Virtual Radio

So I’ve long known of the programs Hamsphere, Echolink, and CQ100. I’ve used Hamshpere in the past with some degree of success. CQ 100 was a fairly worthless subscription as there doesn’t seem to be anyone on, ever. I’ve only recently gotten into Echolink, which lets you talk to other Hams on actual amateur frequencies…

Failure

Well, field day was an utter failure for me. I couldn’t seem to get my antennas set properly to even hear anyone , nevermind being heard. No matter what I did no one came in. But that’s all part of the fun, trying to find out what went wrong and what changes to make. Experimentation…

No Contact

So this weekend was a bust. Between Saturday speeding by so fast and bad weather on Sunday Not much got done. I didn’t hear anyone on 6 meters so I took it up to 40 meters. I heard someone in North Dakota, another in New Mexico but was soon pulled away to watch the HBO…

Auto Tuner -Update

So the weekend came and went and I barely had any time to really work with the Auto Tuner. I did get it set up and am hoping to give 6 meters a shot this coming weekend. I’ve seen some reports of people having luck on 6 meters and figured I’d take a shot at…