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		<title>Utility Notification for 630m Operations &#8211; Clearing a Forward Path</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 12:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having some 630m band aspirations, I wanted to clear a forward path to see if I can operate if I made the commitment. For both the 630m and 2200m bands an amateur has to respect the secondary use of the band by notifying the affect utilities of one&#8217;s interest to operate.  They have a period [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Looking at the Sky with Radio Waves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 12:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting to check out things that I have been interested in, but didn&#8217;t think you could do on a hobbyist-level. Radio Telescopes is one of them. I found out that Jeff KE9V has an interest in this, and Charles KF0COM is accomplished in the area! Some initial reference: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/cheap-and-easy-hydrogen-line-radio-astronomy-with-a-rtl-sdr-wifi-parabolic-grid-dish-lna-and-sdrsharp/ https://www.radio-astronomy.org/store/projects/scope-in-a-box https://www.crowdsupply.com/krakenrf/discovery-dish As I am [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>For Sale &#8211; Flex-6700 &#8211; Backup Unit Seldom Used</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/for-sale-flex-6700-backup-unit-seldom-used/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 12:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Home QTH backup Flex-6700 has been seldom used. Has been my climate controlled hamshack rack since purchased new. Has the ATU and GPSDO. Because of my Test Team status the radio will be on standard v4.x when it ships. Boxed and sent to you (lower 48) by insured UPS once funds have arrived/cleared, asking [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Field Day CW Training and Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 12:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LICW Field Day CW Training and Practice The Long Island CW Club (LICW) is pleased to offer focused Field Day CW training during the month of June. These sessions are open to all amateur radio operators. You do not need to be a member of LICW to attend, and there is no charge for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Long Island CW Club Haptic Device</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 12:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob WO6W]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The LICW (Long Island CW Club) has an initiative to help vision and hearing impaired hams. Out of those programs a &#8220;Haptic Device&#8221; was developed. Haptic is engineer-talk for Seat-Shaker vibrations. If your car has Lane-Assist you might have haptics in the driver&#8217;s seat to &#8220;buzz your bottom&#8221; as kids like to say, when you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TrueLadderLine &#8211; Lightning Detection and Protection System</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/trueladderline-lightning-detection-and-protection-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 12:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://www.trueladderline.com/lightning-detection-and-protection-system/ Michael Walker VA3MW shared after Hamvention: Lightning automated disconnect While I was at Hamvention, we had a bunch of radios set up at my remote site for users to play with. The guys at True Ladder Line sell a remote disconnect switch. It was great to see it work 3 times while I was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Have a Happy Memorial Day weekend!</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/have-a-happy-memorial-day-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 17:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hoping to operate the K1USN SST (Slow Speed Test &#8211; CW) today at 3pm my time and Sunday evening at 7 pm my time. I will be search and pounce on 20m and 40m. Heard that Vern K9EME, a local ham who often carries water and (literally) chops wood for so many people is hospitalized. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Appropriate Technology &#8211; Fuel Efficient Larger Vehicles &#8211; The Big and Small of It</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/appropriate-technology-fuel-efficient-larger-vehicles-the-big-and-small-of-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I drive a big vehicle. A Yukon XL Denali, a pickup truck sized 4&#215;4 SUV. Many of my peers drive Audi, BMW and Mercedes models, and I have heard them talk about fuel economy. One has a really tricked out Nissan pickup. A really pretty 4&#215;4 truck that apparently is addition to looking pretty, likes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>eSSB and other Enhanced Audio Phone HF Efforts</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/essb-and-other-enhanced-audio-phone-hf-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[eSSB has been around for while. Like 30+ years.  I&#8217;d bumped into it a few times. During Covid I have put in enough gear to have a go, but as my reports were already good I just didn&#8217;t make the time. What is eSSB? Extended Single SideBand. is any J3E SSB transmission that exceeds the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>PowerGenius SO2R vs 3-Way</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/powergenius-so2r-vs-3-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PGXL vs PGXL 3-way, what are the main differences?  (PGXL is 4o4a PowerGenius XL RF amp.) The initial PGXL is a two-path device intended to pair up with the dual-SCU FlexRadio products.  Flex-6700, Flex-6600/6600M, Flex-8600/8600M and Flex Aurora AU-520/520M. (SCU is Spectral Capture Unit &#8211; analogous to VFO.) The anticipated configuration was the PGXL would [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention-o-gram 2026, Final Report</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/hamvention-o-gram-2026-final-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 12:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Hamvention 2026 always was going to be cut short, as I needed to be home for  a noon Sunday company function.  Seems like in an industry where it is uncommon to be in business a full decade, we had our 80th anniversary to celebrate! So my final day can be summarized as: Rain, that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>CWOps Academy First 2026 Session</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/cwops-academy-first-2026-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 12:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was pleased to be among the 127 students who completed the Basic level, and recently found out that over the four levels 326 students had successes. The published breakdown is: Basic &#8211; 127 Fundamental &#8211; 83 Intermediate &#8211; 57 Advanced &#8211; 59 I&#8217;m impressed how many people they move through their programs each cycle. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keys &#038; Paddles Breed.. GAS of the CW Form</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 12:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems that Keys and Paddles breed. That seems to induce a bad case of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) of the CW form! I am particularly susceptible to GAS as I try to have a working station setup at my Island QTH site, and in the case of studying Morse Code I am doing my [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Docker in the Radio &#8211; Features in Containers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 18:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seems the latest Flex-8600 and Aurora models have a way to install compliant software into onboard Docker containers. Waveforms are almost like a different radio personality that works with your radio. The Docker facility allows these Waveforms to be hosted internally, an select FlexRadio models natively can do this. Both the Aurora AU-520M and Flex-8600 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention-o-gram 2026, No. 03</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/hamvention-o-gram-2026-no-03/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 03:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So much going on here! I visited the Long Island CW Club to look at a CW training aid that I will write separately about later. Took a look at iShareRadio.net and Sierra Radio Systems in respect to future station designs. Met with Mike K4QU to pick out one of his current productions CW Keys, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention-o-gram 2026, No. 02</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/hamvention-o-gram-2026-no-02/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some more updates to share. FlexRadio announced some strategic partnerships with iShareRadio.net and Sierra  Radio Systems, in Multi-Radio management and station automation.  FRS outlined how anticipated this year would be a couple more significant releases (they released 8 versions in the past year, but only five were significant or major level.). In addition they anticipate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Licensing a Mode for an Annual Fee? SafecomLink</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new SafecomLink mode that runs on many Pactor Modems not only is an innovation on the tech implementation side, but is an innovation with the idea that hams would subscribe to a single mode for an annual fee. The initial fee is set at $90/year intro of a $120/year ham radio fee promoted as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention-o-gram 2026, No. 01</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/hamvention-o-gram-2026-no-01/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rather than do anything massive I will drop a few Hamvention-o-gram notes to share. My drive down was great. I broke it up meeting with relatives twice along the way, which kept it from being too hard of a solo trip. Of course I came close to hitting a large Whitetail Deer doe less than [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stretching Wires &#8211; Diddling Dits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week I was in the middle of a round-robin CW practice session when my key either put out more dits than what I thought I did or dropped some. I suspected it was something amiss when dits stuttered. Turns out the &#8220;dit wire&#8221; was in the process of failing, and must have let go [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention Shopping List?  Not too much.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 20:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was asked the other night after my CW Academy class when I reminded them that I need to beg off this next class for Hamvention, what was on my shopping list at Hamvention? I don&#8217;t have a lot on my shopping list this trip. In years past I often went to Hamvention with George [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>For Sale &#8211; Flex-6600M &#8211; Seldom Used</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Work QTH Flex-6600M has been seldom used. Has been in a climate controlled office since new. Has the ATU and GPSDO. Because of my Test Team status the radio will be on standard v4.x when it ships. Boxed and sent to you (lower 48) by insured UPS once funds have arrived/cleared, asking $3,000 (My [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Non-Radio &#8211; Distorted Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Healthcare Communications</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seems my usual health care provider has &#8220;lost it&#8221; in terms of communication. My guess is they have either subcontracted parts of their communications or the additional staff they gained through acquisitions are ill trained. I pay out of pocket to attend an exercise lab, which somehow has gained first a reminder email often arriving [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>MF Ham Radio?  How about the 630m band?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 12:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Doing some reading and planning to attend a short presentation at Hamvention on the 630m band.  USA hams have had easy access to the 630m band for over eight years. My radios need transverters and antennas, as they are otherwise provisioned for the 630m adventure. The 630-meter amateur radio band uses the frequency range of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Island QTH back to QRO Status</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/island-qth-back-to-qro-status/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 18:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had acquired a 4o3a PowerGenius 3-way version from DX Engineering and finally have it in play on Washington Island. The Island PowerGenius XL originally was a two path SO2R model. It was wrecked by submersion during the prolonged April 2025 power outage. Availability, curiosity and a need for an antenna switch I could control [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Using a Kindle as a Station Document Repository</title>
		<link>https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/using-a-kindle-as-a-station-document-repository/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am experimenting with adding pdf manuals to my Kindle library, which in theory offers me a way to read them on my Kindle, iPhone, iPad and my various computers. Amazon has a Send-to-Kindle page: https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle If this works out, I should have most of my operating and service manuals that are available in pdf [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What are you telling me?  Timing and Cadence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 12:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding that some hams are very copiable when their sent CW has the right timing and cadence. It is like they send it right into your brain for you, making it easier. Others have an uneasy cadence or ignore inter-word and intra-word cadence. The ratio of dits/dahs varies and often they run words together. I&#8217;ve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Return for FreeDV (Digital Voice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 18:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I will have to write a series of articles on this, as I have done some experimenting with FreeDV.  I hope to chat with the FreeDV folk at Hamvention. First I made contacts from the Windows FreeDV Client, where all of the heavy lifting is done inside your PC.  This is the same in-the-computer configuration [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>More FreeDV Links Dropped</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 15:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lots of builds for various hardware: Hi all, FreeDV 2.3.0 has been released, including support for running it directly on a compatible Flex 8000 or Aurora series radio, enhancements to performance (thanks to the removal of Python) as well as improvements to FreeDV Reporter filtering functionality and other bug fixes. It can be downloaded using [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>FreeDV for Docker on Flex-8000/Aurora Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 11:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Docker version of FreeDV dropped for general release. More on the significance of this, but here is the announcement: Hi all, FreeDV 2.3.0 has just been released, and with this comes the ability to upload FreeDV to your Flex 8000 or Aurora series radio using the Docker container feature that is new with SmartSDR [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Using the SmartSDR Digital Voice Keyer (DVK)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 12:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SmartSDR has a software Digital Voice Keyer that is very nice to use. You can get to it from the DVK button at the bottom of the main SmartSDR screen. Then you have to populate your twelve recordings with what you want and have recorded. You can name them as well. So I have my [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Circling Back &#8211; Remembering what you have forgotten &#8211; FlexControl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As our focus moves from one ham radio sub-interest to another, we often set aside our notes, gear, and then let dust settle on our knowledge. Sometimes it is worth stepping back and reviewing what your are doing as if you were staring from Square-One all over again. An example &#8211; For whatever reason I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hamvention 2026 &#8211; Planning a Quick Dash</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Planning a quick dash to Hamvention 2026 Meeting with relatives initially, then a spot of a work related visit before I hit the FlexRadio banquet Thursday evening.  Attending an Alpha Team only meeting earlier. Forums, are on my purvey, planning to catch the Balloon Launch folks speaking at 11PM Friday, maybe the Linux presentation at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conversational Digital Mode Focus &#8211; PSK31 and others</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Talking with a lot of hams I have found a wide spread uptake of the FT8/4/2 all-scripted digital modes has caused a good number of them to question &#8220;is there something more?&#8221; One ham over a lunch meeting mentioned he had found JS8Call superior to the FT class of modes, simply because it offered the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Plain-Jane that is working well for me &#8211; CW Morse Paddle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Surprisingly the Morse code key I have been making the most contacts with is the CW Morse CNC Alum. Double Paddle with Magnetic Tension key I started the learning with. https://cwmorse.us/products/cnc-aluminum-pocket-double-paddle-key-with-magnet-tension?variant=46026193174787 https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/slow-gear-arrives-key-and-keyer-from-cw-morse/ Simple key, with the only pretenses being its red anodized paddles. It took me a bit to figure out how to adjust the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>SmartSDR for macOS &#8211; RTTY, PSK, SSTV, CW and FT8/FT4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not always widely known, the SmartSDR macOS (Apple computer) has some neat parts integrated within. The macOS (and iOS) versions are collaborative efforts and not directly done by FlexRadio Systems themselves. First in SmartSDR for macOS and iOS, there are &#8220;Modes&#8221; which act like &#8220;Super Profiles&#8221; switch much of the radio settings to work that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Just Jamming!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 12:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Getting Jammed never was so easy. ESP32-BlueJammer (Bluetooth jammer, BLE jammer, WiFi jammer, RC jammer) by Emensta disrupts various devices using an ESP32 and nRF24 modules, causing plenty of noise and sending unnecessary packets (DoS). https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/09/esp32-bluejammer-disrupts-various-devices-using-esp32-and-nrf24-modules/ https://github.com/EmenstaNougat/ESP32-BlueJammer?tab=readme-ov-file While the actual use of these lack legality, there may be situations where you face being jammed.  So [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ideas of dealing with 15,000 Printed QSL Cards?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m stumped. The Printed QSL card debacle has left me short of ideas on what to do with the 15,000 USA domestic QSL cards that ended up in my lap. These cards were printed Bureau-Style with all of the QSO information, and really don&#8217;t have a space for an address label. Is there a way [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Separating &#8220;News&#8221; from Propaganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve borrowed some principles from:  https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/external-bleeding-thursday-january &#8220;When reading this type of ‘news’ critically, balance is the first thing you should look for. Here’s the formula: the articles report a scrap of actual news (e.g., the economy is booming), and then round up several “experts” to tell readers what to think about the news. If the “expert” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Go see &#8220;Project Hail Mary&#8221;</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lots of Tech and Sci-Fi Tech, but alas no ham radio. If you grew up with Forbidden Planet, Lost in Space, ET, Star Trek, 2001, Robinson Caruso on Mars, and the like, well you are a prime candidate to resonate with Project Hail Mary. The XYL also thought it fabulous. Unfortunately it is hard to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recommendations for a Ham Radio Gear Appraiser &#8211; KF0COM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Under the tax code, donations of &#8220;things&#8221; that tally over $5,000 to an single charity requires some added documentation. The tax code &#8220;stacks&#8221; you donations to a single charity to prevent people from simply breaking up a donation into parts to avoid the $5,000-threshold. Often you need a certified appraisal, and that appraiser needs to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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