-440S is still here, standing by. While the Kenwood is the third Kenwood I have loved in my tenure as a Ham, the Elecraft has absolutely taken over as . . . To read the rest of this article, please click here: → Software and Radio |
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