Ray Rounds | DM13cv
@rrounds.bsky.social
US-based Ham radio operator amateur extra class, mostly HF ops. K6RAX
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Wednesday night radio club check in. Fired up the ICOM 2330A for some 220MHz band time. Clear as day off of a Santiago Peak repeater. #HamRadio
November 28, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Wednesday night radio club check in. Fired up the ICOM 2330A for some 220MHz band time. Clear as day off of a Santiago Peak repeater. #HamRadio
Cable organizing today and swapped in a few new RG8X jumper cables an extra foot longer to tuck them away nicer. Couldn’t figure out why FT-8 was so bad - no responses at all. Then I checked and found l’d not connected the antenna cable back to the switch….amazing TX/RX after that! YIKES #HamRadio
November 26, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Cable organizing today and swapped in a few new RG8X jumper cables an extra foot longer to tuck them away nicer. Couldn’t figure out why FT-8 was so bad - no responses at all. Then I checked and found l’d not connected the antenna cable back to the switch….amazing TX/RX after that! YIKES #HamRadio
These guys were idle today. Loads of this and that going on around the house. Did a little research, but nothing material for now. An interesting article here on magnetic mobile mounts and adding radials. Will consider this down the road…
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November 25, 2024 at 3:40 AM
These guys were idle today. Loads of this and that going on around the house. Did a little research, but nothing material for now. An interesting article here on magnetic mobile mounts and adding radials. Will consider this down the road…
wb3gck.com/2024/11/24/a...
#HamRadio
wb3gck.com/2024/11/24/a...
#HamRadio
(2/2) Experimented a bit more with JS8 Call and reported findings to the new Fullerton Club mail group, made a few WSJT-X QSO’s, and noted there’s a fair range difference between 100 watts on the Yaesu and 20 on the G90.
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November 24, 2024 at 5:51 AM
(2/2) Experimented a bit more with JS8 Call and reported findings to the new Fullerton Club mail group, made a few WSJT-X QSO’s, and noted there’s a fair range difference between 100 watts on the Yaesu and 20 on the G90.
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(1/2) Success with the G90 and both WSJT-X and JS8 today. Had great RX, however no TX out. Tracked that down by trial and error to a short jumper from an antenna switch. Patching the Cushcraft R7 direct to the G90 did the trick. (more)
November 24, 2024 at 5:50 AM
(1/2) Success with the G90 and both WSJT-X and JS8 today. Had great RX, however no TX out. Tracked that down by trial and error to a short jumper from an antenna switch. Patching the Cushcraft R7 direct to the G90 did the trick. (more)
Spent last night setting up my Xiegu G90 for remotes on FT-8 on WSJT-X and hit 40/20m bands via Mint Linux with checklists to work out details. Also setup Winlink using VARA (HF) and it works nicely. Updated the VARA .exe’s using the latest. Many details. Yaesu FT-847 for higher power
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#HamRadio
November 23, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Spent last night setting up my Xiegu G90 for remotes on FT-8 on WSJT-X and hit 40/20m bands via Mint Linux with checklists to work out details. Also setup Winlink using VARA (HF) and it works nicely. Updated the VARA .exe’s using the latest. Many details. Yaesu FT-847 for higher power
#HamRadio
#HamRadio
Local Fullerton Ham Club meeting tonight. Check in first on the club repeater at 70cm and the second at 432.100MHz SSB. Zoom meeting followed. Not successful on second as I’m around a hill from most of the members participating. One was able to relay for me. Always good to join in.
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#HamRadio
November 21, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Local Fullerton Ham Club meeting tonight. Check in first on the club repeater at 70cm and the second at 432.100MHz SSB. Zoom meeting followed. Not successful on second as I’m around a hill from most of the members participating. One was able to relay for me. Always good to join in.
#HamRadio
#HamRadio