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@laf0rge@chaos.social
2026-03-29 02:56:30

I'm currently looking to expand my social network and would love to get in touch with anyone in the "global south" (especially African countries) involved in #hamradio, wireless community networks, #FOSS or #OSHW

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-03-28 18:13:40

Anyone want to be first QSO for a new #HamRadio Technician trying 10m POTA? QSY to 28.367 and take KR4KZA's CQ. 😁

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-03-27 23:34:24

DX Engineering maybe should turn off their "upcoming" feed for... certain times of year 🤣
#HamRadio

Screen shot of upcoming DX Engineering video premiering on April 1. Text says: "This changes everything! DX Engineering Introduces a High Performance Antenna Encabulator". The "antenna" is four coils connected to x-shaped cross bars.
@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-03-25 03:21:35

One more #HamRadio operator in the family as of this evening, just waiting for a call sign to be assigned. 🎉

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-02-17 03:28:36

Today's #HamRadio project was making elevated radials for an HF vertical. I have a 25' whip, a JPC-12, and some random parts I made. My idea is to have more efficient elevated radials, but unlike ground-coupled radials, elevated radials need to be tuned.
I thought this would take me 1–2 hours.
It took about 5 hours.
When you have ground-coupled radials, you have only o…

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-03-15 02:35:14

This morning was my first experience of teaching a #HamRadio study course to prepare prospective hams to take the Technician test. Unlike @…, we don't fit it into one day; we are doing three successive Saturdays, with testi…

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-03-15 00:03:11

While Rob Sherwood is unlike to test the QRP-Labs QMX as far as I know, #HamRadio

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-02-04 21:30:46

I've seen so many excited (or annoyed) notices about the changes to the 60m #HamRadio band in the US. Many of them seemed to think that they were in effect already (wrong) and those that didn't make that mistake would just say "soon" (not helpful).
It turns out that 13 February 2026 is the day that you can use the additional band allocation on you…

@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2026-03-10 00:25:57

Today I learned about #HamRadio