Cloudlog is an open-source PHP & MySQL based amateur radio logging application, allowing you to log contacts via a web browser on any device and platform.
This is an ideal general-purpose logging application, supporting HF to Microwave, it can even interface with your radio via CAT, sync logs from WSJT-X & if you are a satellite operator integrates with SatPC32.
Thankfully there is a super slick website that will generate a comman separated value (CSV) file that you can copy/paste on your radio and lo and behold every DSTAR repeater in the world is correctly programmed into your radio.
I'm not really sure why but when I was first learning about all the different aspects of ham radio I always thought sending an e-mail over Winlink Express was the coolest thing. I believe I read about sailors circumnavigating the world on sailboats and one of them used their VHF radio onboard to send e-mail to let their family and friends they were okay. No Starlink, just packet radio!
New Callsign Registration is a two-step process. Here are the steps to register your call sign.
I have become quite a fan of old Motorola VHF and UHF radios, partially because of Kenneth Finnegan aka The Life of Kenneth. He showed me all it took was some a little software and a USB to RJ45 adapter to program them and you've got an inexpensive 2meter VHF radio ready for tinkering.
The most important piece of equipment for the high altitude balloon launch is the Trackuino. This is a quick walkthrough on building the Trackuino and a test drive on APRS.
For my high altitude balloon launch, I wanted to send up something a little cheaper than a $400 GoPro camera in the event that I can't locate the balloon when it comes back to earth!
I found a used Maxtrac 300 radio on eBay that I wanted to repurpose into an APRS tracker and realized I needed to program the APRS frequency. Here is how you use DoxBox to program your radio.
I went camping with my buddy in Rustic, Colorado and strung up a dipole antenna to operate HF while we were out of the weekend. Made a few contacts and had a lot of fun!
