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Zero Retries 0096 - 2023-04-28 - New BTECH Radios Include Data, Asking the Hamverse for a Dish, Notable Awards, Good Review of the Flipper Zero

My newsletter - Zero Retries 0096 was published today.

Zero Retries is an independent newsletter promoting technological innovation in Amateur Radio, and Amateur Radio as (literally) a license to experiment with radio technology.

About Zero Retries

In this issue:

• Request To Send
  • The Evolution of Amateur Radio Operator’s Skillsets
  • ZR > BEACON Near Buffer Overflow
  • Zero Retries Domain is (Still) Unchanged
• New BTECH UV-25X2 / UV-25X4 Include Data Capability
• ZR > BEACON
  • Presentation to Mount Baker ARC Digital Group
  • TAPR / AMSAT Banquet at Hamvention 2023
  • 2023 Hamvention Awards
  • IEEE Spectrum Reviews the Flipper Zero
  • Scott Tilley VE7TIL Asks the Hamverse for a Dish
  • IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Industry Leader Award for 2023 is Ulrich Rohde N1UL
  • AREDN 802.11n to 802.11ac Device Migration Chart (Now Official)
  • Feedback Loop
• Join the Fun on Amateur Radio
• Closing The Channel

Zero Retries has been published weekly since 2021-07-09.

Steve Stroh N8GNJ

 

Zero Retries Special - NRAO STEM Opportunity

2023-04-28 - NRAO Program Looking for Students 18-20 Years Old to Learn About the Electromagnetic Spectrum

This is a special edition of Zero Retries — Zero Retries 0096 will publish as usual at 15:30 Pacific today.

I no longer have any involvement with Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), but I continue to strongly support ARDC’s activities in Amateur Radio and related fields, especially ARDC’s encouragement of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs.

One of the core tenants of Zero Retries is that Amateur Radio can be a pathway for techies, and especially youth techies, to better understand radio technology through hands-on experience. Such experience can, perhaps, help lead to a career involving radio technology… and the US needs more of those with deep expertise in radio technology.

Thus I thought it especially appropriate to pass along this Press Release in full to Zero Retries readers.

Please forward this unique opportunity to anyone you think might be interested. Specifically, please pass this along to any technically-oriented organizations such as makerspaces and Amateur Radio clubs that involve youth that are potentially interested in technology careers.

A very, very minor disclaimer (though I cannot imagine that it matters…) — The funding for this program from ARDC was a grant proposal during my tenure on the ARDC Grants Advisory Committee. I (enthusiastically) voted to fund it.

Steve Stroh N8GNJ

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Press Release on ARDC website

Zero Retries Special Issue - NRAO STEM Opportunity

 

 

 

Steve Stroh N8GNJ

Zero Retries 0095 - 2023-04-21 - 800+ Subscribers, Impressive New SD Transceiver, NetFinder Debut

My newsletter - Zero Retries 0095 was published today.

Zero Retries is an independent newsletter promoting technological innovation in Amateur Radio, and Amateur Radio as (literally) a license to experiment with radio technology.

About Zero Retries

In this issue:

• Request To Send
  • 800+ Subscribers!
  • Zero Retries Domain is Unchanged
  • Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) East 2023
  • 73 to Dan Romanchik KB6NU as ARDC Communications Manager
• RFNM — Software Defined Transceiver With Impressive Specifications
• NetFinder: The Definitive Ham Radio Net Directory
• ZR > BEACON
  • Kenwood at Hamvention 2023 — with a new product(s)?
  • ARDC is Hiring for Comm. Manager and UX/UI Designer
  • Inovato Quadra Now Includes Amateur Radio Apps
  • The Open Source Hardware Conundrum
• Feedback Loop
• Join the Fun on Amateur Radio
• Closing The Channel

Zero Retries has been published weekly since 2021-07-09.

Steve Stroh N8GNJ

Presentation to Mount Baker ARC Digital Group

On 2023-04-18 I did a brief presentation to the Mount Baker Amateur Radio Club's (MBARC) Digital Group (DG).

The idea was suggested by DG President, Budd Churchward WB7FHC. He suggested that I pick a few story ideas from the past month of Zero Retries that would be of interest to the DG and present them in a 5-10 minute segment. The topics I chose for this month were:

• Tigertronics Microphone Adapters
• Masters Communications Multiple Modem to Single Radio Multiplexers
• New 222-225 MHz Mobile Radio from Alinco
• USB Over Ethernet With a Raspberry Pi and VirtualHere Software

I was delighted and honored to do this. The DG is my local "Amateur Radio Digital" organization, and when I attend their meetings, I always learn something.

This presentation may be the first of a series of ongoing presentations (segments) of future DG meetings. We'll see how it goes for the DG and for me.

Here is the "slide deck" that I presented for the April, 2023 DG meeting:
mbarc_digital_group_zero_retries_2023-04-18.pdf.

 

Steve Stroh N8GNJ

Zero Retries 0094 - 2023-04-14 - Interesting Prototypes, 2023 Events Attendance

My newsletter - Zero Retries 0094 was published today.

Zero Retries is an independent newsletter about technological innovation in Amateur Radio. Zero Retries promotes Amateur Radio as (literally) a license to experiment with radio technology.

About Zero Retries

In this issue:

• Request To Send
  • Post too long for email :-(
  • Table of Contents With Links!
  • Make: Magazine Editor Dale Dougherty - KN6WKW
• Prototype Packet Radio Products - Jason Rausch K4APR
  • Open Data Shelf
  • NinoTNC SMT Prototype Update [V1.1]
• N8GNJ Attendance at Zero Retries Interesting Events in 2023
• Zero Retries Administrivia - Notification of URL Change
• ZR > BEACON
  • Make: Magazine had three mentions of Amateur Radio in its Volume 84 issue
  • Icom IC-905 Manuals Now Online
  • USB Over Ethernet With a Raspberry Pi and VirtualHere Software
  • TAPR Packet Status Register (PSR) 155 - Spring 2023
• Feedback Loop
• Join the Fun on Amateur Radio
• Closing The Channel

Zero Retries has been published weekly since 2021-07-09.

Steve Stroh N8GNJ

Zero Retries 0093 YouTube Edition - 2023-04-07 - The YouTube Edition of Zero Retries

My newsletter - Zero Retries 0093 YouTube Edition was published today.

Zero Retries is an independent newsletter about technological innovation in Amateur Radio. Zero Retries promotes Amateur Radio as (literally) a license to experiment with radio technology.

About Zero Retries

In this issue:

• Request To Send
• About the YouTube Edition
• HB9BLA Wireless
• KM6LYW Radio
• ModernHam
• Tech Minds
• Ham Radio Crash Course
• Data / Packet Radio via DMR
• Masters Communications Amateur Radio Digital Radio Devices
• The Wide World of Open Radio Levi C. Maaia, Ham Radio
• Attempting To Build Antenna Array From Old Satellite Dishes
• Haifuraiya Open Source HEO Satellite Project Proposal
• Join the Fun on Amateur Radio
• Closing the Channel

Zero Retries has been published weekly since 2021-07-09.

de Steve Stroh N8GNJ

Zero Retries 0093 BEACON Edition - 2023-04-07 - The Quick Mentions Edition of Zero Retries

My newsletter - Zero Retries 0093 BEACON Edition was published today.

Zero Retries is an independent newsletter about technological innovation in Amateur Radio. Zero Retries promotes Amateur Radio as (literally) a license to experiment with radio technology.

About Zero Retries

In this issue:

• About the BEACON Edition
• Web Repository for W6BI’s AREDN Documents
• Yaesu FTM-3100R Modification for Flat Audio Connection
• BCM-6 — 6-pin MiniDIN Adapter for Bridgecom Systems BCM Radios
• West Mountain Radio RIGrunner 10010i Rackmount
• Rediscovered Gem - Packet Power Newsletter (Circa 1994)
• Artemis II Mission to Luna - 2… 3 Amateur Radio Operators!
• Help Build a Wireless, Solar-powered Chat Network in Philadelphia
• SparkSDR
• SDR++
• Maia SDR
• Join the Fun on Amateur Radio
• Closing the Channel

Zero Retries has been published weekly since 2021-07-09.

de Steve Stroh N8GNJ

Zero Retries 0093 - 2023-04-07 - N2RJ Moves to ARDC, Community Chat In Amateur Radio

My newsletter - Zero Retries 0093 was published today.

Zero Retries is an independent newsletter about technological innovation in Amateur Radio. Zero Retries promotes Amateur Radio as (literally) a license to experiment with radio technology.

About Zero Retries

In this issue:

• Request To Send
• Ria Jairam N2RJ Joins ARDC Board of Directors
• Thoughts On Community Chat In Amateur Radio
• Feedback Loop
• Join the Fun on Amateur Radio
• Closing The Channel

Zero Retries has been published weekly since 2021-07-09.

Steve Stroh N8GNJ