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”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.”AI Attempts at Ham Radio Help
There has been much research in recent months making LLMs give helpful and useful information. Unfortunately it is often wrong or inaccurate. Today I show how some simple tasks for radio amateurs are given back with incorrect information in Claude, ChatGPT and Bing AI assistant:
Continue reading “AI Attempts at Ham Radio Help”Kv4p HT app brings 2-meter Ham Radio to Android Phones
If you have been involved in amateur radio groups you may have noted the new popular kv4p HT project that many have been talking about. This app and USBC-connected radio chip let you use your phone as a small ham radio handheld!
Continue reading “Kv4p HT app brings 2-meter Ham Radio to Android Phones”QSO Today conference is coming up!
QSO today conference is coming up next month! Check out the details here for the list of presentations and gallery projects including Hearham.live, HF, Arduino, Antennas and Smith Charts and more!
Optimizing a Python program with profiling data
If you have been maintaining a Python program that has been growing for some time with new features you may notice at some point it can get a bit lagging and slow. For example, the app that is powered by hearham.com repeaters listing has grown from thousands of repeaters to now over 10,000 repeaters in the listing shown in the app. This hung things up especially on devices like Raspberry Pi or Librem phone while starting up the app.
Continue reading “Optimizing a Python program with profiling data”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”QSO Today Ham Radio Conference is coming this weekend
Tickets are $10.00 until Expo opens, then $13.50 until April 10th: Check out the topics, including a hearham.live demo!
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.