Winter Weather Scanning

by | Dec 12, 2012 | Amateur Radio, Antennas, Scanner

Severe weather doesn’t just happen in the spring and summer. For much of the US, as the temperatures turn cold, winter weather is a real threat. Although we usually don’t have the sudden onslaught of severity that a line of thunderstorms can bring, a...

How to Use an IRLP Repeater

by | Nov 29, 2012 | Antennas, emcomm

IRLP, or the Internet Radio Linking Project is a VOIP service that allows repeaters and simplex nodes to link via the Internet. Unlike Echolink, which uses a software and web based interface to utilize the connected repeaters, the IRLP interface is purely radio to...