N1MM Logger+ recording is really very simple. It’s just takes a couple of keystrokes on the keyboard to record and save TX audio, like a CQ message. Last weekend I participated in the South Dakota QSO Party (video here) and used the CQ message quite often. The solution I’ve used over the years is called “recording on the fly”. See the …
JS8Call – Why? What’s New? and Download Link
FT8Call is gone and it’s now JS8Call. From 0.7 and onward, FT8Call will be called JS8Call and the FT8Call mode will become JS8 (Jordan Sherer-designed 8-FSK). Over the weekend, October 7, 2018, the new JS8Call software was born. I have downloaded and installed the new JS8Call and the software looks good. I have already made a few contacts with it using …
A Powerful CW Tool – CW Skimmer (CWS) 170 kHz Wide
Yes, with the Icom 7610 we have a 170 kHz wide spectrum with CW Skimmer! It’s a powerful CW tool for the Amateur Radio operator. The wide settings are a little different than the narrow (24 kHz) settings. Wide is very effective with something like DXLabs Spot Collector or the N1MM Logger+ Telnet Cluster. If you are a contestor, DX …
Best Cheap Laptop For Mobile and Portable Ops
The best cheap laptop I could find for mobile and portable operations! Just this week I picked up a cheap HP Stream 11 laptop for mobile and portable operation. I’m tired of lugging my 6 lb. laptop back and forth between the house, camper, vehicle and outdoors. I can leave this new one in the camper. The HP Stream 11 …
24 kHz CW Skimmer with the Icom 7610 | How To
Icom has really made it easy to have CW Skimmer working with the Icom 7610. First I installed the Icom 7610 I/Q package for HDSDR and got it working. See my article: Icom 7610 HDSDR and Icom I/Q Package. After having it for a while I decided to give CW Skimmer a try and wow! Not only easy, but it …