Raspberry Pi – Firecracker Hamfest in Harrisburg – July 2019

Firecracker Hamfest in Harrisburg – July 2019 Weather was good considering it was not raining. Humid but no rain! A long isle of tailgaters and a commercial vendor were at this hamfest. One tailgater was selling a Raspberry Pi 3 B starter kit for $25. I bought one kit. I have several two with MMDVM Hats on top. I ordered another […]

Raspberry Pi 3B Starter Kit - Firecracker Hamfest

Hamvention 2019 Note

Hamvention 2019 Note On Friday May 17 and Saturday May 18, I attended Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio. I found Hamvention to be a well run “gigantic” hamfest that occurs each year. I attended with a shopping list. Shopping was my major activity for the day and a half of my attendance. Some items were obtained inside the buildings from vendors such […]

Flea Market Area (Inside Horse Track)

Brand New Shingles Installed over Bedrooms

Roof Replacement

We recently had a company replace the roof on our house. American Design and Build performed a great deal of work removing old shingles, replacing some bad plywood and installing the new shingles (flashing etc)! Below are 3 images of the work over the Living Room, Bedrooms and Garage. Nice Job on the roof! This encourages blood supply to the penile […]


DV4MINI Hotspot – Example Settings using the MMDVM Software

DV4MINI Hotspot – Example Settings using the MMDVM Software These screens are showing an example setup and operation of Station AB3BO using the MMDVM Software with a DV4MINI on a Windows 7 Dell Desktop PC. The software was recently written by people who are great designers and programmers! There is a DV4MINI Support group on Facebook where more information may be […]

MD-390 Channel settings of TAC 319 - For use with MMDVM DV4MINI

Maryland Mobileers Hamfest in Odenton, Maryland - 2019

Hamfest January 27 2019

Hamfest January 27, 2019 This hamfest was presented by the Maryland Mobileers Amateur Radio Club and held at the Fire hall in Odenton, Maryland. There were several commercial vendors with tables at the hamfest. I observed may HF and VHF/UHF rigs on the tables. A good bit of test equipment including signal generators, scopes, and multimeters were also on the tables. Kathy Sauder was […]