Category: Blog
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WEBFT8 EARLY RELEASE BETA
Introducing WebFT8.com: FT8 Right in Your Browser Amateur radio operators no longer need a full desktop installation of WSJT-X just to make a few FT8 contacts. WebFT8 (available at WebFT8.com) is a modern, standalone web application that lets you decode and encode FT8 weak-signal digital mode communications directly inside a standard web browser. Built specifically for…
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Field Day Antenna Trial Setup
The Rockwall Amateur Radio Club was out bright and early today at the Dr. Gene Burton College & Career Academy in Rockwall, Texas, putting up antennas and testing configurations ahead of our big Summer Field Day operation on June 27-28, 2026. Field Day is one of the most popular events on the amateur radio calendar…
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ARISS SSTV Series 31
Like many hams around the world, I was excited to try my hand at decoding SSTV images from the international space station. The transmissions on 437.550 MHz in Robot 36 mode commemorated some great milestones: the 65th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight (Cosmonauts Day), the 100th anniversary of the first liquid-fueled rocket launch, the 45th…
