Here’s a short tutorial on the IC-7300 Notch filter. I have used the notch before, but this shows how to do it visually. For me, seeing is always better! This was posted on YouTube by Mike, KD0SDX.
73 de Dick N4BC
My musings on Ham Radio … and stuff!
Here’s a short tutorial on the IC-7300 Notch filter. I have used the notch before, but this shows how to do it visually. For me, seeing is always better! This was posted on YouTube by Mike, KD0SDX.
73 de Dick N4BC
I see that ICOM has posted a new USB driver update on their website. Don’t know if it cures the error message when you power up the rig or not. I’ll load it tonight and see. The message is just a nuisance … works fine anyway. Click on the link to download the new driver.
Just saw this post on the IC-7300 .io Group:
73 de Dick N4BC
I flipped on the radio when I got home from work yesterday afternoon, and had to check and see if the antenna was connected (as a matter of fact, it wasn’t … I had disconnected it the night before during some violent thunderstorms). So, I reconnected it … didn’t make a lot of difference … reception still sucked! Switch to OFF!
Later in the evening, I returned to the rig and was pleasantly surprised to hear something besides QRN. Eighty through 12 meters were showing SOME signs of life … especially on FT8. I worked about a half dozen contacts on most of those bands (primarily eighty meters). There was quite a bit of CW activity on 40, and I would have liked to sample that, but alas, I was needed elsewhere.
Charlie, WB4PVT, posted a video on the local email group about how “TUBS” are made. Every week, he posts a video of interest to hams. A couple of weeks before, he had posted one on how vacuum tubes are made, but had made a typo in the title … TUBS instead of TUBES. I kidded him about it the next time I saw him. He got me back by posting one last week about how tubs … BATHTUBS … are made. Got me!
Field day is fast approaching. Hopefully I’ll have time to participate with the club. Actually, we have several clubs combining for the event, as we do every year. The club I’m a member of just cant’t muster enough bodies to put together a team, so we make it a group effort and have a great time!
It was a good evening, after all.
73 de Dick N4BC
(from the bottom of the cycle … which ain’t so bad anyway!)
JTAlert 2.11.2 has been released. It fixes an intermittent logging issue with some logging programs.
p.s. (6/6/18) Yet another update to 2.11.3!
73 de Dick N4BC
As I mentioned in a previous post, I bought a copy of Stu, KB1HQS’s new book, Portable Operating for Amateur Radio, and had a chance to read through it over the weekend. My impression was favorable.
To be truthful, most of the information was not new to me. I’ve been doing portable ops for several years now. It’s available on the internet, as is most stuff. But, that said, this is a great source, especially if you’re just starting out with portable operating. Everything is right there, in one place … plenty to get you started and to have a great, fun experience with operations in the field. Stu writes from a huge amount of personal experience … he’s “been there and done that!” Even if you’re an experienced portable operator, there’s lots of good info here.
What I found most useful was the wealth of references he has gathered … websites, software, smartphone apps, and so forth. I’ve already bookmarked several sites and downloaded smartphone apps.
I’ve been sort of dormant on my portable ops due to a rough winter. I’m not as tolerant of nasty weather as I used to be. This book has inspired me to get back into getting out in nature to play radio. The book is easy to understand and good reading. I highly recommend it!
73 de Dick N4BC