https://fbom.club/ Recent content on FBOM International Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:16:30 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/fbom-contest-stats/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/fbom-contest-stats/ In true amateur radio fashion, this page will look like 1998. KG6EYC - Field Day 2014 (The First!) at Snowstorm Ranch N5NOM - Field Day 2015 at Snowstorm Ranch N5NOM - Field Day 2016 at Snowstorm Ranch N5NOM - Field Day 2017 at Snowstorm Ranch N6F - Field Day 2018 at Snowstorm Ranch N6F - Field Day 2019 at Snowstorm Ranch WL5H/6 - Field Day 2020 at Snowstorm Ranch WZ5AB - CQ-WPX-SSB 2018 at N3BBQ SuperStation https://fbom.club/new-member-rules/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:32:48 -0500 https://fbom.club/new-member-rules/ Please read the following PDF: fbom_membership_rules_august_2015.pdf https://fbom.club/roster/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:31:39 -0500 https://fbom.club/roster/ https://fbom.club/officers/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:26:59 -0500 https://fbom.club/officers/ Frank, N6QB, Keeper of the Gavel, Elected Director Edward, KG5EQI, Keeper of the Logs William, WL5H, Keeper of the Dogecoin, Elected Director Ben, N7AMD, Elected Director Anthony, K5BLX, Elected Director Tim, N7NON, Keeper of The Cyber Domain, Elected Director Drew, M0WQK, International Ambassador Daniel, N3BBQ, Keeper of the License, Elected Director https://fbom.club/about/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:16:30 -0500 https://fbom.club/about/ Our purpose is to further the exchange of information and cooperation between members, to promote radio knowledge, fraternalism and individual operating efficiency, and to so conduct club programs and activities as to advance the general interest and welfare of Amateur Radio in the community. An important objective of FBOM is to extend community knowledge of all digital modes across all bands and to appeal to non retirement age operators. Membership shall be open to any person who actively supports FBOM’s purpose as set forth in this document. https://fbom.club/posts/dc-powered-shack-pc/ Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/dc-powered-shack-pc/ Last week I was thinking about my new house and the awesome shack I could build in one of its many empty rooms. All the pretty equipment I could buy started flowing through my head and our IRC channel. Since the house is going to have a standby generator, I was thinking about a UPS for the desktop computers in the shack. Then the idea came to me, why not run a DC powered computer? https://fbom.club/posts/redditnet-promo/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/redditnet-promo/ Just a little video we produced for Reddit /r/amateurradio https://fbom.club/posts/amateur-radio-station-grounding-ground-electrodes/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/amateur-radio-station-grounding-ground-electrodes/ Amateur Radio Station Grounding – Ground Electrodes Up until now in the previous blog entries we have seen that the amateur station must be installed in accordance to the National Electrical Code. For those of you reading this that are outside the jurisdiction of the NEC and NFPA, I apologize in advance as the subject will be geared towards hams in the USA. That does not mean that you shouldn’t consider the NEC as good, basic guidelines, but you need to be ensure that your station is constructed in compliance of the regulatory body or the local requirements in your area. https://fbom.club/posts/how-to-build-a-tunable-repeater-on-the-cheap-part-4/ Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/how-to-build-a-tunable-repeater-on-the-cheap-part-4/ Duplexers are an important part of building a workable single band repeater. They are a set of filters in line that will let you have two transceivers on two different frequencies on the same antenna without overloading the other frontend. In order that the transmitter signal does not enter the receiver and overload the input and desensitise it, the signal from the repeater passes into a duplexer. Since we will be running on amateur 440mhz fequencies, we can get one of the cheap celwave mobile duplexers from Ebay. https://fbom.club/posts/how-to-build-a-tunable-repeater-on-the-cheap-part-3/ Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/how-to-build-a-tunable-repeater-on-the-cheap-part-3/ In the last post, we got the COR circuit working between the Baofeng and the repeater controller. In this post, we will continue with wiring up the Baofeng to the input side of the repeater and getting wiring looked at for output to the D710. I am using the Byonics HTKP series HT cabling for getting audio out of the Baofeng UV-5R, and providing power to the repeater. In this case, I have the Powerpole connector on the cable. https://fbom.club/posts/how-to-build-a-tunable-repeater-on-the-cheap-part-2/ Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/how-to-build-a-tunable-repeater-on-the-cheap-part-2/ How to build a tunable repeater on the cheap (Part 2) In my last post, I went over the basic parts of a repeater, and said the parts I selected for our build. I will go into the choices further and give some information about getting the baofeng working with a COR output. The radio I selected was the Baofeng UV-5R. Its schematics are available online, and I found that the radio only lights up its green RX LED circuit when the PL circuit breaks squelch when using tones (unlike other handsets that show receive, even though they don’t break squelch). https://fbom.club/posts/amateur-radio-station-grounding-national-electrial-code/ Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/amateur-radio-station-grounding-national-electrial-code/ Amateur Radio Station Grounding – National Electrical Code First and foremost, we are required to comply with National Electrcal Code (hereafter referred to as NEC). This is what all electrical systems and their associated “things” must follow in the United States. All of your home or business electrical systems must be constructed and maintained in accordance with NEC. This electrical code is written with the intent to ensure that life and property is protected. https://fbom.club/posts/amateur-radio-station-grounding/ Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/amateur-radio-station-grounding/ Amateur Radio Station Grounding Recently there has been a lot of discussion (and arguing) on station grounding at the various “hang outs” online that I frequent, as well as questions directed to me from amateur operators. I think it is time I write a little bit about this, from my own perspective. It seems to me that there is a lot of “stuff” out there on the subject that is mostly good, but there is a lot of bad information which sort of ruins all of the good. https://fbom.club/posts/how-to-build-a-tunable-repeater-on-the-cheap-part-1/ Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/how-to-build-a-tunable-repeater-on-the-cheap-part-1/ I recently set off on a small quest of building an inexpensive same band repeater for portable and special uses where there are no current repeater coverage. I wanted something low cost, portable, and tunable without special software. I finally settled on using some parts I already had, and other parts which I could build. Lets take a look at what the main components of a same band repeater are: https://fbom.club/posts/setting-up-crossband-repeating-on-a-kenwood-tm-d710/ Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:00:00 -0500 https://fbom.club/posts/setting-up-crossband-repeating-on-a-kenwood-tm-d710/ Setting up crossband repeating on a Kenwood TM-D710 Setting up crossband repeating is pretty straightforward with this radio. In this version I use a TM-D710A with the Greenlight labs GPS module to set up crossband repeating and test it with my TYT-UVF1 handheld. There are a few little things that are not obvious in previous instructions I found on the internet, so here is my attempt to explain it.