July 3, 2018
There's a 13 Colonies radio special event celebrating the 4th of July. I've enjoyed it so far, there's 13 stations, one in each state with short K2x calls and a couple special event stations. They're on all different modes and they all have pileups going, some really deep(Rhode Island). I've got 9…
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June 28, 2018
I've been applying for shorter, easier to say call-signs. I feel like I'm talking forever saying "Kilo X-Ray 4 Hotel Lima" and I received AA0O, Alpha Alpha Zero Ocean rolls off the tongue better. I'll be updating the domain name at some point but for now its staying at kx4hl.com
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April 14, 2018
The International Space Station was broadcasting SSTV images on 145.800MHz this week. I knew it was coming and did a little practice with my Baofeng UV-5R beforehand. The ISS made 1 good pass each day and I was able to get images on 2 of them. I connected the Baofeng to my MacBook Air with a cheap…
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November 21, 2017
I've always been interested in electronics. Most of my radio experience was with RC cars. I considered getting into ham radio when I was younger but the code requirement scared me away. An episode of NCIS got me interested in it again. With my EE background I was able to pass the Tech practice exam…
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