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</h1>
<h5>spurious emissions</h5>
<p class="lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
<p class="side-lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
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<nav class="sidebar-nav">
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/blog/">Posts</a>
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/mirrors/">Mirrored Pages</a>
</nav>
<h6>Powered by jekyll and Fohdeesha.
<br>Last updated: 2023-01-15 06:05:51 +0000
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<br>Last updated: 2023-01-21 04:09:28 +0000
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</a>
</h1>
<h5>spurious emissions</h5>
<p class="lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
<p class="side-lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
</div>
<nav class="sidebar-nav">
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/blog/">Posts</a>
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/mirrors/">Mirrored Pages</a>
</nav>
<h6>Powered by jekyll and Fohdeesha.
<br>Last updated: 2023-01-15 06:05:51 +0000
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<br>Last updated: 2023-01-21 04:09:28 +0000
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<title>nq4t.com:</title>
<link href="http://0.0.0.0:4000/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
<link href="http://0.0.0.0:4000/"/>
<updated>2023-01-15T06:05:51+00:00</updated>
<updated>2023-01-21T04:09:28+00:00</updated>
<id>http://0.0.0.0:4000</id>
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<name></name>
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<entry>
<title>Sudden RF In The Shack</title>
<link href="http://0.0.0.0:4000/blog/2023/01/20/sudden-rf-in-the-shack/"/>
<updated>2023-01-20T16:21:22+00:00</updated>
<id>http://0.0.0.0:4000/blog/2023/01/20/sudden-rf-in-the-shack</id>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Updated since first posting&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We all hear about it, weve probably experienced it, and weve all done our fair share of fighting with it.
So what happens when RF decides to suddenly appear in your shack? How did I solve this latest problem? How
the hell did I even notice it in the first place?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;!--more--&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last night while on a weekly video chat with some other hams, I decided to fire up the rig and run some FT8.
Everything seemed normal until I went to tune my antenna. I was greeted with funky operation from my rig, and
the sudden death of everything plugged in to that USB hub. That one was easy; turns out the shield connection
to the USB Hub (which has seen much much better days) had broken from the board. The solution was a 40 minute
operation where I removed the old, short, flat USB cable; and replaced it with a spare. Nothing complicated
here, just a simple cut and solder job. Being essentially a glorified electronics technician by trade for
almost 20 years, I learned my way around a soldering iron. The tight quarters of a small “travel” USB hub did
add to the difficulty, but Ive got the small tips needed for the job.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This went smoothly. After wiring up the new cable I plugged everything back in and not only did it work; but
no more cutting out on TX. But there was a new problem, one that most hams probably dont have in their shack.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was getting RF in to the audio system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My shack does double duty; its both a shack and an office. Since Im an audio guy at heart, I keep my “good”
sound system down here. Sometimes its nice to listen to something while working FT8. But during the test TX
for the hub, I noticed the other RF problem. My audio was buzzing before cutting out. It will do this on 17
and 15m; due to the fact I do have an antenna practically running over my head. But not on 40m; and not enough
to make the audio cut completely out. It wasnt a problem the other week, so I knew something had changed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My first step was trying to see where the problem was coming from. Was it the headphone amplifier, the pre-amp,
the DAC, or the EQ? I turned volume knobs down and quickly determined it was either the EQ or the DAC; and
watching the status of my devices along with the DAC display told me it wasnt that. It left one culprit, my
Sansui SE-8 Graphic Equalizer. This thing has had its issues in the past; both from RF and age. I blew the
spectrum analyzer circuit years ago with a 10m FM transmission; watching all the bars max out and blink before
dropping silent. No big deal. It was also the source of some of the buzz on 15m when TXing; since thats one of
the few times the spec-an on it registers any activity. But this buzzing and going in to its power-on-reset was new,
especially on 40m.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I checked a few things inside, rearranged some wires, and verified I still had ground connections. All of that was
fine, no change there. But what changes had I made since putting the antenna back up and getting the FT-1000MP on the
air? Well, nothing; at first. But I recalled some behavior that lead me to my next path, the antenna. I had noticed
that when my tuner wasnt properly tuned; Id get more buzz. I run a balanced-line fed doublet; and then I remembered
I had risen and lowered the antenna due to bouts of wind recently. I went to the “interconnect” I have from the tuner
to the feed-line coming inside. The level of noise was not dropping nearly as much when both sides were connected.
AH-HA. I bet one of my solder joints broke.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wish I could explain why I soldered my feed-line vs crimping it; it was just something I felt like doing. Ive
actually built two versions of this doublet, my original from 2015 and a replacement in 2018; but I kept all the
balanced line. Sure it might look rough and be kinked in spots; but its still perfectly usable. In 2018 I had one
solid un-spliced run on my antenna; it performed no better or worse than the previous one with splices everywhere.
I had once read the most important thing when working with this stuff, aside from keeping it away from metal, is to
maintain the spacing of the conductors. This was one of the reasons I stuck with the stuff; not only was its
performance suited for the application, but you can actually splice it back together. Theres no worry about water
ingress damaging it like coax, so even the old pieces I tossed under the shack for storage were easily able to be
put back in to service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How do I keep it from falling apart and stranding my antenna in its raised position? Zip-ties. I run a couple of
zip-ties through the “windows” to act as somewhat of a physical strain relief, but mostly backup support. If things
broke at a splice…the ties would still allow me to lower the antenna.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So, I went outside, loosened one leg of the antenna, and began lowering it via gentle tugging on the feed-line. It
was then I saw it; one of the splices had broken. “This explains everything,” I thought to myself. The one sides
solder joint was still strong, only the one had failed. It was the last one of the repair job, so I was likely
tired and having issues getting it to flow; that solid core just sucks up the heat and the flux core in my “antique”
solder probably isnt much good anymore.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I cut the wire from the center insulation enough to jam a crimp splice on to it, making sure to keep the overall
length matching the good leg and crimped it down.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Of course, while doing this; the wind decided to blow the feed-line out of reach while working on it. It was probably
too windy to safely keep the antenna up, so Ill have to wait and confirm my repair worked. However, Im &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;
confident it will do the job. The other splice was still intact and since the radio was still receiving things; I
knew the patched-up leg wasnt an issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;message&quot;&gt;Update: With the winds diminishing after the sun went down; I pulled the anntenna back up to
operating position and confirmed the problem had been solved. No more buzzing on 40m and my expected tuning solution
had been restored.&lt;/div&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Mirroring Page Up</title>
<link href="http://0.0.0.0:4000/blog/2023/01/19/mirroring-page-up/"/>
<updated>2023-01-19T03:47:48+00:00</updated>
<id>http://0.0.0.0:4000/blog/2023/01/19/mirroring-page-up</id>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I have completed (I hope) modifying all of VK7ZJAs pages for mirroring and have created a page where I will list
those and future mirrors. The link is in the sidebar/menu. 73.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Jason-VK7ZJA Has Passed</title>
<link href="http://0.0.0.0:4000/blog/2023/01/18/jason-vk7zja-has-passed/"/>
<updated>2023-01-18T20:51:12+00:00</updated>
<id>http://0.0.0.0:4000/blog/2023/01/18/jason-vk7zja-has-passed</id>
<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I have just received word that Jason/VK7ZJA passed away on the morning of 17-JAN-2023. I never spoke to him, but he did write a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; detailed page of modifications and technical documentation
for the Anytone 878 DMR HT; as well as a few others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Though I currently dont own one, I may in the future; and the amount of work and information Jason put on to the page is too valuable to lose. As a service to the ham community, I am mirroring
his pages so that they may be reliably available in the future (or for however long I can keep my hosting). I am currently working my way through modifying all of his HTML pages to facilitate
mirroring, removing external and unnecessary file hosting links, and adding SK notices. All of these will be collected on a page when the project is finished. However, the 878 page is complete.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://nq4t.com/anytone/878techmods.htm&quot;&gt;Jason/VK7ZJAs Anytone 878 Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>FT-1000MP MKV DVS-2 Article Posted</title>
<link href="http://0.0.0.0:4000/blog/2023/01/15/ft-1000mp-mkv-dvs-2-article-posted/"/>
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<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;One of the reasons I started this site back up was to have a place to write about my experiences building a digital interface to the FT-1000MP MKV and
some of the lessons learned while doing it. So it makes sense it was one of the first things I did &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the long process of building the site.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;//pages/ft1000mp/2023/01/15/why-the-dvs-2-port-is-better-for-digital-modes/&quot;&gt;Read it here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://nq4t.com/pages/ft1000mp/2023/01/15/why-the-dvs-2-port-is-better-for-digital-modes/&quot;&gt;Read it here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
</entry>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/images/dvsbanner.jpg&quot; /&gt;
&lt;img class=&quot;wrap-left&quot; src=&quot;/images/dvsport.jpg&quot; /&gt;One of the things on my list was to see about home-brewing a DVS-2. I didnt feel like spending the money to find one on that auction site, in fact I refuse to do any
business with that place to start with. I knew the port had some additional control lines other than just audio and PTT, so I did a little digging around to see what
they might do. Thats when I stumbled across &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.va3cr.net/accessories/DVS2.htm&amp;gt;VA3CRs page&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; (SSL expired) about the DVS-2 as well as
they might do. Thats when I stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.va3cr.net/accessories/DVS2.htm&quot;&gt;VA3CRs page&lt;/a&gt; (SSL expired) about the DVS-2 as well as
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.qsl.net/gm0onx/ft1000mp%20interface.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; GM0ONXs page&lt;/a&gt; about an interface that used the DVS-2 port. Both pages provided information
about interfacing with this port, with VA3CRs page providing a truth-table for the control lines. Though Id originally planned on making a hardware device for voice-keying,
this was just single-tracked thought. Both of these pages gave me the solution I really needed: just interface with the DVS-2 port. The muting of the microphone when keying

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<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/public/favicon.ico">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/public/favicon.ico">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/public/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/public/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/public/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" href="/public/android-chrome-192x192.png">
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</a>
</h1>
<h5>spurious emissions</h5>
<p class="lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
<p class="side-lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
</div>
<nav class="sidebar-nav">
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/blog/">Posts</a>
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/mirrors/">Mirrored Pages</a>
</nav>
<h6>Powered by jekyll and Fohdeesha.
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<br>Last updated: 2023-01-21 04:09:28 +0000
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<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="/public/apple-touch-icon-144-precomposed.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/public/favicon.ico">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/public/favicon.ico">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/public/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/public/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/public/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" href="/public/android-chrome-192x192.png">
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<link rel="manifest" href="/public/site.webmanifest">
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/atom.xml">
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</a>
</h1>
<h5>spurious emissions</h5>
<p class="lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
<p class="side-lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
</div>
<nav class="sidebar-nav">
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item active" href="/blog/">Posts</a>
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/mirrors/">Mirrored Pages</a>
</nav>
<h6>Powered by jekyll and Fohdeesha.
<br>Last updated: 2023-01-15 06:05:51 +0000
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<br>Last updated: 2023-01-21 04:09:28 +0000
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</li>
<h3>Ham-Problems</h3>
<li>
<a href="/blog/2023/01/20/sudden-rf-in-the-shack/">Sudden RF In The Shack | 20-JAN-2023</a>
</li>
<h3>Site</h3>
<li>
<a href="/blog/2023/01/19/mirroring-page-up/">Mirroring Page Up | 19-JAN-2023</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/blog/2023/01/18/jason-vk7zja-has-passed/">Jason-VK7ZJA Has Passed | 18-JAN-2023</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/blog/2023/01/15/ft-1000mp-mkv-dvs-2-article-posted/">FT-1000MP MKV DVS-2 Article Posted | 15-JAN-2023</a>
</li>

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# Write the post in whatever editor you want.
nano + $file
# Move the file to category/_posts replacing spaces with hyphen
# Spell check, move the file to category/_posts replacing spaces with hyphen, remove .bak
aspell check $file
mv $file pages/_posts/$pd-${t// /-}.md
rm $file.bak
# Display some output to verify it's done.
printf "\nPage $title categorized in $tag: pages/_posts/$pd-$t.md\n\n"

@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ printf -- "---\ntitle: $title\nlayout: post\ndate: $pd $pt\ntags: ${tag^}\nexcer
# Write the post in whatever editor you want.
nano + $file
# Move the file to category/_posts replacing spaces with hyphen
# Spell check, move the file to category/_posts replacing spaces with hyphen, delete .bak
aspell check $file
mv $file blog/_posts/$pd-${t// /-}.md
rm $file.bak
# Display some output to verify it's done.
printf "\nPost $title tagged in $tag: blog/_posts/$pd-$t.md\n\n"

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<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="/public/apple-touch-icon-144-precomposed.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/public/favicon.ico">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/public/favicon.ico">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/public/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/public/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/public/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" href="/public/android-chrome-192x192.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="512x512" href="/public/android-chrome-512x512.png">
<link rel="manifest" href="/public/site.webmanifest">
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<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/atom.xml">
</head>
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</a>
</h1>
<h5>spurious emissions</h5>
<p class="lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
<p class="side-lead">Jay &middot; Ham Radio Operator<br>QTH: Manassas, VA, USA<br>LOC: FM18 &middot; ITU: 8 &middot; CQ: 5</p>
</div>
<nav class="sidebar-nav">
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/blog/">Posts</a>
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<a class="sidebar-nav-item" href="/mirrors/">Mirrored Pages</a>
</nav>
<h6>Powered by jekyll and Fohdeesha.
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<br>Last updated: 2023-01-21 04:09:28 +0000
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</div>
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<div class="post">
<h1 class="post-title">
<a href="/blog/2023/01/15/ft-1000mp-mkv-dvs-2-article-posted/">
FT-1000MP MKV DVS-2 Article Posted
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Sudden RF In The Shack
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<span class="post-date">20 Jan 2023 &middot; Tagged: Ham-Problems</span>
<p>One of the reasons I started this site back up was to have a place to write about my experiences building a digital interface to the FT-1000MP MKV and
some of the lessons learned while doing it. So it makes sense it was one of the first things I did <em>after</em> the long process of building the site.</p>
<br>
<p><em>Updated since first posting</em></p>
<p><a href="//pages/ft1000mp/2023/01/15/why-the-dvs-2-port-is-better-for-digital-modes/">Read it here.</a></p>
<p>We all hear about it, weve probably experienced it, and weve all done our fair share of fighting with it.
So what happens when RF decides to suddenly appear in your shack? How did I solve this latest problem? How
the hell did I even notice it in the first place?</p>
<a href="/blog/2023/01/20/sudden-rf-in-the-shack/">Read Full Post...</a>
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<span class="post-date">19 Jan 2023 &middot; Tagged: Site</span>
<p>I have completed (I hope) modifying all of VK7ZJAs pages for mirroring and have created a page where I will list
those and future mirrors. The link is in the sidebar/menu. 73.</p>
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Welcome to the new NQ4T.com
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Jason-VK7ZJA Has Passed
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<span class="post-date">14 Jan 2023</span>
<span class="post-date">18 Jan 2023 &middot; Tagged: Site</span>
<p>I have just received word that Jason/VK7ZJA passed away on the morning of 17-JAN-2023. I never spoke to him, but he did write a <em>very</em> detailed page of modifications and technical documentation
for the Anytone 878 DMR HT; as well as a few others.</p>
<p>Though I currently dont own one, I may in the future; and the amount of work and information Jason put on to the page is too valuable to lose. As a service to the ham community, I am mirroring
his pages so that they may be reliably available in the future (or for however long I can keep my hosting). I am currently working my way through modifying all of his HTML pages to facilitate
mirroring, removing external and unnecessary file hosting links, and adding SK notices. All of these will be collected on a page when the project is finished. However, the 878 page is complete.</p>
<p><a href="https://nq4t.com/anytone/878techmods.htm">Jason/VK7ZJAs Anytone 878 Page</a></p>
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FT-1000MP MKV DVS-2 Article Posted
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<p>Hi,</p>
<span class="post-date">15 Jan 2023 &middot; Tagged: Site</span>
<p>Ive decided to revive the website. I had no real content on the previous one, so were starting fresh. Please be patient as I work on getting everything up
and new stuff finalized.</p>
<p>One of the reasons I started this site back up was to have a place to write about my experiences building a digital interface to the FT-1000MP MKV and
some of the lessons learned while doing it. So it makes sense it was one of the first things I did <em>after</em> the long process of building the site.</p>
<p>73,
NQ4T</p>
<p><a href="https://nq4t.com/pages/ft1000mp/2023/01/15/why-the-dvs-2-port-is-better-for-digital-modes/">Read it here.</a></p>
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<p>The second half of 2022 saw me not very active in the hobby due to illness. Yes, I got Covid; and Ive had some lingering issues from it. But most of it was the fact I lost complete trust in my employer after forcing it upon me through lies, deception, and general disrespect. It had been a very long time coming, far too long by some standards. But it put me in a situation where I had to sell all of my station to get by. The good news is, a couple of wonderful OM from the local club got a HF rig into my hands over the holidays; and a Yaesu FT-1000MP MKV at that.</p>
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For close to 20 years I spent my working life as a coin-op technician; fixing pinball machines, video arcade games, jukeboxes, slot machines, and anything in general that took a coin. I enjoyed the job, just not who I was doing it for at times. It physically destroyed my body, resulting in a L4-L5 spinal herniation that will be a problem for the rest of my life; pain, lack of flexibility, and nerve damage. I did return to it for a few years after recovering; but post-pandemic things quickly began to fall apart. Between the issues with the employer at the time and my physical injuries; I knew I couldnt continue doing it for any length of time. I had already dealt with six months of major back issues after the pandemic due to being overworked. My employer was getting angry at me for being injured…when it was the same conditions that lead to the injury 7 years prior. I did however find “stable-enough” income as an IT support freelancer.</p>
<h3 id="outside-of-radio">Outside Of Radio</h3>
<p>For close to 20 years I spent my working life as a coin-op technician; fixing pinball machines, video arcade games, jukeboxes, slot machines, and anything in general that took a coin. I enjoyed the job, just not who I was doing it for at times. It physically destroyed my body, resulting in a L4-L5 spinal herniation that will be a problem for the rest of my life; pain, lack of flexibility, and nerve damage. I did return to it for a few years after recovering; but post-pandemic things quickly began to fall apart. Between the issues with the employer at the time and my physical injuries; I knew I couldnt continue doing it for any length of time. I had already dealt with six months of major back issues after the pandemic due to being overworked. My employer was getting angry at me for being injured…when it was the same conditions that lead to the injury 7 years prior. I did however find “stable-enough” income as an IT support freelancer.</p>
<p>The other issue with my prior career was it made me enjoy a few hobbies much less. For years I loved playing with electronic circuits; but after spending numerous hours doing electronics stuff at work, I had no desire to come home and do the same. This moderately affected my love of hi-fi gear, as I wasnt interested in fixing the things anymore. It did however push me in to doing other things; like homelabbing and coding. This paid off in a way; as I was able to parlay some of that into a replacement job.</p>

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