Much to the surprise of many, the paging industry is alive, well, and still quite popular. To wit, I finished building, wiring, and aligning this Quintron system over the course of the past few days, which will be installed in the place of an existing system. The existing system is working, but it has been […]
Here’s tipping my hat to the LaGrange, GA Amateur Radio Club for hosting a great hamfest yesterday (October 27, 2018.) It might not be the largest hamfest around, but it is very much enjoyed by locals and even hams to travel a pretty good distance to join in. I’m not sure whether it was the […]
I’d really been wishing I had a larger second monitor for the computer which hosts the KK4ICE / East Alabama SKYWARN weather station and also serves as the main computer in the video and audio editing suite. Problem solved — on the cheap! A while back I was given a 31″ LG HD television with […]
Just sharing a few photos of the latest G.E./Harris Mastr III station to repeater conversion I’ve done. This one is for a SKYWARN group up in Northeast Alabama and will be going on a recently coordinated VHF frequency pair. […]
The old “Engineering Mode” switch has had to remain in the “On” mode a LOT lately. All related to the the work in progress on the replacement of this 450′ broadcast/communications tower. If work stays on track and goes as planned, the new tower will be completed and all antennas, feedlines, etc. operating on the […]
Now that it has been running so well for almost three months, I made the decision to keep what was built as a “temporary” repeater for the 442.175 DMR machine as the “permanent” machine. It’s doing its thing at about 93 Watts with no problems noted, so — as they say — “If it ain’t […]