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…
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Winter 2020 PSR Available
The Winter 2020 issue of TAPR’s Packet Status Register is now available.
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…
Introducing the TAPR TangerineSDR
By Scotty Cowling, WA2DFI – TangerineSDR’s roots extend back to the 2018 ARRL/TAPR DCC in Albuquerque, NM. At that conference, the HamSCI[1] community asked for TAPR’s help in developing a Software Defined Radio that they could use to collect ionospheric and other data. This radio, dubbed the Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS), needed particular capabilities, such as very accurate time-stamping…
WSPR on 20, 30 and 40 Meters
TAPR now offers its popular Raspberry Pi QRP TX Shield for WSPR in three versions: 20, 30 and 40 meters!
TAPR’s packetRadio
By Stana Horzepa, WA1LOU – The TAPR booth at the 1989 Dayton Hamvention was buzzing with the unveiling of a number of new packet-radio products including prototypes of the TAPR “packetRADIO.”
TAPR on the Case at HamSCI Workshop
By Stana Horzepa, WA1LOU – TAPR was present at Case Western Reserve University for the 2019 HamSCI Workshop, March 22-23. TAPR makers and shakers, John Ackermann N8UR, George Byrkit K9TRV, Scotty Cowling WA2DFI and Tom McDermott N5EG, were in attendance with John, Scotty and Tom making presentations, while George recorded the proceedings and handled the sound and video for the…
TAPR.ORG — The Next Generation
We’re pleased to introduce you to the new TAPR.ORG web site and on-line store. We’ve completely rebuilt the site using modern tools , and it’s hosted at a well-respected provider that provides automatic security updates. If you have any problems, please let us know (see the Contact page) so we can fix them!