My Ham Radio Life - dl6joe.de

Today i made first tests with the QMX (Mid-Version) and the SSB-Beta Firmware 1_1_007 (James Bond version) Microphone is a Retevis HK-008. Antenna is a 1/4 Quarter Some people have asked me about modifying the microphone for the QMX. Here it is.  I made an adapter from the 2.5mm and 3.5mm plugs to 2

Today I discovered new parks in the Draussenfunker Discord server in the #draussen-funken section. My interest was piqued. So I took a closer look and discovered that they are very close to here. Since I had time in the afternoon, the decision was made quickly. Finally, I wanted to go for a short ri

The Planning At the end of August, I went on holiday to Scotland for two weeks. Before that, of course, I had to think about the radio setup a bit. Transporting by plane was also something I was thinking about beforehand. Which device should I take with me? What do I need to consider when transporti

The Yaesu FT-5D is an expensive HRT. It comes with many nice features like APRS and C4FM. You can charge it with the Rapid Desk Charger* or with the power adapter and Cable**. There is no other charging option.  Bad if you are outside during a POTA activation. I have found a USB-C to DC 12 V Adapter

Last weekend, I have tried my first Flora & Fauna activation. Not exactly I was hoping for.  I learned a few things for the next activation. But let me tell you how the weekend went and what problems there were DLFF-0108 Naturpark Schönbuch My XYL got a falconry weekend from me for her birthday. Tha

I have found a nice little helper for my IC-705. It is an external Display based on M5Stack Core Basic or M5Stack Core 2. I use it as well for my APRScube . The Display can show you information like S-Meter, Multimeter, DXTracker or use the internal Keyer for Audio or CW. I know, the IC-705 can show

The APRSCube is a small APRS Tracker and I-Gate based on a M5Stack Core Basic *.  I use normally a Meshtastic T-Beam V1.1 ESP32 * as Tracker and a LILYGO TTGO ESP32-Paxcounter * as I-Gate.  Recently, I also have an ARPScube that combines both in one device. A great piece of technology that is easy t

I wondered why I could send analog APRS transmissions with my Anytone 878 II UV Plus but not receive them. I looked in the codeplug and found what I was looking for.  There are two options to set.  First, you have to click on Tool --> Options. In the following Window, you can set Analog APRS RX I ha

How do I log my QSOs?  There are many ways to log QSOs. On the paper, in the smartphone or PC and Internet.  I'll show you what I use and why.  The search was not easy for me because since 2003 I don't use any Windows pc.  My preferred system is Linux and recently macOS on the iPad and MacBook Air. 

The Amateur radio class A license is done. Now I have the head free to learn CW (Continuous Wave).  I'll show you how I do it and give you some helpful links and tools.  table of contents Helpful Links to learn CW LCWO.net Morse with Google Video Course Morserino 32 My way to learn the Morse code Tr