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2022 Josh Triathlon with APRS

September 20, 2022 Knut 0 Comments

So you are putting on an event in the middle of nowhere with no APRS RF coverage, terrain which is

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Annual SAG Operation for Josh Billings Tri

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 Knut 0 Comments

Annually, in September, I organize the SAG Ops for JoshBillings.com triathlon in the Berkshires. This is a nearly 50 year

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Is the Ham Communicator Obsolete?

July 23, 2022September 3, 2022 Knut 0 Comments

Ouch – that hurt! More and more events are finding that the “I only talk on the radio” type volunteer

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Generational Change in Ham Radio and Events

July 16, 2022 Knut 0 Comments

I am sure this title has been said before. Prior to pocket-sized cellphones ham radio was a must for all

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Road Travel Communications

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Knut 0 Comments

As the occasional long distance road traveler, I am always looking for the best “enroute comm tool”. The original was,

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DMR Roaming

July 27, 2020September 9, 2020 Knut 0 Comments

Since I spend a lot of time driving between Berkshires to Long Island to North Central Connecticut I have been

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200711 Weekend Drive

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Knut 2 Comments

The weekend drive from Long Island to North Central CT to Berkshires and return to Long Island on Sunday will

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Berkshire County DMR TG Assigned

February 25, 2019March 14, 2019 Knut 0 Comments

Yes, we got our own assigned DMR TG on Brandmeister for Berkshire County TG 31252 Mass Statewide TG is 3125

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Traveling w/ DMR

February 25, 2019 Knut 0 Comments

Everyone knows I am a DMR freak. Traveling with DMR is great. My hotel kit (picture on this website) includes

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3000 mile Road Trip Completed

November 14, 2018February 26, 2019 Knut 0 Comments

Over 8 days we completed a 3000 mile road trip from the Berkshires to Branson, MO, then Nashville, TN and

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The K7RA Solar Update September 23, 2022
Geomagnetic disturbances were down this week, but so were sunspotnumbers and solar flux.Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 92.7 to 68, and averagedaily solar flux from 141.3 to 134.3.On September 22 the sunspot number was 99, well above (by 31 points)the average for the previous seven days, a promising indication. Wehope it may signal a […]
Amateur Radio Operators Track Hurricane Fiona September 22, 2022
The National Hurricane Center (NHC), the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Hurricane Net, and the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) all have been engaged in tracking Hurricane Fiona.Amateur radio operators have been reporting weather conditions since Monday, September 19, 2022, and have received positive feedback on their assistance. […]
John Portune, W6NBC, and Jim Bailey, W6OEK, Win the August 2022 QST Cover Plaque Award September 20, 2022
The K7RA Solar Update September 16, 2022
Solar activity bounced back this reporting week, September 8-14, when average daily sunspot numbers jumped from 68 to 92.7, and average solar flux from 125.8 to 141.3.Fewer CMEs and flares were evident, with average planetary A index declining from 24.6 to 10.7, and middle latitude numbers from 17.4 to 10.6.New sunspot groups appeared, one on […]
Amateur Radio Helps Disabled Sailboat to Port September 15, 2022
On September 7, 2022, Jeanne (Jan) Socrates, VE0JS/MM / KC2IOV, and her sailboat, the SV Nereida, set sail from Cape Flattery, the northwesternmost point of the contiguous US. She was on her way to visit friends in San Francisco, California, but 2 days of 35 knot winds and storms left her sailboat disabled and her […]