Riding with the Chews Ridge Gang (K6MI)

The Chews Ridge Gang celebrated 50 years of operation in Los Padres National Forest atop Chews Ridge for Field Day 2013. You could subtitle this article “50 Years and a

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Microcontrollers and Arduino

Thanks to all who attended my presentation on microcontrollers and Arduino at the May 3, 2013, club meeting. Here is a PDF of the slides, and here is a zip

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Home Brew Night 2013

Chris KG6DOZ generously provided the photos that are used in this article. The complete set can be found here.       Links: KA7EXM’s QEX article and the original QST article that

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Yeasu FT-60R and Unwanted WIRES

Q: Why do people sometimes say that my transmissions start with touch-tone beeps that cut off my voice? A: Your FT-60R is in “WIRES” mode. Q: How did it get there?

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HF Digital – a First-Time Experience

[Note: This article was submitted to both slvarc.org and k6bj.org to cover a wider audience.] “Wow, now that’s cool! It reminds me of the movie ‘The Matrix’ with the colors and lines

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