At Sea-pac this year I had heard good reviews about this TIDRadio TD-H3: clear and good sound, and a nice compact radio that they had deployed to a local organization.
Continue reading “TIDRadio review – a radio with USBC charging, programming”Some good news this fire season – SOTA can save forests!
Yesterday the ARRL posted a news item relevant to this time of year – some amateur radio enthusiasts hiking in the woods for SOTA found a spot fire, reported it, and potentially stopped a wildfire before some winds kicked up…
Continue reading “Some good news this fire season – SOTA can save forests!”June is Amateur Radio Month
As you may have heard, the Oregon governor proclaimed this month as Amateur Radio Month. Seems appropriate, with Field day coming up on the 28th-29th, and various ham fairs and preparations such as the Eugene/Springfield Ham Swap Meet on the 21st.
Continue reading “June is Amateur Radio Month”Come and visit the booth at SEAPAC 2025!
Next weekend is Sea-pac! The is the big amateur radio event in Oregon: https://seapac.org/
Continue reading “Come and visit the booth at SEAPAC 2025!”Massive electricity outage in Spain, Portugal highlight need for Amateur Radio, backup FM radio receivers.
A recent and ongoing outage in Spain, Portugal highlights the need for Amateur radio and backup electricity – as of now, 1pm April 28, the ongoing outage is affecting Spain and Portugal, and several amateur radio groups have been responding to “share situational awareness information”.
Continue reading “Massive electricity outage in Spain, Portugal highlight need for Amateur Radio, backup FM radio receivers.”Repeater Activity during emergencies
Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by the recent storms on the US East coast. Recently some live streams have highlighted the good work by the ham radio repeater operators and emergency nets:
Continue reading “Repeater Activity during emergencies”UK Repeaters added in RepeaterSTART
The United Kingdom ham radio repeaters are now added and synced thanks to the https://ukrepeater.net/ API.
Continue reading “UK Repeaters added in RepeaterSTART”Packaging a Python application for ArchLinux/Manjaro Linux
In a previous howto I showed how to build a .deb installer file for a Python program. This would work for the majority of systems with Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint etc. However there are many users on Arch Linux or Manjaro, which do not take this .deb installer file. Some Linux computers such as the popular (and currently out of stock 🙁 ) Pinebook laptop, and Pinephone come with Manjaro Linux, which takes Arch packages. Thankfully there is an easy way to add a package to the AUR for these Arch-based devices.
Continue reading “Packaging a Python application for ArchLinux/Manjaro Linux”Utah VHF Society Repeater list now brought in to the repeater listing
If you have visited Utah any time recently with a ham radio you may have noted that not all of the repeaters coordinated in the area are on the repeater listing. As of this weekend this has been brought in with permission from the Utah VHFS!
Continue reading “Utah VHF Society Repeater list now brought in to the repeater listing”Ham radio news Feb 3
- Registration is now open for QSO Today ham radio expo. Check out DMR and hearham live tutorials and many other presentations. Get your tickets for some interesting topics Mar. 12-13!
- Stats and end of year summary for the 2021 user survey, are up.
- Nominations recently opened for Amateur Radio Software Award for Free and open-source software. I’d nominate Pat.