George (K4GWA)

Amateur radio operator

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

I’ve been focusing on improving my RX recently. My radio is the 891. I use the https://t.co/oxn7xV9tee 3-bnc model to send the signal to an RSPDx-R2. Today I added in a Nooelec LaNA HF and MFJ-762 before the SDR. Signals I couldn’t hear are now intelligible. Loving this.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@BMenkuec It’s his project, and he can decide what his goals are. Don’t be the jerk that demands how other people operate under the guise of advice.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@BusfaceontheAir @Meshtastic_USA Where can I see the video when it’s ready? It looks like your radioactive antennas channel and website are gone.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

I set up one of those 17’ stainless steel verticals on a Radioactive Antennas Mr Big Stick and made a contact on my second call with 5W to @w1aw/9. It seems to work pretty well.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

Getting started with JS8Call without owning a radio https://t.co/ei1lUs12wu

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@Apple #stop

[ITDRC @ITDRC]

#commisaid #MauiWildfire #LahainaStrong

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@BusfaceontheAir Oh I’m not concerned about the whips. I’m trying to reuse the ground spike to put the base on. At 1/2” one or two washers will easily make up the extra 1/8”. Thanks!

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@BusfaceontheAir I’m looking at the Mr Big Stick 2.0 and wondering what the thread length is. I have a 3/8-24 female mount so I’m hoping an adapter like this that is 5/8” long will work. https://t.co/d5N2KwB0wF

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

I put a mirror mount antenna on my tadpole trike. I noticed I would ride into areas by the lake with little to no coverage. But who am I kidding? I didn’t need an excuse to do this.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@aprsfi Those are the worst. I dealt with a nasty concurrency bug last week. I felt like Oprah with mutexes.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

It’s been a while since I tried this, but I can’t seem to send a text message with @aprsfi anymore. What could be causing the error? I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled and deleted all the saved stations to try to start from scratch, but nothing seems to work. 🤔

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@aprsfi No worries, thank for looking into the problem. If you don’t mind me asking, what was the issue?

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@DXEngineering @MCARESNY

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

I picked this trike up yesterday. I put a couple miles on it his morning, and so far it’s really fun. Now to get a small station installed on it. An adapter for the bike rack to an NMO and a Signal Stalk might work well.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

I do enjoy the KG-S radios at @BuyTwoWayRadios. They recently announced an air band variant: https://t.co/8sXBLkrJH1. I just wish they’d sell an amateur variant so I can reuse all those batteries and chargers.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

https://t.co/IzDqObHtFv

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

@kc8owl @KE5DXX I like this idea. I think it would have to be wired differently than I did here with a slight change to the 3D print to space out the connectors, but it should work.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

My first version of a BNC dipole is complete. I’m not sure how or to what I want to connect it so I focused on connectivity and solid construction. I can always just use some paracord under the shoulders to lash it onto something.

[George (K4GWA) @k4gwa]

Sending email with Winlink couldn’t be easier with the @Mobilinkd TNC4 and @radiomailapp. If I could send forms for Winlink nets I would be the happiest camper.