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I’ve posted before about this radio, but was only able to find it on Radio Mart. Today I found this page that lists it on Amazon’s website, and available for Prime Shipping, no less. The Baofeng UV-82X is the 200MHz version of the Baofeng UV-82, which I have reviewed on this blog. The 82X has […] Read more »
After taking your test to obtain the Technician Class Ham Radio license, it will take few days for your information to reach the FCC database, and for your callsign to be granted. You can check the status of this at the FCC Universal Licensing System Database. This is a newer feature that enables you to […] Read more »
I checked into this net for this first time this morning. I just learned about it last night from a fellow ham. It starts at 6am CST and goes until 10 or 11am, depending on what time they go to. I checked into the net using Echolink. You can find it under the Conference named […] Read more »
This is one of those things that I have thought about before, but wondered if it would ever actually happen. About 10 years ago, I thought of an idea for Icom of Kenwood – make a HT radio that ran a Smartphone OS. Perhaps like Android today, since it is open source. Well, BriCom didn’t […] Read more »
I was at a church meeting the other night and I happened to have my HT clipped to my belt, although it was somewhat hidden under my shirt. The bottom of it was showing when I sat down on the couch and a friend of mine asked me, “dude, is that a pager??” A pager. […] Read more »
This Saturday the Tarrant County RACES group is hosting a Skywarn class in Fort Worth. This class is the first step to becoming RACES certified. The other 2 steps include 2 online courses that you have to take and pass. And of course you need to have a Ham license 😉 For the complete RACES […] Read more »
This weekend was the Cowtown Hamfest at the Lockheed Martin facility in Ft Worth, TX. It will be the last time this hamfest is held at this facility because Lockheed is no longer allowing the ham club at this location. At least that is what I heard over the air, I don’t have any specifics […] Read more »
This post isn’t about bashing Wouxun; I have a UVD1P from Wouxun and I like it very much. I wouldn’t mind having 1 or 2 more, in fact. But I have always thought they were over-priced for a Chinese radio. And with the recent Wouxun hub-bub online, I thought I would share this link. This […] Read more »
Thanks to Hans to sharing this post. I had been wondering about these numbers for a short while now, but I don’t ever seem to remember to lookup the statistics while I am in front of a computer. Overall the US gained 7,000+ hams in 2013 alone, according to these numbers. I hope we can […] Read more »
I learned about 3 new Nets that take place in this area over the weekend. I wasn’t really looking for The first is the NCTC Area Net. This is a linked repeater system in North Central Tx. A listing of all the repeaters can be found here. Apparently they hold a Net at 7pm on […] Read more »
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