WTØF: With The Other Foot

I am sitting in the MicroHams Digital Conference and Bryan Hoyer, KG6GEU, is giving a presentation on authentication over digital communications. He has several good points and this is a particular pain point for me. Unfortunately, his presentation went off on a another tack and I think he missed a very [...]

Last night was the premiere of a new D-Star net. Linked loosely with Ham Nation on Twit.TV, the AmateurLogic Roundtable net took place on REF014C at 18:30 (PDT). The connection with Ham Nation is George Thomas, W5JDX, who regularly has a segment on Ham Nation called Smoke and Solder. The segments don’t always include [...]

This evening on the Ham Nation D-Star Net KBØJTK checked in and gave an announcement about the End of Winter hamfest being held in Lincoln, NE on March 17th. KBØJTK informed us that during the hamfest, the Lincoln Amateur Radio Club, KØKKV, will be running on their local D-Star repeater [...]

I should have gotten this posted yesterday. I have had to postpone moving the Puget Sound D-Star social net until March 14th. Because of a couple of projects at work for the next couple of weeks. Once they are done, I will be able to move the net to Wednesday [...]

This past week I made a business trip down to San José, CA and when I make trips down there, I usually try to make it on a couple of the D-Star repeaters. Usually I am on WW6BAY and sometimes on K6LRG. This time on Tuesday night I found the [...]

I apologize to everyone for not being as active as I have wanted to be here. I would like to get this blog in better order and updated more often with the events going on, thoughts on ham radio and more information on projects that I work on. Since taking [...]

A week or so ago I was asked by a fellow ham about the D-Star repeaters in Western Washington. I compiled a list of all the repeaters that I am aware of and thought that others may benefit from the list. Location Callsign Frequencies Issaquah K7ISQ 443.275+ Tiger Mtn. WA7HJR [...]

I have been asked by several people for the presentation for the D-Star beginner class. The class starts with the very basic information of what is D-Star and where it is heading. Comparison with existing FM repeaters and how D-Star repeaters differ from them. The specific needs of a radio [...]

I received an email this morning from the Federal Way Emergency Management Coordinator that we will be able to have space for the beginner’s class for the D*Workshop. The date is pretty much set for October 22nd. Final details are still being worked out and the decision on who will [...]

After several roadblocks and technical issues, I am very happy to announce that the D-Star repeater in Issaquah, WA is up and running. It is using the callsign K7ISQ and operating at 443.275+. If you are in the area, feel free to drop by and say hello. It is an [...]