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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Oct 20, 2018
4 min

#74 - New Antennas & Equipment

I decided to make a few upgrades to my equipment and my communications capabilities. First I will start with the updates to my antenna sy...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

May 2, 2018
2 min

#65 - REACT 1 is Coming to Life

Over the past couple days I have been working on getting the Oahu Emergency REACT markings put onto the communications vehicle known as R...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Apr 30, 2018
3 min

#64 - Should You Use APRS After SHTF?

We have talked a little about communication after a disaster, and especially the use of amateur radio, or HAM radio, but there is a newer...

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#63 - MFJ-422D Keyer/Paddle Combo Review

RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Apr 29, 2018
2 min

#63 - MFJ-422D Keyer/Paddle Combo Review

About a month ago I ordered the MFJ-422D Electronic Keyer Paddle combination unit for the Morse Code class that I am taking. After using ...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Apr 29, 2018
3 min

#62 - Baofeng RD-5R DMR Radio Review

I received the brand new Baofeng RD-5R Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) yesterday and wanted to give my first impressions of it. This is the re...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Apr 9, 2018
1 min

#52 - A Sticky NCS Situation

This video shows a sticky situation that I found myself in last night as I was acting as the Net Control Station for our local emergency ...

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RC Anderson, Ph.D. - WH6FQE

Feb 15, 2018
2 min

#43 - Text Messaging via HF Radio

For the last couple days I have been playing around with a new program that I have installed that eventually will replace the popular Win...

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