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One of our goals when we put together the club (and this website) was to act as a beacon to others that might be interested in ham radio. I met with a fella today that had some radio questions. Even better, he had an old Kenwood radio that someone had given him and he wasn’t sure it worked...

You’ll find that the VHF/UHF bands (2m, 70cm) are generally active around the net times. Look around on the club pages part of the forums and we’ve listed local repeater frequencies. Most clubs do have regular nets. I applaud you for listening on 6m and 10m as your technician permissions are...

Hey Samuel, and welcome. If you haven’t spent time at http://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/index.html, you may want to consider it. It’s how I passed both my General and Extra. It uses adaptive questioning, so as you consistently get answers correct, it stops showing you those questions and...

Thanks Tyler!

The FCC systematically assigns call signs to new applicants, humans & clubs alike. If you want a vanity call, tou have to apply for the call and fight it out with the masses Google “vanity call prediction” and you’ll see a whole cottage industry around customer calls, strategies to obtain, and...

I received two new T-1000 E devices today for the lifetime of me, I can’t figure out how to pair them with my phone Tried adding a new bluetooth device upon boot… no go tried to add new device from within the Meshtastic app. No go Anyone have any pointers?

Although I do wish that the T1000-E had a common power cord - it’s USB powered and has a funky endpoint that you need to order from the SenseCap people - only two bucks, but out of stock. Still pretty cool.

It’s essentially a peer-to-peer network, using extremely low powered radios using 915mhz in the US. Transmission rate ranges from 0.18 kbps to 21 kbps. To frame this properly, 21 kbps is about 79 times faster than that 300 baud modem you may have used back in the late 70s and early 80s. Of...

The Amateur’s Code The Amateur’s Code is the creed by which all ham radio operators should aspire to live by. Written in 1928 by Paul M. Segal, then general counsel for the ARRL. You can still find the code published to this day in many ARRL books and publications. The Amateur’s Code The Radio...

The Beaufort Radio Amateur Group will host a VE session at Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department, Station 2 at 1:00p on 11/14/26. The fire station is located at 1120 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC. Please contact Jim Campbell, KB9LX, 970-531-3378, kb9lx@arrl.net or Mike Sinisi, KB1CTC, 860-841-3681. ALL...

The Beaufort Radio Amateur Group will host a VE session at Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department, Station 2 at 1:00p on 9/12/26. The fire station is located at 1120 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC. Please contact Jim Campbell, KB9LX, 970-531-3378, kb9lx@arrl.net or Mike Sinisi, KB1CTC, 860-841-3681. ALL...

The Beaufort Radio Amateur Group will host a VE session at Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department, Station 2 at 1:00p on 7/11/26. The fire station is located at 1120 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC. Please contact Jim Campbell, KB9LX, 970-531-3378, kb9lx@arrl.net or Mike Sinisi, KB1CTC, 860-841-3681. ALL...

The Beaufort Radio Amateur Group will host a VE session at Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department, Station 2 at 1:00p on 5/9/26. The fire station is located at 1120 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC. Please contact Jim Campbell, KB9LX, 970-531-3378, kb9lx@arrl.net or Mike Sinisi, KB1CTC, 860-841-3681. ALL...

The Beaufort Radio Amateur Group will host a VE session at Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department, Station 2 at 1:00p on 3/14/26. The fire station is located at 1120 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC. Please contact Jim Campbell, KB9LX, 970-531-3378, kb9lx@arrl.net or Mike Sinisi, KB1CTC, 860-841-3681. ALL...