Zero Retries Back Issues - 2024
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2022 - Issue 0079 - yyyy (link)
2021 - Issue xxxx - yyyy (link)
2024 - Issue 0132 to date
Zero Retries 0134 - 2024-01-12
Now, We Wait for the FCC to Decide on Bandwidth Limits for VHF / UHF Bands
Enhancing Amateur Radio with What3Words
Zero Retries 0133 - 2024-01-05
What’s New at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications - January 2024
Connect Systems CS800D PLUS - Next Generation
Zero Retries 0132 - 2024-01-04
Special Issue - My Comments to the FCC on Docket 16-239
2023 - Issue 0131 to
Zero Retries 0121 - 2023-10-20
Requesting Help From the Zero Retries Readership - Inexpensive Generic Data Radio Recommendation?
AREDN News Roundup - October 2023
AREDN Supernodes
Product Updates Affect AREDN Firmware Installation
Adapter for AREDN Node to Use a Satellite Television Dish
Zero Retries 0120 - 2023-10-13
MMDVM Project - Clarifications on MQTT
Pre-announcing the Book - Zero Retries Guide to Amateur Radio in the 21st Century
What’s new at DLARC - October 2023
Zero Retries 0119 - 2023-10-06
N8GNJ Labs Now Online Via Starlink
MMDVM Project Update
Zero Retries Interesting YouTube Videos - September 2023
Zero Retries 0118 - 2023-09-29
Breaking News - Raspberry Pi 5 Announced
When I Get Something Wrong - New Packet Radio Data Rate and Channel Size
News from Packet Radio User’s Group
Zero Retries 0117 - 2023-09-22
Revisiting the KM6LYW Radio DigiPi Project
My Letter to ARRL Regarding Elimination of Symbol Rate from US Amateur Radio Regulations
Latest AREDN Updates
Zero Retries 0116 - 2023-09-15
Packet Radio Magazine Issues Now Online
New Audio Interface - Universal Radio Modem
The TEXNET Packet Switching Network
Zero Retries 0115 - 2023-09-08
My Dad’s NOT ALLOWED to push this button!
One Year Update on DLARC
Amateur Radio GEO Payload for the Americas - Update 2023-08
5 GHz 10 watt Power Amplifier
Zero Retries 0114 - 2023-09-01
GNU Radio Conference - A Few Zero Retries Interesting Talks
Instructive Exchange Between Representative and FCC Chair
New AREDN Software Production Release
Zero Retries 0113 - 2023-08-25
MMDVM-TNC Project - New 9600 bps Data Mode
Commentary on the MMDVM-TNC Project
LoRa Implemented in GNU Radio Environment
Experimental “Supernode” Online on the AREDN Network
WINTNC - Windows TNC Driver Version 2.00
Zero Retries 0112 - 2023-08-18
Amateur Radio Data Networks are aren’t just for… Typing?
2023 ARRL Technical Innovation Awards
Hawaii Wildfires and Cellular as Sole Communications
The Bigger Picture of RM-11953
Update to KiwiSDR In Progress
Zero Retries 0111 - 2023-08-11
Rebuttal to Don Rotolo N2IRZ’s Digital Connection in May, 2023 CQ Amateur Radio
Revisiting the APRS Foundation
Zero Retries 0110 - 2023-08-04
Where is the Leadership for an Amateur Radio Payload in Geosynchronous Orbit for the Western Hemisphere?
Resurrected Heathkit Still… Alive…
Amateur Radio Used to Have Two Organizations Representing Data Operating
Zero Retries 0109 - 2023-07-28
Interesting Letter to FCC from Texas Department of Public Safety
LimeSDR XTRX - Another Tiny SD Transceiver Board
Zero Retries 0108 - 2023-07-21
DCC 2023 May Not Happen
Enhancements and New Devices in AREDN Production Release 3.23.8.0
What’s the Big Deal About VARA FM?
Kevin Mitnick N6NHG is a Silent Keyboard
Zero Retries Interesting YouTube Videos
Zero Retries 0107 - 2023-07-14
The Ten Most Zero Retries Interesting Projects - Summer 2023 - Part 2
VARA FM Repeater Considerations
Zero Retries 0106 - 2023-07-07
The Ten Most Zero Retries Interesting Projects - Summer 2023 - Part 1
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Leverages ARISS for Outreach to 500 Grades 6-8 STEM Students
Zero Retries 0105 - 2023-06-30
Phil Anderson W0XI, Kantronics Cofounder, is a Silent Keyboard
Meet the BeaconBlaster-6
Zero Retries 0104 - 2023-06-23
What Should Icom Do in the Near Future?
Update on my Neil's Night Progress
Zero Retries 0103 - 2023-06-17
Amateur Radio Moonshots - My Presentation for MicroHAMS Digital Conference 2023
Zero Retries 0102 - 2023-06-10
SEA-PAC 2023
Thoughts on Amateur Radio Adjacent Technologies - LoRa
Jeff Geerling (of Raspberry Pi Fame) is now KF0MYB
Zero Retries 0101 - 2023-06-02
Paywalled Amateur Radio Content Part 3 - Content from Specialized Technology Organizations
Zero Retries 0100 - 2023-05-26
Perspective - Project Websites Without a News Section Hurts the Project
Raspberry Pi Availability By Late Summer 2023
Zero Retries 0099 - 2023-05-19
Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 3
Zero Retries 0098 - 2023-05-12
Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 2
Zero Retries 0097 - 2023-05-05
Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 1
2023 Zero Retries Podcasts
Zero Retries 0099 Podcast - 2023-05-19
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Request To Send - Publicly Accessible Amateur Radio Content
Story - Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 3 - What Neil’s Night is not (mostly, not a contest).
ZR > BEACON - M17 OpenHT - A Breakthrough In Ham Radio
Feedback Loop - Zero Retries Podcast seems well received by some (enthusiastically), but not all.
Zero Retries 0098 Podcast - 2023-05-19
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Request To Send - Hamvention 2023 is next weekend!
Story - Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 2 - Writing Neil’s Night Parts 2 and 3 was a bit like pulling taffy out of my brain - with tweezers.
ZR > BEACON - Mostly DIY RF
Feedback Loop - Thanks for the feedback on Zero Retries 0097.
Zero Retries 0097 Podcast - 2023-05-19
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2023 Zero Retries Bulletins
For time-sensitive “bulletins” that don’t justify publishing a special issue of Zero Retries, I use the Substack feature called “Threads”.
Help Needed for DLARC in Oakland, CA on 2023-08-30 - 2023-08-27
Apologies for the Template - 2023-07-23
Template Updated 2023-07-29 - 2023-07-22
Zero Retries Administrivia - Payment Options Now Activated - 2023-06-29
Zero Retries Administrivia - Activating Payment Options - 2023-06-21
Done for 2023-10-11. I put in an hour.