Clay Bartholow's (W0LED) Question for the Net
Baofeng
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, April 12 2023 17:04
Some of my fellow ACRC'ers own Baofeng HTs. Before I bought my F8HP unit, I watched Youtube installments mentioning how the squelch was really BAD on Baofengs. After setting up my radio I found that it, too, exhibited awful squelch characteristics, namely, OPEN squelch, and CLOSED squelch. The problem lies in the squelch curve settings. It is my SWAG (Scientific Wild A@@ Guess) that these factory settings were due to too much electromagnetic interference at the factory. Just my thoughts. As you may know, audio control is non-linear, rather (somewhat) semi logarithmic in nature. After re-writing the squelch settings in CHIRP's SERVICE SETTINGS page, I believe this to be about "as good as it gets" for these critters. The revised settings are as follows: VHF - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 26, 33 UHF - 0. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 19, 22 This really helped my little radio. I hope it works as well for yours, too. 73 Russ Emerson - AEØPX
2024 Fishing Opener SE station
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, March 12 2024 23:02
On Saturday, May 11, 2024 8AM-4PM the Anoka County Radio Club will be having a picnic / special event station at Ham Lake park (how appropriate). We have the shelter reserved and plan to operate two HF stations during the day, break for a picnic lunch, and then clear out in the afternoon. The club will provide hotdogs, buns and water. Bring any beverages you prefer or any other food to share.
Hams in the park
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, April 13 2022 18:38
On the second Saturday of each month, local ham radio operators normally meet at the Long Lake Regional Park in New Brighton to operate, show off their gear and test ham radio related equipment. The event starts at noon. The next date for this event is 5/14/2021. This is an event of interest to ACRC members, but is not an ACRC event. Hope to see you there!
