Name: Anthony Vivino
Date registered: November 30, -0001
Mar 18
Made the following post on FaceBook tonight:
I dusted off my radio gear and got on the air tonight. Radio wave propagation was not working in my favor. Was able to hear K1KW out of Bolton Massachusetts (on 7.199 MHz) very clearly but was not able to talk back to him. Tried some digital modes on the 20 meter band (14.070 MHz) and on the 40 meter band (7.080 MHz) but no luck their either. Some times the bands are “ever in your favor” and sometimes they are not.
If you have any Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) questions feel free … -continue reading
Jun 19
Late entry from June 14, 2016
My son is a member of Troop 148 of the Grand Teton Council here in Southeast Idaho. His troop has an activity every Tuesday evening and frequent overnight camp-outs as well. On this past Tuesday afternoon I received a phone call from our Scout Master asking if I would talk to the boys about Amateur Radio.
After accepting the invitation I hung up the phone and paused to think about what I’d just done. Great Scott! I didn’t have anything prepared in advance. I was at work and the meeting time was shortly after … -continue reading
May 08
It was 8 years ago yesterday (May 6, 2008) that I took the Technician Class license and passed, took the General Class license and passed and took the Extra Class license and failed miserably. I had earned my General ticket and was destined to hit the airwaves as quickly as possible.
Passing the Tech and General class licenses that day were possible because of some very helpful Elmers in my area and also because of some very helpful websites. Over the years I’ve done quite a bit of reading, much of that reading online for sites belonging to various operators … -continue reading
May 01
May 1, 2016
As of late, I have been deeply engrossed with learning more about the digital modes. The latest, most intriguing for me is JT65. The idea of being able to transfer information with signals so weak that they are below the noise floor is amazing to me. Yes – I’m aware that it is a very slow mode but I’m still very interested.
One key element to JT65 is that timing is a key factor in the protocol working properly. One party of the QSO sends on the even minutes and the other on the odd minutes, each … -continue reading
Apr 30
April 30, 2016
Last weekend was an Amateur Radio Vacation in Swan Valley Idaho… I took my little 25 foot trailer packed with my radio gear, food, water and munchies for my daughter and I and we headed out to the “great outdoors” to enjoy some fresh air, solitude and amateur radio for the weekend.
The “Shack”
Here’s a picture of my desk this trip. It’s the dinette table of my trailer which actually works well. My setup is very simple. It consists of a Yaesu FT-897, laptop, MFJ 941 Antenna Tuner and Signa-Link USB for rig control and digital … -continue reading
Dec 05
December 5, 2015
This past week I’ve been in an Instructor Training Class at work. A portion of the class was based on developing curriculum and teaching that course to a group of peers. I was very happy when I was told that the course content was anything of our choosing that was “workplace appropriate”… I immediately knew I was going to do mine on Amateur Radio.
The total time allotted four the course was 35 minutes. For learning and evaluation purposes the course was to be divided into two parts given on different days. The logic behind that was … -continue reading
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