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 …
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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 …
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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!
Nowadays, one of the most impressive QRP modes is Joe Taylor, K1JT’s WSPR (pronounced “whisper”) mode. WSPR stands for “Weak …
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TAPR’s packetRadio
By Stana Horzepa, WA1LOU
After returning home from Hamvention 30 years ago, I wrote the following for ARRL’s packet radio newsletter Gateway:
TAPR UNVEILS packetRADIO AT DAYTON
The Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) booth at the Dayton Hamvention was
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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 …
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Loop on Ground (LoG) Antenna
By Stana Horzepa, WA1LOU
Thanksgiving Eve, 40 degrees, breezy, overcast, rain in the forecast – a good day to put up a new antenna – NOT. But I was not to be deterred by Mother Nature.
Actually, I did not …
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Misko and APRS in Reunion
By Miroslav ‘Misko’ Skoric, YT7MPB
The 7th edition of 2019 IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of the Indian Ocean (IEEE RADIO 2019), the international conference was held in Reunion Island September 23-26, 2019. I had a tutorial on amateur radio …
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Appalachian Golden Packet Expansion
By Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
We finished the Appalachian Golden Packet (ATGP) event with 15 hops to Maine and 14 hops back to Georgia.
We think we can increase throughput 20x or more for 2020 by totally changing our beacon plan, …
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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 a modern content management system and e-commerce platform, hosted at a well-respected provider that provides automatic security updates.
We’ll be …
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