I recently purchased a SDRplay branded nRST-ST network ready SDR with the goal of having it online and station at my RF quiet East Texas property.
Mike KK5SC Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Daniel Poirot via BVARC <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 9:47:03 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Daniel Poirot <[email protected]> Subject: [BVARC] Calling for SDR Birds of a Feather (BoF) TL;DR I am reaching out to anyone interested in SDR, EFHWs, battery operation, and maybe even PoTA. Howdy all, First, many thanks to the member who corrected my on-air etiquette regarding how I was breaking into a QSO to comment. I will do better! ;-) Happy New Year to all. Did anyone get a shiny, new SDR rig for the new year? I have an 8-band, uSDX+. It's yet another clone of the (tr)uSDX. I have found about 11 or 12 clones of this design - white buttons, black buttons, orange and blue buttons, grey buttons, HT, red corners, and orange top - lots of them. The ones I have found use the uSDXOpen code, hosted on GitHub. With the Arduino IDE, a very low-cost Arduino UNO, and a few jumper wires, I have upgraded my firmware from 1.02 to 4.00d. Easy to do and a big improvement. I have this paired with a small LiFePO4 battery and a QRPGuys 'No Tune' end-fed half-wave. Using a linked stretch of electric fence wire (thanks, Big John), I have made contacts on 20 meters and 40 meters. Crazy, but fun! I am reaching out to anyone interested in SDR, EFHWs, battery operation, and maybe even PoTA. I am happy to advise on any of these topics to the best of my ability. 73's to all Dan KJ5IZK
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