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Wouxun KG-UV3D on APRS – Works Great!

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

I tested out my Wouxun KG-UV3D on APRS on Thursday, Sept 1st. The equipment went into my Blazer with a mag-mount antenna. As you can see from the following GPS track, the equipment performed well. This post describes my system, … Continue reading →

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APRS: Marrying Motorcycling and Ham Radio

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) is a ham radio mode. It does many things. Here we look at the tracker mode. When I go motorcycling I carry a GPS receiver, a DeLorme PN-40SE. This web site is full of GPS … Continue reading →

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DeLorme RAM Motorsports Mount for PN-series GPS

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

On my first ride of the 2011 season, I did the usual: I took along my DeLorme PN-40SE GPS receiver. And, I had it tucked sort of into the tank bag map folder. Continuing with the usual, it collected the … Continue reading →

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Ham Radio: How much does it cost?

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE! VIEW THE VIDEO ADDED 17 FEB 2016: I’m often asked a simple question: how much does it cost to become a ham? The answer, of course, is “it depends.” But there’s a pretty basic path that most … Continue reading →

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Got my license—now what?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

(This is preliminary and comes from an e-mail I sent to someone asking what order I thought new hams should do things.) (Updated 4 June 2014) I’ve been a ham for 38 years, so I’ve picked up a little here … Continue reading →

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My Ham Radio Home Page

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

(You may have been directed here from www.ke0og.net) You’ve landed on my ham radio home page. I’m KEØOG, an Extra-Class ham radio operator. I’m active on HF, 2-meters, and 440 MHz. I use this page as an index to ham-radio-related … Continue reading →

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