Useful Email to SMS gateway information that lets you text phones using your ham radio. Video below demonstrates communications between Amateur radio equipment and cell phone equipment using email to text feature with Winlink.org’s Pactor HF email system. Checkout http://www.winlink.org for more information. Carrier Email to SMS Gateways Alltel – [10-digit-phone-number]@message.alltel.com AT&T – [10-digit-phone-number]@ tx.att.net …
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Cartoon Antennas
Studying for the General ham license, which is the next step up from the Technician’s license has led to some interesting (and entertaining) “ah-ha” moments for me regarding the design of radio antennas. Prior to dipping my toes into the ham test question pools, I’d always thought of antennas as passive equipment, responsible for receiving …
Hello DX World!
The joke in the programming world, of which I have been a part for many years is the first baby program is always concerned with outputting a simple “Hello World” to the screen. So in Ham lingo, talking to the world, instead of your local area is called DX-ing. In the old days, you need …