Archives for 2014

Packet Radio with Smartphones

Many thanks to 13-year-old Rohan Agrawal KJ6LXV who presented his work on packet radio during the September 5, 2014, club meeting. Rohan designed and built wireless-interface hardware and a smartphone app that lets

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Field Day 2014 – ISS Contacts, the Backstory

Ah . . . the feeling of success. I was walking on air Saturday morning, June 28th, at about 11:30 a.m. In less than 10 minutes into the official start-time

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Field Day 2014 – Press Coverage

Post-Field-Day Coverage: Annual Nationwide Field Day Tests Skills of Ham Operators — Santa Cruz Sentinel County Amateur Radio Clubs Have a Field Day — Aptos Times (page 1, page 2) Pre-Field-Day

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Field Day 2014 – Out of this world!

Field Day has been called by some Amateurs “the best few days of the year.”  At the top of Empire Grade Rd near Bonny Doon, CA, I found myself in amongst

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Field Day 2014!

Join us for Field Day, this Saturday, June 28. This year we will have six radio stations on the air. Through them you can contact people around the world. Come by on Saturday and

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