Category Archives: Amateur Radio

Thoughts and opinions concerning amateur radio.

Running N1MM+ logger with Wine on Debian Buster

Posted on 03 Dec 2018 by Nate Bargmann 3,638 views

I’m certainly not the first to attempt to run the popular N1MM Logger+ contest logging program on Linux through Wine.  I do think that I’m one of the few (NF8M, W2NRL (thanks to both of you for putting your experiences … Continue reading →

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A personal milestone and a look back

Posted on 03 Nov 2018 by Nate Bargmann 852 views

35 years ago on November 4, 1983 a somewhat nondescript government envelope arrived in the mail box.  It was from the FCC and was the fulfillment of a dream.  It was a Novice class amateur radio license issued in my … Continue reading →

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4 State QRP Group Bayou Jumper (Paraset inspired QRP XCVR)

Posted on 26 Jan 2017 by Nate Bargmann 9,488 views

Just before Christmas the 4 State QRP Group announced that a new kit is available, dubbed the Bayou Jumper. From its introductory page: “Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear” and build the Bayou Jumper. The name … Continue reading →

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Compiling WSJT-X 1.7.0 on Devuan Jessie

Posted on 23 Dec 2016 by Nate Bargmann 3,656 views

The latest version of WSJT-X, 1.7.0, was released on 19 December, 2016.  I found that the available Debian formatted package would not install as it is biult for Ubuntu 16.04.1 (and variants) which has a newer version of Qt5 on … Continue reading →

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My first introduction to amateur radio

Posted on 17 Dec 2016 by Nate Bargmann 2,129 views

It was early 1977 as I recall, probably just after New Years, I was 13, CB was big in the popular culture and I wished to be able to take part but a CB at the time was just too … Continue reading →

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Running Electraft utilities on Linux amd64 and multiarch

Posted on 31 Jul 2016 by Nate Bargmann 2,226 views

At this time the Elecraft utilities for Linux are only available as i386 32 bit precompiled binaries.  Other architectures such as amd64 or armhf (Raspberry Pi) must use another means, if possible.  The Debian Linux distribution and its derivatives (Ubuntu, … Continue reading →

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Marshall County ARC Field Day featured in ARRL Midwest Division newsletter

Posted on 17 Aug 2014 by Nate Bargmann 3,348 views

It’s actually a rare occasion that I check out things like the ARRL Midwest Division newsletter.  A week and a half ago I did so for the first time in a long while (shameful, I know), and found, to my … Continue reading →

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Netiquette

Posted on 18 Sep 2013 by Nate Bargmann 2,453 views

In this post “netiquette” will refer to the way we conduct ourselves on amateur radio ARRL National Traffic System affiliated traffic nets, not the Internet version. Amateur radio traffic nets, particularly ones conducted in a phone mode, attract a number … Continue reading →

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Hams we are!

Posted on 10 Jan 2013 by Nate Bargmann 2,934 views

An oft asked question, particularly from newcomers to amateur radio, is the origin of the name ham as applied to our hobby. Many explanations have been offered over the years but none have been as credible to me as this … Continue reading →

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Kansas Weather Net: 55+ years and going strong!

Posted on 23 Dec 2012 by Nate Bargmann 5,007 views

I was looking through the July 1957 issue of QST (my local archive from QST View) and found the following in the Kansas Section News (I rarely look in this area of the old issues) on page 116: “[W0]LXA, of … Continue reading →

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