The August 2020 issue #145 of TAPR’s quarterly newsletter is now available here and from the TAPR website Library. The contents of the PSR #145 is as follows: Virtual ARRL/TAPR DCC, Sept. 11-12 TAPR at QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo TAPR Directors Election Donate to TAPR TAPR and COVID-19 multi-TCC: A Multi-Channel Timestamping Counter TAPR at Hamcation TAPR Wear Available…
TAPR at QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo
TAPR will have a booth at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo, coming to your laptop, tablet, and smartphone on August 8 and 9. Attendees have the opportunity to:Listen to and engage with 80+ internationally recognized ham radio luminaries who have committed to lead expo sessions including TAPR Director John Ackermann, N8UR. Click here for the speaker list.Walk through a…
2020 ARRL/TAPR DCC Update
The 39th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) will be a virtual conference on September 11 and 12, using Zoom video communications and YouTube video-sharing platforms. Registered DCC attendees participating via Zoom will be able to interact with presenters and other attendees via a chat room as well as raise a virtual hand to ask questions. Click here…
New TICC Firmware Available
John Ackermann, N8UR, just released an update to the Arduino firmware for the TICC. The new version is 20200412.1. It, along with all the TICC source code and documentation, is available at: https://github.com/TAPR/TICC In addition to a few bug fixes and cleanups, there are a couple of more noticeable changes that are discussed in the LATEST_CHANGES.txt file. One item changes…
ARRL/TAPR DCC Going Virtual
Due to recent events, the 2020 ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), originally planned for Charlotte, North Carolina, will be moved to an online virtual conference on the same dates as originally planned, September 11-13, 2020. The details of the Virtual DCC will be announced in the coming months as details and plans are finalized. We plan to hold…
Login/Membership Problems Fixed
The problems related to the website’s login and membership functions have been fixed.
TAPR 30m WSPR Board Comment
I saw your article on the RPi WSPR boards. I have been using a 30m board since Dayton as my only WSPR activity.Here is a screen shot of a 12 hour report in February, noon to midnight on 2-19-2020 running as recommend and I use a inverted Delta loop as an antenna.These boards really work well even in a sun…
Winter 2020 PSR Available
The Winter 2020 issue of TAPR’s Packet Status Register is now available.
DCC Proceedings Now Online
By Stana Horzepa, WA1LOU – Proceedings from the last four ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conferences (DCCs 2016-2019) are now online on the new TAPR website. This is a double treat because the last two conference proceedings have never been online before. So enjoy some excellent technical writing and whet your appetite for the 2020 edition of the DCC in…
Old to New
By Stana Horzepa, WA1LOU – As TAPR transitions from our old website to our new website, you may encounter broken links to the old website, for example, links embedded in our newsletter, PSR. All is not lost. Simply substitute www.tapr.org with web.tapr.org in the URL of the broken link. If you encounter any other problems with the new website, please click on the Contact menu…