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Tag Archives: Ham radio
CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio – #ZedNet reminder – 5 December ’21
Fellow hams, here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 5 December ’21 – evening at 2000h EST. (0100h ZULU Monday). NB: WB0YLE says that there is now a second Wires- X room: 83466 We now have the site running: http://zednet.xyz … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio – #ZedNet reminder – 28 November ’21
Fellow hams, here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 14 November ’21 – evening at 2000h EDT. (0000h ZULU Monday). NB: WB0YLE says that there is now a second Wires- X room: 83466 We now have the site running: http://zednet.xyz … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio – #ZedNet reminder – 7 November ’21
Fellow hams, here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 7 November ’21 – evening at 2000h EDT. (0000h ZULU Monday). GREAT net last week! NB: WB0YLE says that there is now a second Wires- X room: 83466 We now have … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio – #ZedNet reminder – 31 October ’21
Fellow hams, here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 31 October ’21 – evening at 2000h EDT. (0000h ZULU Monday). GREAT net last week! NB: WB0YLE says that there is now a second Wires- X room: 83466 We now have … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio – #ZedNet reminder – 26 September ’21
Fellow hams, here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 19 September ’21 – evening at 2000h EDT. (0000h ZULU Monday). NB: WB0YLE says that there is now a second Wires- X room: 83466 We now have the site running: http://zednet.xyz … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio – #ZedNet reminder – 26 September ’21
Fellow hams, here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 19 September ’21 – evening at 2000h EDT. (0000h ZULU Monday). NB: I REALLY NEED A SUB TO TAKE NET CONTROL TONIGHT. PLEASE CONTACT ME. HERE We now have the site … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio – #ZedNet reminder – 19 September ’21
Fellow hams, here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 19 September ’21 – evening at 2000h EDT. (0000h ZULU Monday). NB: I’m looking for a regular participant who could be Net Control so I can occasionally get free for something. … Read More
CQ CQ CQ – A life saved through #HamRadio
Thinking about Ham Radio? You should be. This is an interesting story via Breitbart:
For your JUST TOO COOL file as well as a preparedness consideration and a nifty Ham Radio note
At ARRL there was an eye-catching title in a list of old posts on the side bar (much like all the titles of my posts on my side bar). HMS Bounty Rescue “Okay…”, quoth I. “I wasn’t aware that HF … Read More
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“Blessed are the PACE makers.” Make A Plan for Family Communications:
Disasters always happen to other people, until they happen to you. When crunch time comes, comms are important. You need… stop and read that again… YOU NEED a plan. A PACE Plan, or Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency Plan. I … Read More
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ASK FATHER: When the next Carrington Event wipes out the grid, what will happen in our ultramontanist Church of the 21st century?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Our sun is waking up. One sunspot let loose half a dozen flares ranging from C-class to M-class over the weekend. Our magnetic shields are weak and getting weaker. Barring Divine intervention, it’s only a matter … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – ZedNet reminder – Sunday 3 Jan ’21 & DIAGRAM of Zednet Interconnect Network
Here’s a reminder about ZedNet for Sunday 3 Jan ’21 – evening at 2000h EST (0100h ZULU 4 Jan). Also, here is something sent by WB0YLE who keeps the pieces of ZedNet together. A diagram of how it all fits. … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – ZedNet reminder – Sunday 27 Dec – evening at 2000h EST (0100h ZULU 13 Dec).
Last Sunday and the Sunday and the Sunday before – we started up ZedNet in the evening at 8PM EST. At first, I had a devil of a time connecting (cf. Zuhlsdorf’s Law) because Brandmeister has been making changes for … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – ZedNet reminder – Sunday 13 Dec – evening at 2000h EST (0100h ZULU 13 Dec).
Last Sunday we started up our very first ZedNet on in the evening at 8PM EST. We had five check ins. I had a devil of a time connecting (cf. Zuhlsdorf’s Law) because Brandmeister has been making changes for security … Read More
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CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – INAUGURAL ZedNet report
We started up our very first ZedNet on Sunday evening at 8PM EST. We had five check ins. I had a devil of a time connecting (cf. Zuhlsdorf’s Law) because Brandmeister has been making changes for security and… I did … Read More
CQ CQ CQ! #HamRadio news and cool space news stuff
According to Spaceweather, on Thursday 3 December, amateur radio operator Scott Tilley picked up China’s Chang’e 5’s signal coming from the Moon as it lifted off from the Oceanus Procellarum. Tilley carried his equipment to a beach in British Columbia … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: Ham Radio in Advent? ZedNet is ACTIVE! Weekly net?
A quick note with a suggestion and observations. First, I had a great chat over ZedNet with a fellow in Tokyo. He accessed ZedNet through WIRES-X, I through my DMR hotspot. In the Yaesu System Fusion (WIRES-X) “room” 28598 is … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – International Space Station UPGRADED
Although I am a NASA certified Space Shuttle Door Gunner and a certified expert on the Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser, I have not yet had a contact with the International Space Station. Contact, that is, via radio. I received a Just … Read More
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CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio issue: Video from NASA about “Our Next Solar Cycle”
NASA has a video about the next Solar Cycle. Every 11 years your planet’s yellow star goes through a cycle of more or less activity. This activity can effect the layers of your planet’s atmosphere. In turn that impacts the … Read More
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