Alaska Homestead Expo Presentation 2024
Here is the presentation that Jessica and I gave at the Alaska Homestead Expo 2024 in Big Lake Alaska. The embedded YouTube Autopatch link video can be found here. Some links did not line up correctly when viewing the story and they are actually just below the text. There...
Quad Ham Radio Upgrade
A while back we installed a QYT-8900 dual band ham radio on Jessica’s quad so we could reach her or she could reach us in the many areas around here that don’t have cell service. After using it for a few months we found that more transmit power was...
Overview of Arcom Repeater Controller
I will apologize in advance because this is a more technical article than we usually write so I tried simplifying it where I could. The nature of this system doesn’t allow for as much simplification as I would like, but this is the more complicated side of a ham...
Ham radio install on a Quad
My youngest daughter Jessica recently got her “Technician” class ham license so she could reach us if she has any problems. We live and recreate in areas that do not have much if any cell service so alternative forms of communication are important for not only emergency communications, but...