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I always bring my Garmin Foretrex 601 with me when I go out for a SOTA activation. The benefits of doing so are twofold: To begin with, for more complicated routes, I use Garmin BaseCamp in conjunction with Garmin OpenTopoMap…
WSPR (pronounced „whisper“, Weak Signal Propagation Reporter) is a digital radio protocol for probing potential propagation paths with low-power transmissions. The WSPR protocol can decode signals with a SNR (Signal-to-noise ratio) as low as -28 dB. A typical transmission contains…
Exchanging QSL cards to confirm radio contact with other ham radio operators is part of the hobby for many hams. Although it’s easy to rack up QSOs (contacts), manually filling out QSO details on the back of a QSL card…