Archive for the ‘Ham Radio’ Category

How to Setup A Kenwood TM-V71A With APRS Tracking

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

APRS allows users to send real time text messages, GPS coordinate data, weather information, and many other things over ham radio frequencies (normally 144.390Mhz on the two meter band) that are picked up by nodes and logged on the internet. APRS is a form of packet radio so if you tune to the frequency used […]

Amateur Radio — Basic Practices

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Here is some basic information for new hams to help them get started. Being a new ham can be a little intimidating at first as there are many established protocols for conducting conversations on the air. However, with a few attempts and contacts it all begins to make sense and is truly very easy. One […]