I haven’t seen anything on this on Twitter, but every now and again, I like to make sure to check the ARRL’s website for info on what’s going on. It seems that a lot of it seems to not make it to Twitter. Either no one’s retweeting it or I keep missing it on the ARRL’s Twitter.  Read More →

I saw this story come across my Twitter feed the other night, and figured I should pass this along. According to Aaron Scott, WX5VHF, The Texas VHF-FM Society is planning on changing the 2 meter band plan for Texas to make more room for D-Star repeater pairs by using simplex frequencies, but those simplex frequencies appear to be in heavy use throughout the state.   Read More →

It’s almost like I had this all planned. Earlier in the week I posted a little mini review of Echolink for iOS, then I posted about Ham Radio and Twitter being good for each other. Now, I’m posting about a net called HamTwit that meets on Echolink and a RF repeater based in Texas. But the truth is, I wasn’t planning all this. No, really!  Read More →

Like any geek, I love when new things come out that look really cool and fun. I want to try them out right away. Google+ is one example. I begged for invites to get on. But before that was Twitter. I was a little hesitant to get on it, but after some of the Tech broadcasters I enjoy started to use and talk about it, I hopped on and found myself really enjoying the experience, and challenge.  Read More →

Ham Radio is like the Energizer Bunny. We just keep going. I can’t count how many times I have read an article on line that talks about things that should be dead and gone thanks to the internet or something other modern thing, and Ham Radio is somewhere on that list. And then, there is always one joker who in the comments has to say the exact same thing the article tries to say but fails because...