Zero Retries Index 2022

Index of Zero Retries Issues and stories published in 2022

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January 2022

• Zero Retries 0027 - 2022-01-07

• Zero Retries 0028 - 2022-01-14

• Zero Retries 0029 - 2022-01-21

• Zero Retries 0030 - 2022-01-28

February 2022

• Zero Retries 0031 - 2022-02-04

• Zero Retries 0032- 2022-02-11

• Zero Retries 0033 - 2022-02-18

• Zero Retries 0034 - 2022-02-25

March 2022

• Join the Fun on Amateur Radio - 2022-03-01

• Zero Retries 0035 - 2022-03-04

• Zero Retries 0036 - 2022-03-04

• Zero Retries 0036 Update - Overcoming Starlink Jamming - 2022-03-06

• Zero Retries 0037 - 2022-03-11

• Zero Retries 0038 - 2022-03-18

• Zero Retries 0039 - 2022-03-25

April 2022

• Zero Retries 0040 - 2022-04-01

• Zero Retries 0041 - 2022-04-08

• Zero Retries 0042 - 2022-04-15

• Zero Retries 0043 - 2022-04-22

• Zero Retries 0044 - 2022-04-29

May 2022

• Zero Retries 0045 - 2022-05-06

• Zero Retries 0046 - 2022-05-13

• Zero Retries 0047- 2022-05-20

• Zero Retries 0048 - 2022-05-27

June 2022

• Zero Retries 049 - 2022-06-03

• Zero Retries 0050 - 2022-06-10

• Zero Retries 0051 - 2022-06-17

• Unbuilt Heathkit HD-4040 TNC For Sale - 2022-06-19

• Zero Retries 0052 - 2022-06-24

July 2022

• Zero Retries 0053 - 2022-07-01

• Zero Retries 0054 - 2022-07-08

• Zero Retries 0055 - 2022-07-15

• Zero Retries 0056 - 2022-07-22

• Zero Retries 0057 - 2022-07-29

August 2022

• Zero Retries 0058 - 2022-08-05

• Zero Retries 0059 - 2022-08-12

• Zero Retries 0060 - 2022-08-19

• Zero Retries 0061 - 2022-08-26

September 2022

• Zero Retries 0062 - 2022-09-02

• Zero Retries 0063 - 2022-09-09

• Zero Retries 0064 - 2022-09-16

• Zero Retries 0065 - 2022-09-23

• Zero Retries 0066 - 2022-09-30

October 2022

• Zero Retries 0067 - 2022-10-07

• Zero Retries 0068 - 2022-10-14

• Zero Retries 0069 - 2022-10-21

• Zero Retries 0070 - 2022-10-28

November 2022

• Zero Retries 0071 - 2022-11-04

• Zero Retries 0072 - 2022-11-11

• Zero Retries 0073 - 2022-11-18

• Zero Retries 0074 - 2022-11-25

December 2022

• Zero Retries 0075 - 2022-12-02

• Zero Retries 0076 - 2022-12-09

• Zero Retries 0077 - 2022-12-16

• Zero Retries 0078 - 2022-12-23

• Zero Retries 0079 - 2022-12-30

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January 2022

Zero Retries 0027 - 2022-01-07

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• Happy 2022, Zero Retries Subscribers!

• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

Zero Retries Lookback on 2021 - Part 2

• Space

• Areas of Interest

• AREDN

• VARA FM

• Modernizing Amateur Radio Regulations

• Something Completely Different

• Those We Lost in 2021

• Thanks Owed

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Zero Retries 0028 - 2022-01-14

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Ten Amateur Radio Satellites Launched on SpaceX Transporter-3 Mission

CaribouLite RPi HAT - Going for Production!

ARRL Foundation to Create Club Grants Program

Bridgecom Systems Decides to Stay in 222 MHz Equipment Business

Silent Keyboard Update - WA4DSY and N1URO

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• Book - Ham Radio is Alive and Well

• AMSAT CubeSatSim PCB Set

• Update on Inductive Twig

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Zero Retries 0029 - 2022-01-21

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AREDN Release Notes v3.22.1.0

AREDN Development Plan 2022

Amateur Operation in 3.45 - 3.5 GHz Must Cease by April 14, 2022

Major ARDC Grant - Building the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications

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• UALR Callsign Server Offline

• Nationwide Amateur Radio Packet Directory

• ENZEC Is Now Free (As In Beer)

• Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) Using a Software Defined Transceiver (SDT)

• Apartment Stealth Antenna

• Masters Communications Upgrades for SignaLink USB

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Zero Retries 0030 - 2022-01-28

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• Hamvention 2022 Ho!

• ARDC First Community Meeting of 2022

• Lots of Non Amateur Radio Content

• Punt!

• CocoFest 2022 Ho?

Chirping Into The World Of LoRaWAN

Dedicated Processors for Modems, Versus Software Modems on Host Computers

Some Thoughts on Amateur Radio 902-928 MHz

STEM is Hard for Everyone

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• Two Three and a Half Amateur Radio Operators Appointed to FCC Technological Advisory Committee (TAC)

• James Webb Space Telescope Now Positioned at Lagrange 2

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February 2022

Zero Retries 0031 - 2022-02-04

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• Hamvention, Ho!

• More LoRa / LoRaWAN

• Big Project for Organization X

• The Late Night Assistant Editor

Roundup of “Zero Retries Interesting” ARDC Grants in 2021

• Digital HF Telecommunications for Civil and Amateur Uses

• Equipping Digital Radio Site Infrastructure in the SeaTac Area

• Fixing the Linux Kernel AX.25

• Grantmaking Effort to Support Radio Network in Europe

• M17 Open Protocol

Text Messaging on Motorola Solutions Talkabout T800 GMRS Portable Radio

ZR > BEACON

• Raspberry Pi 64-bit OS is Now Officially Supported

• CNN: Unknown Space Object Beaming Out Radio Signals Every 18 Minutes Remains a Mystery

• QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Call for Speakers

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Zero Retries 0032 - 2022-02-11

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• Hamvention 2022, Ho!

• WB4APR Big Issue

Bob Bruninga WB4APR Transitions to Silent Keyboard

Wither APRS?

Upcoming “Zero Retries Interesting” Events

• 2022-03-12 and 13 - QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo - Online

• 2022-03-22 - (5th Annual) Utah Digital Communications Conference - In person in Sandy, Utah, USA

• 2022-05-07 - (15th Annual) MicroHAMS Digital Conference - Online

ZR > BEACON

• KE9V - More Time for Amateur Radio

• Experimental Radio News(letter)

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New post on N8GNJ.org - 2022-02-16

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Zero Retries 0033 - 2022-02-18

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US Amateur Radio Data Network (In the 2020s) - USARDN

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• ARDC 2021 Annual Report

• Zero Retries Now Searchable

• TAPR WSPR Raspberry Pi HAT

• Major Upgrade to the hamvoip-asterisk Package

• ESP-TNC

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Zero Retries 0034 - 2022-02-25

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• Scott Slack KB7VBS Silent Keyboard

• Administrivia - Closing Comments After a Few Weeks

The Ultimate Software Defined (Mostly Data) Radio

goTenna Mesh Networking Products

SuperPacket / Zero Retries 2022 “Interesting” Events

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• Funny, or Uh Oh…

• ARRL Announces New World Wide Digital Contest

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March 2022

Join the Fun on Amateur Radio - 2022-03-01

Ham Radio for Dummies

Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC)

My Two favorite YouTube Channels for a Good Overview of Amateur Radio

Radio Amateur Training Planning and Activities Committee (RATPAC)

Dan Romanchik KB6NU Offers a Free No-Nonsense Study Guide

When You’re Ready to Take an Amateur Radio Examination

Bonus

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Zero Retries 0035 - 2022-03-04

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• The Crowd on Friday…

• Yet Another Silent Keyboard

• Zero Retries Awards for Technical Innovation in Amateur Radio?

• Nothing, For The Moment, About Russia / Ukraine War

• US Amateur Radio Data Network (In the 2020s) - USARDN “Continued”

David Boggs WA3DBJ - Silent Keyboard

APRS Foundation, Inc. Formed

A Radio for US Amateur Radio Data Network (USARDN)

Special Temporary Authority (STA) and Part 5 Experimental Radio Service

ZR > BEACON

• ICOM SHF Project Newsletter Volume 2

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Zero Retries 0036 - 2022-03-04

Starlink in Ukraine - Remarkable!

Update 2022-03-06 - Overcoming Starlink Jamming

Update 2022-03-21 - Washington Post and ARS Technica Articles

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Zero Retries 0036 Update - Overcoming Starlink Jamming - 2022-03-06

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Zero Retries 0037 - 2022-03-11

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• Substack Continues to Improve

• Subscribes and Unsubscribes

DCC 1996 Banquet Speech by Lyle Johnson KK7P

ZR > BEACON

• VARA FM Running on Raspberry Pi

• Crowd Supply: Announcing LimeSDR Mini 2.0

• Customized Azimuthal Map

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Zero Retries 0038 - 2022-03-18

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• Jack Stroh Update

Halo TD-XPAH - New 902-928 MHz 802.11ah Radio

Insight Into the Chip Shortage for a Small Amateur Radio Manufacturer

ZR > BEACON

• Experimental Radio News 4

• Movement on Amateur Radio Service Rate Rules Soon?

• Icom 3rd Generation D-Star Repeaters

• FCC to Consider Receiver Standards (Again)?

• AREDN Nightly Build 1036 - Perl Not Included

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Zero Retries 0039 - 2022-03-25

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• Back Issue Overload

• Zero Retries Book?

“Zero Retries Interesting” Projects and Systems - Part 1 of 2

• Awards / Recognition

• Books

• Events

• Mailing Lists

• Modems / TNCs (Sans Radio)

• Media

• Networking

• Organizations

• Radios / Radio Systems (A - M)

“Zero Retries Interesting” Projects and Systems - Part 2 of 2

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April 2022

Zero Retries 0040 - 2022-04-01

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• Popular Links in Zero Retries 0039

• Just a Smattering of How Much Technological Innovation…

“Zero Retries Interesting” Projects and Systems - Part 1 of 2

“Zero Retries Interesting” Projects and Systems - Part 2 of 2

• Radios / Radio Systems (N - Z)

• Satellite / Space

• Software

• Software Defined (SD) Radio / Receivers / Transceivers

• Special Mention / Unique Category

• Submit Your Ideas for “Zero Retries Interesting”

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Zero Retries 0041 - 2022-04-08

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• Edge Of The Disaster Model

The New Role of Amateur Radio in Emergency Communications (Abstract)

• Iridium Next Satellite System - Highly Capable Voice, Data, and Push To Talk “Radio”

• Starlink Satellite System - Broadband Internet Access

• FirstNET - Briefly

• Information Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC) - Tech Task Force

• But… That’s Not Amateur Radio

• What Would Help Achieve Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN)?

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Zero Retries 0042 - 2022-04-15

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• Jack Stroh is a Silent Keyboard

Thoughts on the Future of Amateur Radio

1. Is Amateur Radio Worth Saving?

2. A Primary Problem with Amateur Radio is Poor Perception (aka Marketing)

3. ARDC1 Can Be a Change Agent

3.5 How Do We Go Forward?

QSO Today “Zero Retries Interesting” Interviews

ZR > BEACON

• Masters Communications Email List

• VK5DR, Codec 2 developer, wins 2022 Amateur Radio Software Award

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Zero Retries 0043 - 2022-04-22

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• Thanks for Condolences

• ARRL QST May 2022 Issue

Follow-on - Thoughts on the Future of Amateur Radio

Dear Matt and Gerald Youngblood

Icom Japan SHF Project Volume 3 - “Hardware”

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Zero Retries 0044 - 2022-04-29

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• 300 Email Subscribers!

• Packing!

Prep Work for Hamvention 2022

• Zero Retries Interesting Vendors to Visit

• Zero Retries Interesting Forums

• Hamvention Flea Market

ARDC 2022 Q1 Grants Awarded

AX.25 Packet Survey

ZR > BEACON

• AMSAT-ZA is sponsoring a crowdsourced Satellite Manual Project

• Amateur Radio Satellite Multimedia High Speed Modem

• Hyderabad Hams Develop Low Cost Transverter For QO-100 Satellite

• The Digital Ranging System That Measured the Distance to the Apollo Spacecraft

• TDRSS Nearing End of Life

• Are Decommissioned Satellites Susceptible to Hackers?

• Proposal for a Spread Spectrum Transponder Payload On the International Space Station

• Overview of a Amateur Television Repeater Controller

• Don’t Cook Yourself With RF Energy

• W7FU Webpage

• KE9V Blog Goes Dark Again

• Motorola KDT-840 Handheld Terminal

• Raspberry Pi Production and Supply-chain Update by Eben Upton

• GalliumOS Linux for Chromebooks

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May 2022

Zero Retries 0045 - 2022-05-06

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• LoRa / LoRaWAN Coverage Planned

QRP Labs U4B Balloon Tracker

New Amateur Radio Open Source Organization - Ham Open

ZR > BEACON

• IARU R1 Wants You to #BePartOfTheFuture

• New Amateur Radio Book - Software Defined Radio Transceiver: Theory and Construction of the T41-EP Amateur Radio

• Using the TARPN NinoTNC in a Packet Radio / Winlink Network in Michigan

• Appalachian Trail Golden Packet Event - 2022-07-16

• Zero Retries 0043 Got a Nice Incidental Mention on Reddit

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Zero Retries 0046 - 2022-05-13

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• Countdown to Hamvention 2022

• New iPhone 13 Pro Max With 1 TB of Storage

Monitor and Record Everything on the 2m Band

ShaRPiKeebo - A Tiny Linux Computer…

ZR > BEACON

• What Makes a Good Proposal?

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Zero Retries 0047 - 2022-05-20

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• Hello From Port Clinton Ohio

• Hamvention 2022!

• Icom SHF Project at Hamvention 2022

• At Hamvention 2022, Look for the Zero Retries Hat

• TARPN NinoTNC Featured Prominently in This Issue

A Few Thoughts on Amateur Radio High Speed Data in the 2020s

• Icom Digital Data Mode - 128 kbps

• We Have a New High Speed Option - New Packet Radio

• Parallels Between WA4DSY 56k and NPR

• There Really is Significant Technological Innovation Occurring… Now.. in Amateur Radio

Zero Retries Exhibit / Forum at Hamvention 2023?

G8BPQ Adds Support for KISS to QtTermTCP Terminal

ZR > BEACON

• Franklin Antonio N6NKF Transitions to Silent Keyboard

• NinoTNC to Get HF Modes

• Winlink Using VARA on Raspberry Pi

• DOS (Networking) Lives!

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Zero Retries 0048 - 2022-05-27

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• Hamvention 2022 in the Rearview Mirror

• iPhone 13 Pro Max Worked Great

• I Pitched FlexRadio

Zero Retries at Hamvention 2022 - Part 1

• Digital at Hamvention 2022? Not much.

• The Big Five Four Radio Manufacturers at Hamvention 2022

• Icom SHF Project / SHF-P1

• Phil Karn KA9Q-Radio Presentation

• Amateur Radio Digital Communications - ARDC

• End of Part 1

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June 2022

Zero Retries 0049 - 2022-06-03

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• Bellingham, Sweet Bellingham!

• SEA-PAC 2022

Zero Retries at Hamvention 2022 - Part 2

• Hamvention Attendance

• Not Much Digital / Data - That’s a Problem

• ARISS-USA Forum

• TAPR Forum

• SDRplay’s Stealth Exhibit at Ham Radio Outlet Exhibit

• M17 Project Developments

ZR > BEACON

• Second ARISS Interoperable Radio System Installed On-Board ISS

• 44Net Assessment – Give Us Your Thoughts!

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Zero Retries 0050 - 2022-06-10

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• COVID-19 and Hamvention 2022

Zero Retries Interesting Projects, Products, etc. - Part 1

• email via Amateur Radio

• Networking on VHF / UHF - Software

• Networking on VHF / UHF - Hardware

• Networking on 1240 MHz and Above

• Interoperability via Internet

• Digital Voice

• Funding for Amateur Radio Systems, Promotion, and Research

• Media

• Organizations

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Zero Retries 0051 - 2022-06-17

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• Almost Too Much Info for a Newsletter

• Gary Pearce K4AAQ - DMR, D-Star, Fusion Are Very Much Niche Operations. Packet has almost disappeared.

A few updates to Zero Retries 0050 - Zero Retries Interesting Projects, Products, etc. - Part 1:

• email via Amateur Radio

• Networking on VHF / UHF

• Interoperability via Internet

Zero Retries Interesting Projects, Products, etc. - Part 2

• Conferences

• Cost Is No Object

• HF Data Communications

• Interesting Projects In Development

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Unbuilt Heathkit HD-4040 TNC For Sale - 2022-06-19

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Zero Retries 0052 - 2022-06-24

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• Happy ARRL Field Day and HAM RADIO Conference

Zero Retries Interesting Projects, Products, etc. - Part 3

• Software Defined Receiver / Transmitter / Transceiver (VHF / UHF / Microwave)

• Space

• Special Categories

ZR > BEACON

• AREDN Production Release 3.22.6.0 is Now Available

• ARDC is looking for a Director of Technology

• ShaRPiKeebo Update: We Have Liftoff!

• Beta Firmware [for the NinoTNC] With Some Weak-signal Modes

• WSJT-X 2.6.0-rc1

• PI4 Trifecta: VARA, ARDOP & Packet on One Audio Interface Nut Cracked

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July 2022

Zero Retries 0053 - 2022-07-01

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Hamvention 2022 Closing Observations

• Conversations

• Vendors - Phase Dock, Libre Space Foundation and Linux in the Ham Shack

• In Person Events Still Relevant

• Hamvention 2022 via YouTube(rs)

• Brief Visits to Hamvention Flea Market

• Hamvention Lower (?) Attendance Factors

• Our Cross Country Trip Included Hamvention 2022

US 219-220 MHz Band

Minnesota Ham Radio

Zero Retries Podcast - In Development

ZR > BEACON

• Reminder - Walmart Parking Lots on the Air (WMPLOTA) 2022

• Reminder - Appalachian Trail Golden Packet 2022

• KM6LYW Radio DigiPi Project

• FlexRadio is hiring (Amateur Radio Operators)!

• Progress report on the Four State QRP Group T41 5-BAND SDR TRANSCEIVER

• New Pre-Release of Paclink-Open-Source

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Zero Retries 0054 - 2022-07-08

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• Countdown to Digital Communications Conference 2022

• Summer at Last in the Pacific Northwet

• One Year of Zero Retries!

• ARDC Grantmaking

• Two Stories About HF Data Communications in This Issue

Call for Papers: 2022 Digital Communications Conference

PicoAPRS Transceiver v4

Amateur Radio / RNSS Coexistence in the 23cm Band

LongChat - New QRP Digital Mode

Codec 2 HF Data Modes

ZR > BEACON

• Reminder - Presentation - Overview of the Latest AREDN Software Release

• QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo - Call for Amateur Radio Speakers for 2022-09-17 and 18

• A Tech Millionaire Bought a Giant Cold War Radar to ‘Find UFOs’

• Raspberry Pi Pico W

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Zero Retries 0055 - 2022-07-15

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• Countdown to Digital Communications Conference 2022

• 350+ Email Subscribers

CS800D PLUS Dual Band DMR and Analog Mobile Radio

Amateur Radio Digital Voice - Part 1

• Side Discussion - Multimode Digital Voice Modem (MMDVM)

• Enter M17 Project

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Zero Retries 0056 - 2022-07-22

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• Countdown to Digital Communications Conference 2022

• The Dichotomy of Zero Retries Interesting Technology in Amateur Radio

Correction on Mentions of Multimode Digital Voice Modem (MMDVM)’s Capabilities and Operation

Amateur Radio Digital Voice - Part 2

• An Update on MMDVM’s Support for M17 from (MMDVM creator) Jonathan Naylor G4KLX

Wojciech Kaczmarski SP5WWP - 2021 ARRL Technical Innovation Award

FreeDV - Open Source Digital Voice

• F5OEO riptx Software DeFined Transmitter Supports FreeDV

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• Digital Radio Research Group (D2RG)

• Reverse-engineering the Apollo Spacecraft’s FM Radio

• Hackaday Held a DIGITAL HAM HACK CHAT on 2022-07-13

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Zero Retries 0057 - 2022-07-28

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• Countdown to Digital Communications Conference 2022

• Zero Retries 1 Year Anniversary Award - Thank You KG7HQ!

• Passing Through Bellingham?

M17 Project’s New Project - Mini17

TinyGS - DIY Low-Cost LoRa Satellite Ground Station

• Ground Station for LoRa Satellites

The Amazing “Zero Retries Interesting” Issue of QST - May 1995

ZR > BEACON

• Ten Amateur Radio CubeSats Deployed From ISS

• Recent Updates in AREDN Nightly Builds

• Experimental Radio News 5

• Article on Steven Roberts N4RVE

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August 2022

Zero Retries 0058 - 2022-08-05

Pseudosponsor - US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Jobs

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• 400+!

• Advice from Dad About “Luck”

• Going Out to Get Stories For Zero Retries

• Submitted My Suggestion to FlexRadio About a VHF / UHF Radio

A Pay and Play M17 Radio

ZR > BEACON

• ARDC Sponsoring the [2022] DCC

• [DCC] Still Calling for Papers

• URESAT-1 is already a reality! (via Google Translate)

• Hacking the RF Protocol of an Obscure Handheld Game

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Zero Retries 0059 - 2022-08-12

Pseudosponsor - Dire Wolf “Soundcard” AX.25 Packet Modem / TNC and APRS Encoder / Decoder

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• Countdown to DCC 2022

• Shack Time!

Engineers on the Brink of Extinction Threaten Entire Tech Ecosystems

• Where are they going to get all the highly talented people that will be needed to make this initiative a reality?

• Relearning Lessons of the US Sputnik Crisis

New ARRL Radio Lab Will Inspire Your Ham Shack!

Beware “Signal Enhancement Setting” on Windows 10

ZR > BEACON

• Indian Schoolgirls’ Satellite Launched with 75 Experiments

• More info about AZAADISAT and Space Kidz India:

• Unfortunately, AZAADISAT was lost during the launch phase on August 6, 2022:

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Zero Retries 0060 - 2022-08-19

Pseudosponsor - ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference

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• Countdown to Digital Communications Conference 2022

• JARL (Japan Amateur Radio League) 2022 Ham Fair

• Time For Another Omnibus

Breaking - New Zero Retries Interesting Radio - IC-905

Breaking - Amateur Radio 5.9 GHz band no longer “exclusive”

Zero Retries 0060 Omnibus of Zero Retries Interesting Information

• 1. The MIT Big Dish (Radome)

• 2. RPX-100

• 3. FLAMP and RadioMirror

• 4. Mimosa Networks 10 GHz Units

• 5. Multipurpose Remote Nodes

ZR > BEACON

• M17 Projects List

• Linux May Soon Lose Support for the DECnet Protocol

• Ham Made Parts

• W0RW Lending Library

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Zero Retries 0061 - 2022-08-26

Pseudosponsor - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)

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• Debut of the Icom IC-905

Icom IC-905 Longer Term Impressions

• Basics of the IC-905

• Unqualified Opinions Follow

ARISS Now Supports Simultaneous APRS and Voice

Timewave’s Data Communications Products

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• IC-905 Email List

• QO-100 TX

• KB6NU - DEFCON 30 was Overwhelming

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September 2022

Zero Retries 0062 - 2022-09-02

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• Countdown to Digital Communications Conference 2022

• My DCC 2022 Paper is Done!

My DCC 2022 Paper - A Brief Survey of Technological Innovation in Amateur Radio

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New Era About to Dawn for Personal Satellite Communications

Surrey Amateur Radio Club’s Communicator “Newsletter”

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• The Random Wire Newsletter

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Zero Retries 0063 - 2022-09-09

Pseudosponsor - AMSAT-DL Symposium

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• Countdown to Digital Communications Conference 2022

• Potential New Newsletter

Poll - Should I have kept this article in Zero Retries?

Apple iPhone 14 Features Satellite Communication

Paul Elliott WB6CXC Drift Buoy Telemetry

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• New Book - Playing With Meteors

• Your ARDC Grant, The IRS, and The Public Support Test

• Hackaday Triple Play

• Amateur Radio Public Seismic Network

• Play HAMWORD for Fun and Practice with Winlink

• Chasing Weather Balloons With Software-Defined Radio

• Radio Shack Catalogs

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Zero Retries 0064 - 2022-09-16

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• Countdown to Digital Communications Conference 2022

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Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications Now Accepting Donations of Material

The “Kind of” Amateur Radio Backstory of Apple’s “Emergency SOS Via Satellite” Feature

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Zero Retries 0065 - 2022-09-23

Pseudosponsor - AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting

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• Livestream of DCC 2022

Digital Communications Conference 2022 Recap

N8GNJ Update on Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications

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Zero Retries 0066 - 2022-09-30

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• The Annual Pactor 4 Hurricane Ritual

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Connect Systems, Inc. - Consider Yourself Talented at Coding?

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Silent Keyboard - Gary Ross Hoffman KB0H

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• Conventional vs Inverter Generators

• ‘You never know who’s on the other side’: Amateur radio enthusiasts use old-school tech to connect

• Motorola 16 Pin Mini Din Packet Adapter

• New Version of the Raspberry Pi Operating System

• How to Make Meteor Scatter QSOs

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October 2022

Zero Retries 0067 - 2022-10-07

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AREDN Nightly Build Update, and Personal AREDN Experimentation

GPS Jamming - Correspondence with Time Nut John Ackermann N8UR

First Results – World’s Largest Jammer (& Spoofing) Test

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• The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time

• Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications Gets its Public Relations Campaign Going!

• Is Ham Radio Paying Attention To This MAJOR SHIFT in Communications?

• You Can’t Buy a Raspberry Pi — Why?

Updata - FPGA is Field Programmable Gate Array

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Zero Retries 0068 - 2022-10-14

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N8GNJ Labs Joins the Space Age

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Zero Retries 0069 - 2022-10-21

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• Finding The Mission of Zero Retries

• Amateur Radio Fun

• The Announcement of the MITS Altair 8800 Rocked My World

ARDC Is Looking For A Few Good People

An Embarrassment of ID-1s

• N8GNJ’s Embarrassment of ID-1s, Present Day

The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications - 100th Edition

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• HAARP to Begin Largest Set of Experiments at its New Observatory

• POE Splitter for Raspberry Pi

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Zero Retries 0070 - 2022-10-28

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• Zero Retries Omnibus - Now Every 15th Issue

• Welcome back Pseudostaffer Jeff Davis KE9V

• More on Practical / Hands-on Aspects of Learning

GNSS Jamming - Not Just For Military Operations?

Big Project for Organization X - Now It Can Be Told

Regarding Fusion

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• First installment of my donations to DLARC

• MicroHAMS SatNOGS Presentation

• QO-100 Bits

• Inovato Quadra

• Ribbit

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November 2022

Zero Retries 0071 - 2022-11-04

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• N8GNJ > DLARC Update

US Army Needs New Tactical Radios
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Starlink Emergency Neighborhood Area Network
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• The Neighbor Issue

• Providing Neighbors With Guest Wi-Fi

• Providing Neighbors a Way to Charge Their Phone (They Will Ask)

QRP Labs QDX Digital Transceiver
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• Richard Brunton G4TUT is a Silent Keyboard

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Zero Retries 0072 - 2026-11-11

It’s Veterans Day (US) and Remembrance Day (Canada)

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• We’re Doing a Mediocre Job at Promoting Technological Innovation In Amateur Radio

• We’re Preaching to the Choir

• The Good Info Info is Paywalled

• Whither TAPR?

Surface Mount NinoTNC In Development

HamPi Ported to Inovato Quadra

FreeDV Joins Software Freedom Conservancy

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Zero Retries 0073 - 2022-11-18

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• Mastodon Account

• Other Amateur Radio Online Communities

Thought Experiment - Amateur Radio Social Network - On Amateur Radio

• Old Technology…

• Newer, Better Technology!

• TARPN Network Are Built Around Community On Amateur Radio

• Amateur Radio Has a Lot of Technology That Can be Employed

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• Listen to 64 MHz At Once

• We Use Baofeng’s “Heart” For Our Projects

• Testing New AREDN Software

• DX’ing Jupiter!

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Zero Retries 0074 - 2022-11-25

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• Apologies for Zero Retries 0073

• Video - Packet in the 21st Century

• Video - How to do Packet Radio Chat and BBS with a Kenwood

• ARRL Handbook 100th Edition Followup

• Starlink in Kherson

VarAC v6.2.4

GreenCube - Orbiting Garden and Amateur Radio Payload

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• Yaesu FTM-6000R on Sale

• Documentary - Good Night Oppy

• Rhizomatica: Connecting the Unconnected

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December 2022

Zero Retries 0075 - 2022-12-02

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• 500 Email Subscribers to Zero Retries!

Zero Retries 0075 Omnibus of Zero Retries Interesting Information

• General Observation - Lots of Networks!

• ARDC Grants

• Funding for Amateur Radio Interesting Projects

• HF Data Communications - Hardware and Software

• Interesting Projects In Development

• Media - Websites

• Networking - VHF / UHF - Hardware - Modems

• Networking - 1240 MHz and Above

• Special Categories

• Speculative Ideas

• Deprecated Entries

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• SUPERCON Balloon W6MRR-26 Continues Its World Tour

• Experimental Radio News 6

• RadioMail App

• Mobilinkd TNC4

• VarAC V6.3.3 is Here

• FUNcube-1 (AO73) Now celebrating nine years in orbit!

• HamPi Has Documentation in the Form of a Wiki

• Network Guru Needed!

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• Bridgecom BCM-220 Soon Back in Stock

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Zero Retries 0076 - 2022-12-09

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• Mastodon, Round 1

• No Involvement with ARDC

Austin Mesh - Non Amateur Radio (LoRa) Wide Area Network

Ham Radio Outlet Catalog Fall / Winter 2022

Open Source Passive Radar Capability Removed from KrakenSDR Code

Mercury - a Configurable Open Source Software Defined Modem

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• Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications Followup

• Anytone BT-01 Mobile Bluetooth Speaker Mic Seems to be Shipping

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Zero Retries 0077 - 2022-12-16

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• Welcome New Subscribers from HB9BLA Recommendation

• Nice Mention From Tom Salzer KJ7T

• Drinking From Firehoses

• Minor Refresh of Zero Retries About Page

GEO! GEO!! GEO!!!

• Bob McGwier N4HY Leaving ARDC Board

• Takeaways From ARDC N4HY Announcement

• Previous Zero Retries Article on GEO

• DCC Paper on Potential GEO

• Seven Years Later, Supporting Developments

• N4HY Presentation at DCC 2016 Is Worth Watching, re: Technology

• Takeaways

• Conclusions

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Zero Retries 0078 - 2022-12-23

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• Happy Holidays!

• Testbeds in N8GNJ Labs

• Crowd Supply Falls Down

New 7 Watt New Packet Radio Modem

US Legislation Proposed to Force FCC to Replace Symbol Limit on HF with 2.8 kHz Bandwidth Limit

• Summary

• Disclaimers

• Inhibited Technological Innovation for Advanced Amateur Radio Data Communications in the US

• Bruce Perens K6BP in 2017

The Technological Innovation of Rattlegram / Ribbit

• Stuff I Missed About Rattlegram

• Postscript - HB9BLA Has Two YouTube Channels

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• Tait Radio Programmer Now Available

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Zero Retries 0079 - 2022-12-30

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• EOY Subscriber Count - 665

• Introduce Yourselves

• Closing Comments When There Are No Comments

A Vision for Zero Retries Interesting Amateur Radio in 2029

• AmGEO-200 - Western Hemisphere GEO Payload

• Amateur Radio Networking

• Amateur Radio Standards Organization (ARSO)

• ARSO Conferences

• Amateur Radio Internet

• Amateur Radio Regulatory Updates

• Amateur Radio Omnipedia

• Funding for Amateur Radio

• Emergency Communications

• In Conclusion

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