Also, its worth noting that beer drinking is not a requirement at the BWB 
events. Eddie and his wife pop in from time to time and they don’t drink.
The camaraderie is worth the trip.

73/Chris/AC5CM

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> On Jan 6, 2026, at 13:55, s.c.flowers via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dan,
> We can discuss at Brews with BVARC tonight.  It’ll be at 18:30 at No Label 
> brewery in Katy.  It’s over by the silos.
>
> 73,
> Stephen (W2WF)
>
>
>> On Jan 6, 2026, at 10:26, Daniel Poirot via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> 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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