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 …
Yellowstone Park K-0070 | Parks On The Air Adventure and Lessons Learned
In early September I took my 22 ft. travel trailer (camper) to Yellowstone Park for a Parks on The Air (POTA) adventure. I stayed at Fishing Bridge RV Park and I made most of my contacts from there. The Icom 7300 was in the camper and since there was very limited space at the campsite, I used the Tarheel 200A …