This is a live map of APRS activity, courtesy of aprs.fi: [raw][/raw] … [Read more]
Listen to live amateur radio in Austin
Listen live to Austin area amateur repeaters and Travis County and Austin police radio. These feeds run 24/7. The amateur radio feed scans through all known operational 6m, 2m, 1.25m, 70cm & 33cm repeaters in Austin, Williamson, Bastrop, and Hays … [Read more]
VHF contesting is a spectator sport
As attested by these onlookers at my backyard station. … [Read more]
Crowd-sourcing your repeater directory
In Texas, there are a lot of repeaters. About 1,642 according to what some consider a reliable source. Of those, many are "paper repeaters" in that they exist only in repeater directories. These venerable books remind me of the yellow pages -- one … [Read more]
Coverage map for 442.15 repeater
Here's a Longley-Rice coverage map for the 442.15 repeater in Austin. This was generated by a useful coverage map site. … [Read more]