Zero Retries Index 2024

Index of Zero Retries Issues and stories published in 2024

For PDF versions of Zero Retries, see the
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January 2024

• Zero Retries 0132 - 2024-01-04

• Zero Retries 0133 - 2024-01-05

• Zero Retries 0134 - 2024-01-12

• Zero Retries 0135 - 2024-01-19

• Zero Retries 0136 - 2024-01-26

February 2024

• Zero Retries 0137 - 2024-02-02

• Zero Retries 0138 - 2024-02-09

• Zero Retries 0139 - 2024-02-16

• Zero Retries 0140 - 2024-02-23

March 2024

• Zero Retries 0141 - 2024-03-01

• Zero Retries 0142 - 2024-03-08

• Zero Retries 0143 - 2024-03-15

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April 2024

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May 2024

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June 2024

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July 2024

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August 2024

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September 2024

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October 2024

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November 2024

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December 2024

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January 2024

Zero Retries 0132 - 2024-01-04

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• Single Focused Article

• Personal Comment / Observation - Light Commenting Expected

Steve Stroh N8GNJ Comments to FCC Regarding FCC Docket 16-239 (Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)

• Abstract:

• Background:

• Formal Comments

• Detail to Support Comments

• Applicability to Removal of Bandwidth Limitations

• Example - New Packet Radio

• Example - Open Source LTE Technology

• Example - Analog Television Using 6 MHz Bandwidth in 70 centimeter Band

• Three Unique Aspects of the Amateur Radio Service

  • Proving Out New Radio Technologies

  • Proving Out Radio Technologies Using Small Blocks of Spectrum

  • Amateur Radio Service is Rife With Experimentation

• Radios Are Now Computers - With an Antenna

• GNU Radio and Amateur Radio Spectrum to Test New Systems

• Summary:

Update 2024-01-05:

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Zero Retries 0133 - 2024-01-05

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• Paid Subscribers Update

• Radios are Computers - with an Antenna

• Update on my Comments to the FCC on Docket 16-239 NPRM

• Ten Most Zero Retries Interesting Items of 2023 (Perhaps Next Issue)

• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• Nice Mention(s) of Zero Retries in Special Edition of Hot Iron Newsletter #123

• The Substack Problem

What’s New at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications - January 2024

Connect Systems CS800D PLUS - Next Generation

ZR > BEACON

• New Product - DigiPi Radio Interface Board

• New Product - Masters Communications DRA-50M

• Experimental Radio News 10

• Boulder Amateur TV Club (BATVC) Repeater Newsletter #151

• Dive Into the Innovative Technology of Magnetic Loop Antennas

• W6CX DV Repeater - First RF QSO Using M17 Digital Voice

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Zero Retries 0134 - 2024-01-12

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• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• Whither ARRL…

• Change of Plans for Video - Not on Substack

• Zero Retries Guide to Interesting Conferences

• Nice Mention of Zero Retries in Amateur Radio Daily

Now, We Wait for the FCC to Decide on Bandwidth Limits for VHF / UHF Bands

• ARRL FCC Comments - Surprisingly Progressive

• Individual Commenters - We Showed Up

• Reply Comments Period

• Organizations That Didn’t Show Up

Enhancing Amateur Radio with What3Words

ZR > BEACON

• ARRL Guide to Filing Comments with FCC

• Easy AllStarLink

• MeshCom 4.0

• FreeDV 2020 Mode Using Raspberry Pi 5

• DB9 Breakout Board / Pass-through Adapter

• Build a Ham Transmitter with a Raspberry Pi Pico

• OpenWrt One/AP-24.XY is an Upcoming Router Board Developed by OpenWrt and Banana Pi

• Elevate Your Radio Control with Quansheng Dock: A Comprehensive Guide

• Other Unusual Remote Control Options

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Zero Retries 0135 - 2024-01-19

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• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• Another “Starlink Just Works” Experience

• Update on The Substack Problem

FCC Docket 16-239 Reply Comments Due by 2024-01-22

David Mills W3HCF, Creator of Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a Silent Keyboard

Techies, Data Communications, and Experimentation with New Radio Technologies Could “Save” Amateur Radio

• The numbers of Amateur Radio Operators (not just in the US) are declining.

• The influence of the ARRL will inevitably decline as a result of disgust at the Board of Directors infighting and dues (subscription) price increases.

• The use of voice VHF / UHF repeaters is significantly reduced, year to year.

• Emergency Communications has subtly become less of a justification for Amateur Radio. Simultaneously…

• COVID-19 and other factors have impacted many Amateur Radio club meetings and other reasons for Amateur Radio in-person events.

• The potential audience of younger folks to become new Amateur Radio Operators just don’t find “talking to strangers” or “operating on shortwave” to be compelling reasons to become Amateur Radio Operators.

• The “Solution” for the above? Reimagine Amateur Radio to attract techies.

ZR > BEACON

• New SW Radiogram [Software Version] Available

• Slightly Used Amateur Radio Cartoonist For Hire

• eBay - Rare Original TAPR TNC-1 Terminal Node Controller and Documentation from 1983

• ARDC Grant - Amateur Radio Evangelist

• How to see 56 MHz of bandwidth...

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Zero Retries 0136 - 2024-01-26

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• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• Amateur Radio Meetings Ought to be About… Radio!

  • Do we… play with RADIOS… at the meeting?

• Kay Savetz K6KJN is the Newest Zero Retries Pseudostaffer

FCC Docket 16-239 Reply Comments Concluded

Reimagining Amateur Radio Part 2 - Data Appliance

• Amateur Radio Data Appliance

• TAPR packetRadio

• TAPRN Nodes

• DigiPi

• NW Digital Radio UDRX-440

• RPX-100

• Universal Radio Controller V2

• FlexRadio 6xxx Series

• Icom IC-9700

• PicoAPRS V4

• Data Appliance from the Software Perspective

• Summarizing - Amateur Radio Doesn’t Have a (Ideal) Data Appliance - Yet

ZR > BEACON

• Brief Update on APRS Foundation

• ARRL Supports Youth and Especially Young Techies

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February 2024

Zero Retries 0137 - 2024-02-02

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• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• Zero Retries Paid Subscribers Update

• Copious Feedback from Zero Retries 0136

Reimagining Amateur Radio Part 3 - More Data Appliances

• Just Another TCP/IP Device

• Bill Diaz KC9XG’s Data Appliance (Way Ahead of my Speculations)

After Docket 16-239 Changes, Use of New Packet Radio May Take Off In The US

• TCP/IP is the Answer… What Was the Question?

• Elekitsorparts NPR-70 v05 Modem by F4HDK

• Localino New Packet Radio Modem Version 2, NPR-H 2.0

• Future / Potential NPR Enhancements

• Summary

ZR > BEACON

• Bob Witte K0NR is a new ARDC Director

• New Product - SDRPlay RSP1B Software Defined Receiver

• VADCG’s Newsletter “the packet” Now Online

• HamOpen.org Update

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Zero Retries 0138 - 2024-02-09

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• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• 1300+ Subscribers!

• It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times…

• With the Apparent Death of CQ Amateur Radio, DLARC is More Important Than Ever

• If there is to be a future for Amateur Radio…

• Artificial Intelligence is Highly Overrated

What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications - February 2024

The National Spectrum Strategy

NTIA 2024 Spectrum Policy Symposium - Pillar 4 Panel Discussion Transcript, Part 1

ZR > BEACON

• Crucible Of Communications: How Amateur Radio Launched The Information Age And Brought High Tech To Life Part 2: Hams Bring Real-Time Communications To The World

• Origins of Silicon Valley - Roots in Ham Radio

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Zero Retries 0139 - 2024-02-16

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• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• Ham Radio Weekly Issue 318 - the Zero Retries Interesting Edition

• Hard Lesson Learned - Snapshot to Wayback Machine, Early and Often

• Typepad Blogging Platform (Apparently) on Life Support

• Preliminary Thoughts on National Spectrum Strategy, Pillar 4, Growth of the Spectrum Workforce

• On a Few Cheerier Notes…

Brief Commentary on Crucible Of Communications, Part 2

NTIA 2024 Spectrum Policy Symposium - Pillar 4 Panel Discussion Transcript, Part 2

ZR > BEACON

• Amateur Radio Is… On… Luna!!!

• ARISS Packet Radio System Now Online

• Nominations for Amateur Radio Software Awards Due By 2024-02-29

• FreeDV is Hiring a DSP Engineer

• A Few Pointers on LoRa and Meshtastic

• RPX-100 Project Final Result - It Seems to Have Just Faded Out

• FOSDEM 2024 Talks Now Available

• ESA Continues to Support Geostationary Satellite Project

• Q0-100 is Not a Ham Satellite. (What is it ?)

• NEW PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT - 23 cm, 2 Watt, Digital ATV Amplifier - $325

• Discovery Dish (Pre-production) Updates

• The Magic Band Revealed, 3rd Edition

• ARDC’s 44Net Virtual Private Network Service - Coming… Soon?

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Zero Retries 0140 - 2024-02-23

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• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• Zero Retries Guide to Interesting Conferences Updated

• ARDC Community Meeting is Saturday 2024-02-24 @ 10:00 Pacific

• FCC Docket 16-239 (“Amateur Baud Rate”) - Nothing Heard To Date

Amateur Radio and the Growth of the Spectrum Workforce in the US National Spectrum Strategy

• Document Introduction

• Document Primary Takeaway

• Document Concluding Section

• My Concluding Conclusions

• So… Amateur Radio is (perceived as) irrelevant… a quaint, but harmless anachronism.

• So… What Can… What Should… What Could We Do to Promote Amateur Radio in Society?

Power Amplifier Suitable for Software Defined Transmitters

ZR > BEACON

• FCC Jobs Available for Electrical / Electronics Engineers

• China Claims AI-powered Electronic Warfare Breakthrough

• Another Zero Retries Interesting Organization and Newsletter - N.E.W.S.

• High Marks for Prototype Antenna System and Satellites

• HamTV is Go for Launch!

• VHF Communications Magazine - Now in DLARC

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March 2024

Zero Retries 0141 - 2024-03-01

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• Hamvention 2024, Ho!

• Paid Subscribers Update

• Apologies for late publication of Zero Retries this week.

• Post-publication Update:

Some Semi-conclusions on Amateur Radio and the “Spectrum Workforce”

• Semi-conclusion 1 - Fun Stuff That Appeals to Kids

• Semi-conclusion 2 - Us Amateur Radio Techies Have to Rise Above the “Same Old, Same Old”

• Semi-conclusion 3 - Guerrilla Evangelism Force for Technical Amateur Radio

• Concluding My Semi-conclusions

At Peace with Amateur Radio Over Internet

ZR > BEACON

• Bob Heil K9EID is a Muted Microphone

• Continued Progress on Remote Radio Unit

• Qualcomm’s Newest Chip Brings AI to Wi-Fi

• DietPi Version 9.1

• Replacement PCB Replicates Early 80s Modem

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Zero Retries 0142 - 2024-03-08

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• Hamvention 2024, No. 😕

• Paid Subscribers Update

• Zero Retries Isn’t Authoritative…

• Zero Retries Content Distributed via Amateur Radio?

Phil Karn KA9Q on Amateur Radio Experimentation

• ka9q-radio

• Hailing Channel(s)

KiwiSDR 2 Availability, and Receiver Servers

ZR > BEACON

• Distilled Wisdom - Ham Radio... Now What?

• Amateur Radio on Raspberry Pi 5

• AREDN Recent Software Updates First Quarter 2024

• Minnesota Amateur Radio Technical Society

• Bert Modderman PE1RKI Engineer Products

• Space Force Eyes Smaller, Cheaper GPS Satellites to Augment Constellation

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Zero Retries 0143 - 2024-03-15

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• Zero Retries Subscriber Count - 1400+

• Large Amateur Radio Conferences Countdowns

• Paid Subscribers Update

• Nothing heard on FCC 16-239

• New Junior Late Night Assistant Editor (In Training)

What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications
Kay Savetz K6KJN

Use of AI in Amateur Radio for Experimentation
Steve Stroh N8GNJ

• Not Quite Realized Techniques for More Efficient Spectrum Use

• Technique - Television White Spaces (TVWS) Spectrum Sensing (Cognitive Radio)

• Technique - Announcing Your Transmission Schedule, Then Focusing Transmissions

• Decentralized Channel Management in Scalable Multihop Spread-Spectrum Packet Radio Networks

• If We Can Receive Everywhere… Then We Can Transmit Anywhere

• Summary - We Are Just Getting Started With Data Experimentation on Amateur Radio

The Biggest Issue of “The Zombie Apocalypse” - No Grid Power
Steve Stroh N8GNJ

ZR > BEACON

• Ward Silver N0AX is 2024 Recipient of Hamvention Technical Achievement Award

• EastNET Quarterly Videoconference on 2024-03-14

• The Zombie Apocalypse Series by Jeff Davis KE9V

• New ka9q-radio Mailing List

• SigintOS Version 2.0 Community Edition Released

• LimeNET Micro 2.0

• (In)Security in Amateur Radio

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Zero Retries 0144 - 2024-03-21

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