How To

How To Put Up A Ham Radio Tower YouTube Video

This Ask Dave episode focuses on grounding your amateur radio station, a topic of interest to many hams!

What are Anderson Powerpole connectors? They're really popular for 12VDC power connections. This video explains how they work and shows how to mount the connectors properly for amateur radio. Very good UTube video

Bruces Projects

Several Great Projects and How To's

How to fill out QSL Cards

Even if you do not intend on sending out QSLs to stations you work it is a good idea to have them on hand so you can reply to those you receive.

Make Your Own QSL Cards

You can use this web page to create QSL cards. The cards will be created in the form of a PDF document that you can then print on light-weight card stock.

Instructable

How to Completely Refill a 1lb "disposable" Propane Bottle.

Capactor Conversion

Capactor Conversion Chart.

Capactor Values

How to read Capactor values.

Resistor Color Code

Resistor Color Code for Resistor Value

Tap Drill Chart MM

Millimeter Tap Drill Chart.

Tap Drill Chart

Tap Drill Chart.

Solar

Battery University

Battery University™ is a free educational website offering hands-on battery information to engineers, educators, media, students and battery users alike. The tutorials evaluate the advantages and limitations of battery chemistries, advise on best battery choice and suggest ways to extend battery life.

Video

The Ultimate Guide To DIY Off Grid Solar Power.

Woorksheet

Solar Assessment Worksheet.

Battery Life

How to Calculate Battery Amp Hours.

Batteries What You Need To Know.

Today we look at RV batteries and compare them across the 4 main types. 12 volt deep cycle, Golf cart batteries, AGM batteries, and Lithium Batteries. Find out which battery is best for you and your RV. If you're looking for new batteries for your RV here are a few links.

Sun Hours Map: How Many Sun Hours Do You Get?

When deciding to switch to solar, you’ll want to know how many peak sun hours you typically get in your geographic area to give you an accurate estimate of the production of your system. Average peak sun hours vary greatly across the country; how much sunlight intensity you get in your state—or even the given sun hours per day by zip code—can make a dramatic difference and directly impact the effectiveness of going solar.

Solar System Monitoring How to Monitor Batteries On A Budget.

Monitoring your RV Batteries is a must if you use your RV off grid, but battery monitors can be very expensive. We have a small list of budget Rv Battery monitors that will fit whatever size system you have or are planning and will be a big upgrade to a voltage based monitor.

MC4 Connectors Video

How To Make/Crimp MC4 Connectors.

MPPT Charge Controller Ultimate Guide

A MPPT solar charge controller is a smart electronic device which looks at the power output of the solar array which is feeding power into the charge controller and looks at the battery collection which is needing charging and matched the voltage and current to utilize the utmost output of the solar array.

Best Inverter For An RV/Inverter Installation Options!

Here is a great intro to Inverters in an RV. Inverters in an RV for Boondocking can be so powerful and help you enjoy RVing when you are unplugged from the RV Park or any shore power. But there are a handful of things you need to know about RV inverters before you get one. Here are the Inverters we talked about in this video.

Raspberry Pi

Pi 4 Build Notes

How to build a Pi 4 for digital modes by KM4ACK

Want your raspberry pi to play nice with your ham radio? Are you into digital modes like FT8, JS8Call, FLDIGI, Winlink, APRS, Digipeaters and others? Each week I put out new content showing you exactly what steps to take to get the latest ham radio software on your raspberry pi. Whether you just want to ragchew or are seriously into emergency preparedness, emcomm, or ARES and want to learn all you can about using the raspberry pi to drive your ham radio, this channel has something for you. Be sure to click the subscribe button and ring the bell before heading off. That way you will get notified of all future videos.

Raspberry Pi - Build Guide Part 1

Raspberry Pi - Build Guide Part 2

Raspberry Pi - Build Guide Part 3

How to install Pat Winlink on a raspberry pi 3 or 4 running buster. Winlink allows ham radio operators to send and receive emails over RF.

Raspberry Pi - Install Winlink on Raspberry Pi 4 Part 1

Raspberry Pi - Install Winlink on Raspberry Pi 4 Part 2

Raspberry Pi - Install Winlink on Raspberry Pi 4 Part 3

How to set-up a GPS Dongle as a time source on a Raspberry Pi

The latest release of Raspbian Buster for the Pi has replaced the familiar NTP application with a lightweight solution using timedatectl. As a result, many of the online tutorials for adding a GPS USB dongle are out of date.

Raspberry Pi GPS Time Sync | Raspberry Pi Field Computer

You-Tube Video

Raspberry Pi Buster – GPS Dongle as a time source with Chrony & Timedatectl

You-Tube Video

Remote control your Raspberry Pi over your local network using Secure Shell (SSH).

Adafruit - Video

Icom IC-718

How to RTTY with an IC-718

How to setup different types of RTTY on an IC-718.

RTTY.COM Build Guide

RTTY.COM has been established to focus on the many aspects of Amateur Radio Teletype (RTTY) and to present to the dedicated RTTYer, and to the curious, a location wherein one can find information relating to RTTY and BAUDOT communications.