Hojo's Ham Blog
Sunday, July 5, 2026
Soldering with new TOMOV 3D Digital Soldering Microscope
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My employer was kind enough to gift me with some Award points at Amazon for 40 years of service. So, I decided to spend it on a Digital Sol...
Saturday, December 13, 2025
An (un)bonding experience - Predator 9000
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I was shocked to discover that, by default, my Predator 9000 generator bonds the Neutral and Ground together... Well, not ACTUALLY shocke...
Sunday, November 23, 2025
LoRa Preamp shoot-out
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Two-Way Lora Signal Booster Comparisons As part of the Alpha Cubesat project at Cornell, we want to set up a "TinyGS" ground s...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Hojo and the Case of the Deviated Spectrum
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I was working on another of our passel of Alinco DR-1200T's. This one is our spare radio which I recapped, aligned (as best I cou...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
I had a serious buzz
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So, I was testing out my new POTA Monster setup before I took it to the field. The audio reports I got were not great. One friendly ha...
Monday, September 15, 2025
POTA Monster
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So, I've gotten more interested in POTA activations, recently. I had a lot of fun with my first activation in the Spring. I bought my...
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Hojo and the Case of the Silent DR-1200T
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We seem to have a fleet of Alinco DR-1200T's kicking around. The local APRS expert uses them, along with a TNC, for APRS nodes in the a...
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