Timeline
Down the Rabbit Hole We Go!
Since passing my test I’ve bought a couple more radios and antennas. I got my feet wet in analog with simplex and repeaters and then I moved on to digital and DMR. Wow there’s a steep learning curve compared to analog! I live in a hole between 3 repeaters, I can hear all of them with my antennas but it’s hard to reach them on 5 watts. Since purchasing a 30 watt I can reach them much easier.
2024 August
- Passed my Tech
- Two days later woke up at 8AM to my callsign in my email (KJ5HTH)
- Bought an AnyTone 878UVII Plus (BM# 3210021)
- Installed a Nagoya mobile antenna on my truck
- Installed a Diamond Base Station antenna on my house
- Ordered an Allstar Node from KitsForHams.net
- Built a DMR Hotpost (RaspPi 3B+ with Simplex hat) BM# 321002101
2024 September
- Built a DMR Hotspot (RaspPi 3B+ with Duplex hat) BM# 321002102
- Bought an AnyTone 778UV
- Built a Allstar Node (ASL3, RaspPi 3B+) #626011
- Vanity callsign Arrived! N3MIL (stands for milradians)
- My KitsForHams Allstar Node arrived in the mail! (ASL3, RaspPi 5B) #626010
