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I know that linux in the ham shack is not a new topic, and has been beat to death. I’ll keep beating that dead horse and document the issues I’ve…

This is maybe not per any instructions they have, but it’s based on a new codeplug I’m generating due to a move in the future (And some business travel in…

I’ve started delving more into the software, and editing my old codeplug, at least for the 578. I’ll try and more or less synchronize it with the 878 later. As…

There’s not much to be said here – the 878 software is almost identical to the 578, but it’s tailored for the slightly different feature set. I was hoping I…

In my previous post, I noted that the RT Systems software had at least one flaw in the development environment, which was causing an error when opening certain menus. I…

Initial Thoughts: I bit the bullet and paid $25 for the RT systems software for my Anytone 578, because, well, the Anytone software is junk…. but it’s the same look…

With the sunspot cycle coming to a point of good higher frequency propagation, I put a 10 meter radio in the car.   Why not?  The President Lincoln II+ has some…

Well, the original configuration (SteppIR controller passing commands between the radio and PW-1) worked… for a while. I suspect there was some collision or synchronization that fell out of timing…

I’ll spare the reader yet another glowing review for the Mini1300 analyzer. No I won’t – I’m still going to spew my thoughts on this thing.   I picked one up…

Background Last year, I acquired a SteppIR “SmallIR 80” antenna… This is their “SmallIR” 20 – 6 vertical, with an additional coil for 30/40/80 meters. I don’t know if it’s…