Traveling in Canada

Posted on July 20, 2024 by Gary Stortz

Was visiting Ottawa in July and attended the POTA outing held by the Ottawa Valley Mobile radio club. Here is one of their members VE3LC working FT8 mobile with a RasperryPi400 interfaced to an apple ipad for display..

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Kenwood TM -D700 noisy fan

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Gary Stortz

Was dealing with an older Kenwood TM D700 VHF/UHF mobile. Fan was really noisy to the point of being unusable in the home qth. I googled the problem and found that if you remove the fan from the casing, peel off the fan identity sticker and add a few drops of light oil the noise stops… fyi to all and 73 for now.

Carnes Creek Rec site north of Revelstoke

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Gary Stortz

Was camping at Carnes Creek Rec Site last week. Camp site #6 set up my Zastone D9000 and a small magnet mount UHF/VHF car mount antenna mounted to a baking ray.

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Queest Repeater Coverage Model

Posted on March 19, 2024 by admin

Queest Coverage Modeled w Cloud RF

Spooktacular 2023

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Dave Hadley

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VE7RNH Controller Issues

Posted on October 12, 2023 by admin

Following the installation of the new lead-carbon batteries on the RNH repeater, by Phil VE7BPH and Peter VE7RZZ on September 30th, the controller began beaconing a ‘Battery Alert’ alarm whenever it transmitted. It wasn’t possible to access the repeater and turn off the alarms using DTMF tones despite attempts by Phil VE7BPH and Robin VE7HMN. It appeared that it would be necessary to reload the repeater’s programming code, so a site visit was arranged for Friday, October 6th.

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