21 Tech Net: 2026-02-15

My Week in Radio

CQ WW RTTY contest
- 70 contacts in one afternoon
- a little antenna maintenance in the middle
  - poking at un-un
  - reinstalling counterpoise
PSKFest
- 3rd place in QRP class (of 4 people)
fixed some connections in or near the house to fix some 2M antenna performance
using pulleys in the tree for cleaner rope work in trees
New R1CBU 0.32.2 firmware for the X6100
loaded frequencies into the scan on the quansheng to watch for those new satellites Tom’s been emailing
APRS getting much better on RT-880G with alternate firmware
loved to hear about practical guid to IRLP into KA3TKW

Others

K3EA, Greg:
- RTTY contest
- CW contest
- NA QSO Party for RTTY upcoming
- state QSO parties are coming up, good for WAS
- 17 and 20M will have best propagation for DX
- hamclock backend is going away
  - alternatives are in the works
  - https://openhamclock.com - web based
WB3LNY, George:
- Hamcation in FL
  - nearly as big as hamvention
KC5DRI, John:
- Hamcation in FL
  - meeting people
WE3ARE, Paul:
- Hamcation in FL
  - lots of swaps and gadgets
  - large vendors
  - saw demos of https://amateurrepeaterdirectory.org/
W3TUG, “Tug”/Ray:
- Hamcation in FL
VE3HOH, Pete:
- Chris Casper demoed meshtastic for another club
- wants to get into it
- has openhamclock running
KA3TKW, Tom:
- UMK-1 satellite: got a good pass and posted SSTV photos
- RS-18: 437.950 downlink for SSTV. 10 or 11pm tonight, then 10 or 11 am in the morning
  - then done
- amsat website -> satellite resources -> current satellite status
  - added these new SSTV satellites
- chinese space station will have ham radio soon
  - 145.825 / 436.510 down
  - and another
- ham lunch last thursday: hibachi buffet
K3DMM, Denny:
- some satellite contacts from within the house
- QRZ 250 certificate
  - 20% confirmed on SSB
- AnyTone AT-890UV
  - a friend has a video using full duplex on the HT for satellite.
KC3NWN, Jim:
- using a president washington on 11M
- XFM program for satellite
- elwood of ham clock SK
KA3TKW, Tom:
- IRLP How-to
  - buy an IRLP node for $250-500
  - get a node number assigned
  - 9204 is the one 21 is connected
KK4KKW, Steve:
- some HF work down in Florida
  - good contacts
- contacts harder up here
N7JMS, John:
- FT8
- listening on 21

My Week in Radio

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