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ICOM unveiled IC-7300 at Tokyo Ham Fair 2015

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on August 23, 2015 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with HF, hf transceiver, ICOM

ICOM has unveiled the IC-7300 transceiver. It is an all mode (SSB / CW / RTTY / AM / FM), HF + 50Mhz radio that comes in the 3 models listed below. IC-7300 – 100 W IC-7300M – 50 W …

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Cancelled – 2015 NSARA Picnic

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on July 25, 2015 Posted in Uncategorized

Please be advised that due to circumstances beyond our control, The Greenwood Amateur Radio Club has been forced to withdraw its sponsorship of the NSARA Picnic this year. Could you please notify as many people as possible about the cancellation …

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2015 NSARA Picnic

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on June 16, 2015 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with Amateur Radio, Event, Events, foxhunt, Ham Radio

— I am not affiliated with the Greenwood ARC, but I am an NSARA member, so I wanted to pass this along — The Greenwood Amateur Radio Club is pleased to host the 2015 NSARA Picnic! The event will be …

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APRSdroid gets an Easter weekend update

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on April 5, 2015 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with Amateur Radio, APRS

After what seems like a very long time, Georg Lukas (DO1GL) has pushed out a new update to this awesome APRS application for Android (APRSdroid). The UI has been modernized a bit, some bugs have been fixed, and there has …

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70 cm Crucifix Antenna

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 30, 2015 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with 70cm, Antenna, Antennas, UHF

So I recently decided that I to build a new antenna for my 70 cm rig to replace the dual band magnet mount that I was using as it did not fit well in my new shack. I ended up …

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Je suis Charlie

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 14, 2015 Posted in General

#JeSuisCharlie #iamCharlie

Happy New Year!

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on January 6, 2015 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Ham Radio, HF

I guess it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted. The last time was way back in July. A few things have changed since then. I’ve not come into possession of a Kenwood TS-570SG (HF + 6m) and have moved …

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Working some DX with an old Atlas 210x

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on July 29, 2014 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with 20m, Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, Ham Radio, HF

I’m fortunate enough to belong to a club that is willing to lend out spare gear to those of us who are a bit underfunded. I had been using a Kenwood TS-120 but there turned out to be an intermittent …

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I Switched to DreamHost

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on May 2, 2014 Posted in IT / VoIP Tagged with DreamHost, Hosting, web, Web Hosting, website

Hi All, Recently (about 2 months ago) I moved all of my websites from ANhosting to DreamHost. I’ve wanted to post about it or a while but decided to hold off until I felt like enough time had passed to …

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Starting the new year with some new gear!

By Dennis, VE1XT Posted on February 19, 2014 Posted in Amateur Radio Tagged with Amateur Radio, Antenna, Antennas, Ham Radio

The last few weeks have almost been like a second Christmas for me. I’ve picked up a bunch of new radio gear and I’m now on my way to being on a new band and back on another. Thanks to …

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