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Troy - KD3BTG

KD3BTG@mastodon.radio

<p>I am a new-ish ham (since August 2025). I am mainly focused on CW and trying to get the most out of my modest station - a Xiegu G90 and a portable antenna. </p><p>In addition to <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hamradio</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amateurradio</span></a> I am also interested in:<br /><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/BadgeLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BadgeLife</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HardwareHacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HardwareHacking</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Soldering</span></a> <br /><a

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    I’m at #defcon #defcon34 helping in the #HamRadioVillage Set your ham alerts or watch your spotters for out GOTA station #K3K. You can help a potential new ham make their first contact on the air, including younger hackers from the #DCNextGen program. We will be running SSB from 1700 UTC to 0100 UTC on Aug 7-8 and maybe for a few hours on the 9th as well. Looks up on QRZ for more details and give us a call! You might even hear me for a couple hours on the 8th.

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    I had a great time volunteering with @HamRadioVillage at #defcon. I tried to do all of the things so I spent time as a VE, at the contest table, the GOTA station, and answering questions in the village. SSB wasn&amp;#39;t working great but we had good results doing FT8. If you made a contact with K3K over the weekend, thank you! #amateurRadio #hamRadio (1/x)

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    RE: https://defcon.social/@HamRadioVillage/117089494122335842 I am proud to have been a part of this

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    RE: https://mastodon.radio/@va3fwe/117139195633086408 Similarly: Anyone know a #cw #MorseCode learning app that does random strings of words with a configurable # of words? Random letter blocks of increasing length was very helpful to me, and I&amp;#39;d like to do same with whole words but all tools I have are either random single words OR entire sentences/QSOs/news articles. I&amp;#39;d like something where I can start with two random words and build up. I use iOS and web apps but if you...

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    It seems like it might be pretty easy to put a #hamradio #amateurradio #aprs or perhaps #lora tracker on my son’s bike to be able to track where he is on a race course but I am having a tough time figuring out what I would need to do that. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good how-to?

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    I am on the air for the next hour or so. (Currently 16:40 UTC) if anyone wants to try to have a not very fast CW QSO, reply back

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    RE: https://ioc.exchange/@flyingsaceur/117011857542955774 Co-signing this. Yes antennas can be simple and inexpensive and easy to build. But when I bought my HF rig this year I also bought a commercial antenna so that I could have some assurance that everything should just work and if it doesn’t it’s not because of a faulty piece of homebrew equipment. Now I have a “known good” baseline where I can experiment with different antennas (or radios or feedlines or …) and compare the result.