0 New Hat

 Well I got a new hat for Christmas. The fine folks over at Astrids Embroidery did a great job with a fast turn around. Good quality and hat and tight stitching.

N5JLS's new hat

 73's
Jon N5JLD

0 First Echolink QSO

Well I finally got to use Echolink the other day. I was going to the Skywarn day at the National Weather Service and the talk in was on 70cm. The only 70cm rig I have is an HT and I could hear the repeater but I could not make it. I had heard another QSO on Echolink so I pulled out the Iphone and gave it a shot. Fired up the App and connected to the machine. I heard my callsign come back on the HT and hit the mic button on the phone. It worked really well and before anyone says it, I consider this a real QSO via RF. My phone transmits RF and my contact WD5M on the other side was using a radio.

I guess the moral of this story is I need a 70cm mobile rig.


73's
Jon N5JLD

0 Holding SMT Parts for Soldering

I found a good video showing how to solder SMT parts. I'm a thru hole guy but I'm thinking about moving over to SMT for some projects just because it might just be a little quicker and I might be able to get a smaller footprint.

73's
Jon N5JLD

0 New Rig Control Netbook

 Well after much research I settled on the Coby 10.1" Net book. Really they are all pretty much the same IMO but this one ran XP so it was a easy choice for me. I plan on running HRD, N1MM logger and Orbitron Satellite tracker. Should have it about a week or so.

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Jon N5JLD

1 Help, I need "Solid State Design for the Radio Amateur"

I really need this book

If anyone has any info on obtaining a copy, please post a comment here.

73,

 Jon

0 Funny Video

I'm sure this is setup but this guy is just funny.

You need to watch this.