Archive for June, 2009

Field Day Wireless Network Should Have Autonegotiation Turned Off

For those of you working with 802.11 equipment and in particular Linksys routers installed with DD-WRT, you are well advised to ensure Automatic speed negotiation is turned off and set to one speed.
It seems the network connection breaks just a moment while possible wireless speed connections are constantly re-examined. We have some very far [...]

Field Day Power Topics

Lessons learned about Field Day Generators

Digital GOTA attracts the Youth

PSK31 is like Cell Phone Texting so make sure your GOTA tent is ready to demonstrate this mode.

Field Day Myths, Tips and Warnings

Avoid the ARRL Field Day Deer-Fever

Alternate Power Bonus for Field Day

Use Solar Power to get your Alternate Power Field Day bonus points using this example.

Field Day 802.11 Wireless Network

Use 801.11 in your Field Day network for flexible multi-mode success.

Battery Energy Density: Gel Cell

For backpacking is a Gel Cell battery the logical choice?

Olivia CQ Modes

Is there standard “good practice” for Olivia?

Air hockey and PSK31 don’t mix

Watch out for game table noises leaking into your PSK31 or any other digital signals.

N1MM and Default Conditions can lead to out of band TX

N1MM can put your transmissions out of band.