Excerpt: Your computer or phone can make amateur radio much easier. Here are the software tools a new Technician should know for programming radios, finding repeaters, logging contacts, APRS, Winlink, and more. The Short Version You don’t need a computer to enjoy amateur radio, but a few good applications can make getting started much easier….
Excerpt: A Raspberry Pi can become an APRS iGate, digital-voice hotspot, Winlink station, SDR receiver, propagation display, or even an AllStarLink node. Here are practical Raspberry Pi projects a new ham can actually build. The Short Version A Raspberry Pi is a small Linux computer that happens to be unusually well suited to amateur radio….
Excerpt: DMR, Yaesu System Fusion, and D-STAR can connect your VHF/UHF radio with operators around town or around the world. Learn how the three major amateur-radio digital voice systems work, how they differ, and which one might make sense for you. The Short Version DMR, Yaesu System Fusion, and D-STAR all transmit your voice digitally instead…
Excerpt: New Technician ham in Lufkin or Deep East Texas? Learn understanding aprs with practical, beginner-friendly guidance from DETARC. The Short Version APRS is ham radio’s shared situational-awareness map: position, weather, short messages, objects, and activity. If you are newly licensed, do not measure success by how much you already know. Measure success by the next…
Excerpt: New Technician ham in Lufkin or Deep East Texas? Learn getting started with winlink with practical, beginner-friendly guidance from DETARC. The Short Version Winlink is email-shaped messaging for radio operators and a useful public-service skill when learned before it is needed. If you are newly licensed, do not measure success by how much you already…