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This is the ham radio web site for Carl Howe, WG1V. See the About page for my licensing history and interests.

Winlink Basics for PART

Winlink

Digital

I recently updated a presentation on basic Winlink operation to the Westford Police Amateur Radio Team (PART). The presentation materials, including a written paper on how to operate Winlink, are here.

August 20, 2024

Remote CW Sidetone for RUMlogNG contesting Using a Flexradio 6000 Series Transceiver

CW

Mac

Contests

Operating a CW contest via a remote Flexradio 6600 transceiver makes sidetone generation tricky due to network delays involved. Fortunately, SmartSDR for Mac knows how to generate local sidetone for CW if you know configure it properly.

February 19, 2024

Installing Winlink, VARA, and ARDOP on an M1-, M2-, or M3-based Mac

Winlink

Digital

Mac

VARA

ARDOP

pat

What’s a Mac guy to do when the Emcomm community standardizes on Winlink? This post takes you through the process of installing pat, rigctld, VARA, and ARDOP so that you too can run Winlink on the latest Mac hardware.

December 27, 2023

Winlink Basics

Winlink

Digital

I recently gave a presentation on basic Winlink operation to the Stow and Marlborough ARES organizations. The presentation materials, including a written paper on how to operate Winlink, are here.