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As I was looking for the inspiration to write a post for today, I stumbled upon yet another variation of the Google logo. It just so happens that the logo in question was in Morse Code…a subtle reminder that I should try and become proficient in it.

After writing a post talking about Part 97 of the FCC rules, I decided to do one on Part 15 because it is something that almost everyone has had at least some experience with.

Part 97 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is the set of rules that governs amateur radio in the United States. I thought that it might be good to explain this.

For the first guest post here at romandock dot com, Damien Riley of Postcards From The Funny Farm reminisces about his ham radio memories and also compares blogging to ham radio.

An overview of what exactly PL Tones and CTCSS Tones are why they would be used.

The American Radio Relay League/Radio Amateurs of Canada Field Day is held annually the fourth full weekend in June. This is a time when ham radio operators generally set up to practice emergency communications, raise public awareness (and hopefully interest) and have a good time.

I was previously not a huge fan of this sort of set-up, however, with my TM-D710A the feature is a part of the APRS menu and the way it is integrated makes it worth activating.

In previous discussions about test equipment, I mentioned multimeters and dummy loads. However, there are several other pieces of test equipment that I have yet to mention. One of these items is a wattmeter.
A wattmeter is a very important piece of test equipment when dealing with anything having to do with radios. A wattmeter is […]

Just because a radio does not have DTMF capabilities, doesn’t mean that you cannot use that radio for functions that require DTMF. A cell phone can easily be used to create the tones.

I have finally taken some pictures of my radio installation in my Blazer.