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Well, I mentioned in my last post I was having trouble getting APRS to work, and needed to do some further troubleshooting. As it turns out, the free program direwolf is a pretty neat utility for doing many APRS tasks, including troubleshooting. I was able to download and install direwolf, tune my alinco radio to […]

I recently picked up a new, Chinese made, “HT” style ham radio. I had been pretty curious about what advancements have been made in the nearly 20 years since I last purchased a handheld radio. I’ve been specifically curious about some of the newer, popular digital modes (around here, UHF DMR). And my new radio, […]