Monthly Archives: February 2017

Pixie Pain

There is an inexpensive QRP kit that sells on eBay for somewhere between $4-10, called a Pixie.  It is a single conversion rock bound 40 meter QRP rig often set to 7.023 MHz, but sometimes 7.040 MHz.  They are often … Continue reading

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HELP: My TH-D74A Radio Won’t Go into DV Mode

Well, not MY TH-D74A, but that was a problem a friend was having with his new Kenwood TH-D74A radio.  He could NOT select a memory channel programmed to DSTAR (Kenwood calls that DV for Digital Voice, or DR for Digital Repeater).  Also … Continue reading

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Fixing the “Solar_Terrestrial Data” Widget

Paul Herrman, N0NBH, has been providing Solar-Terrestrial Data banners for many years to hams for use on their websites.  One of them is a Widget used by many on WordPress sites, originally authored by Tom, NS6T.  That’s the widget I’ve … Continue reading

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