"...optical fiber networks are amazing and we probably shouldn't be running anything else to homes, but if I need to splice a pair of copper wires I can strip them with my teeth and twist them together, in pitch dark, and make it work. I'd like to see us hams keep pushing the envelope of what can be done with bailing wire when everyone's focused on fiber."

Scott Miller N1VG, aprssig 01/05/2017

Left rack; Top: 12V Battery Backup Switch. Middle shelf: KJ4AJP-1 APRS station on GE MVS VHF (programmed into 2M Amateur) w/TinyTrak4 TNC, spare AA nicads. Bottom shelf: Galaxy DX959 11M (CB), two 4-nicad chargers.   Center rack; Top panel: Midland GXT710 GMRS/FRS w/NOAA weather alert, Uniden BC92XLT scanner. Middle shelf: ICom IC-F2721 UHF LMR, IC-1721 VHF LMR. Bottom shelf: Icom IC-910 2M/70cm with RigBlaster Pro (now Signalink USB).   Right rack; Top panel: Clocks for Zulu and 24hr local time. Middle shelf: MFJ 989D tuner, Garmin GPS-12. Bottom shelf: Icom IC-746PRO HF with Signalink USB.

REAL-TIME WEATHER
From the station in my backyard, as long as the power and internet is up in the house...

BUILDING THE WEATHER STATION
Doing the best you can with what you have to work with

12V BATTERY BACKUP PROJECT
122A battery and Samlex battery backup module dressed up with someplace to go

MY GE MVS RADIOS
Winlink, APRS and voice repeater projects for an old workhorse

THE THIN MAN
Atom 1.6G Win7 pipsqueak takes on 3 rigs and 5 Ham Radio applications

THE PI PROJECT
Raspberry Pi for APRS and Winlink in a 2U Rackmount case

BROADBAND HAMNET
Messin' with the Mesh

UV-5R 3800mAH BATTERY SURGERY
Fun with making out of tolerance Chinese OEM accessories fit.

A MOBILE CHARGER FOR THE BAOFENG BL-5L 3800mAH BATTERY
Keeping charged up when the AC is down

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