Now TXing on 144.174 FT8. #2m #VHF
Supercharged Ionosphere Delivers Rare Winter DX

A geomagnetic storm on Jan. 20 triggered unexpected F2 propagation, allowing VHF DXers in North America to receive TV signals from as far away as Colombia.

Radio World

Andy got on the air for the first time last night 📻

Amateur radio is a deadly hobby, you learn loads, meet great people, and that first contact feels like magic.

Big thanks to South Dublin Radio for hosting the 2m net and being so welcoming and encouraging.

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #2m #VHF #TOGHackerspace #Makers

Made a very half-hearted attempt at the VHF contest. Made two contacts on 2m, one CW and the other SSB. I could hear others, but my 5 watts and rubber duck antenna weren't getting out well competing with the big guns.

#hamRadio #hamR #sota #vhf #quansheng #cw #ssb #2m

P-US-030 Full-Spectrum 31-Bands Signal Jammer #all-in-one-jammer #cellular #5G #wifi #GPS #FM #UHF #VHF
https://www.thejammerblocker.com/p-us-030-portable-31-band-5g-wifi-6e-7e-jammer-full-spectrum-rf-signal-blocker/
Equipped with 31 independently switchable bands, it's powerful enough to jam virtually all major signal types, including 2G/3G/4G/5G cellular networks, WiFi 2.4G/5G/6E/7E, GPS L1-L5, FM radio, LoRa, UHF/VHF, and more, providing unparalleled flexibility and coverage for field testing, security operations, or controlled environments.
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If you have a #qrz1 Explorer HT and programmed it with CHIRP and it does a weird thing where it's receiving a signal from a repeater but it will not break the squelch, I found a workaround that should at least fix the issue for some of the repeaters:

In CHIRP go to View -> Show Extra Fields

In your saved QRZ-1 config find the affected repeater(s)

Change the Optional Signaling option to OFF

Save the config and upload it to the radio

Details:
https://tdot.fish/2025/10/06/qrz1-chirp

#uhf #vhf #hamradio #ht

Fixing the Explorer QRZ-1/CHIRP ‘Tone Squelch’ Issue

I recently got my ham radio license. More on that in a different post maybe. For this post: The Explorer QRZ-1 handheld transceiver has a weird sort-of-bug and I think I figured out how to fix it.

t.fish

I'll be activating some summits in Phoenix tomorrow late morning/ early afternoon. Alerts will get put up eventually.
Hoping to get some 2m CW/SSB with the quansheng.

#sota #HamRadio #hamR #vhf

Just about to climb back into my car and start calling on #144MHz #USB #VHF as long as I'm not causing a traffic incident.

Do I want one of these? YES.

But as far as I can tell, they're strictly illegal in the United States, as there is zero allowance for even ultra-low-power #VHF and #UHF signal broadcast without a license.

Am I missing something here or are all the USians using one of these just playing with fire til the #feds knock down their door and raid their #homelab?

https://a.co/d/c3FXa5l