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The Radios I'll Take While on Vacation
The kit I'm taking while on the road covers mobile, base, and digital radio
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Tom Salzer
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Talk, Tap, Tech, Test, or Teach: What Kind of Ham Are You?
Where Tom posits there are five categories of amateur radio operators
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Tom Salzer
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First Impressions: Tecsun PL-680 Receiver
Reliving my shortwave listening days with a new, more capable modern radio!
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Tom Salzer
June 2023
Field Day Reflections
Family matters kept me from participating directly, but I listened when I could!
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Tom Salzer
Short take: repairing a mono speaker plug
A little bit of solder and a new plug to make things right
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Tom Salzer
Random Wire chat is now available
Chat is a quick-and-easy space for us to connect
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Tom Salzer
I/O: AllStar on the road plus fiddling with netbooks
Success with ASL from the hotel!
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Tom Salzer
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Installing AllStarLink on a Dell Wyse 3040
How to, plus some tips and tricks that make it easier
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Tom Salzer
May 2023
I/O: Odds and Ends
A little DMR, some radio-less and RF AllStar nodes, and site/miscellaneous items
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Tom Salzer
April 2023
Easy Peasy RF AllStar Node
A simple-to-build AllStar node and affordable at $255 out of pocket
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Tom Salzer
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I/O: My Soldering is Horrible
Soldering today proved to me that I need a lot more practice!
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Tom Salzer
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Does VoIP Have a Place in Amateur Radio?
We are are divided: Voice over IP has a place — or it doesn't — in ham radio
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Tom Salzer
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