Mike WX0MIK

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I have been a #HamRadio operator since 2019. I enjoy doing #Skywarn for South Central MN, monitoring the #Weather, doing #POTA, operating on #HF, am a #VE, Band Coordinator for #OMISS and other #AmateurRadio related activities.

You can also follow me for weather in South Central MN where I focus my time for severe weather alerts.

QRZhttps://www.qrz.com/db/WX0MIK
My Weather Resourceshttps://mikewills.me/weather/
My Ham Radio Resourceshttps://mikewills.me/ham/
Linktreehttps://mikewills.me/wx0mik
Mike WX0MIKFeb 1
Bored tonight? Want to work several states? Join me on 3.821 for the #OMISS net.
Mike WX0MIKJan 18
Fedi.GardenJan 17

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Show threadMike WX0MIKJan 12
@w6msu I guess Buddy the Elf would love green tea and maple syrup.
Mike WX0MIKJan 12
Troy - KD3BTGJan 12

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
Mike WX0MIKJan 10
@M0PWX @Stormgren very nice setup
Show threadMike WX0MIKJan 10
@Stormgren @M0PWX am I am I don’t think I could do FT8 either. On the other hand, I don’t need that much power for that mode.
Mike WX0MIKJan 10
@M0PWX @Stormgren the digital most I’m running 50 to 75 W max
Mike WX0MIKJan 10
@M0PWX @Stormgren the digital most I’m running 50 to 75 W max
Show threadMike WX0MIKJan 10
@Stormgren BTW, I got Hawaii on that antenna from Minnesota on 80m SSB. I was running about 600-700 watts
Show threadMike WX0MIKJan 10
@Stormgren I have a fan dipole. 160, 80, 10, and 6. Works well, though I haven’t tried 6.