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Adventures with the ATAS 120A as a Portable Antenna
During Tuesday’s GARC club meeting, I was thrilled to showcase my latest project: a versatile Go Box for my FT857D radio. This Go Box is designed with two main goals in mind: Ease of Storage and Mobile Operation: It needs to fit comfortably in my car trunk and connect...
Battery charger EMC interference
The following YouTube video demonstrates EMC interference experienced on Amateur Radio 40 Metre band caused by a generic 12-volt battery charger bought on eBay. The Radio transceiver is a Yaesu 991A.
Raspberry Pi Terminal Commands
Run these proc directory commands to uncover other hardware information. cat /proc/meminfo - displays details about the Raspberry Pi's memory. cat /proc/partitions - reveals the size and number of partitions on your SD card or HDD. cat /proc/version - shows you which...
How to Boot Your Mac in Safe Mode
Booting macOS in Safe Mode is useful for troubleshooting issues like slow performance, system crashes, or startup problems. Safe Mode disables unnecessary startup items and third-party extensions, allowing you to diagnose the root cause of the issue. Here's how you...
To How to configure a static IP address for your Raspberry Pi
You will need to make changes to the network configuration file. Here's a step-by-step guide to set up a static IP address on your Raspberry Pi running Raspbian OS (now called Raspberry Pi OS): Open a terminal: - If you are using the desktop environment, click on the...
Configuring Yaesu Radio USB Ports on macOS
IIn this post, I will discuss the issue I had with configuring Yaesu Radio USB / Serial interface ports on macOS.