Zero Retries Back Issues - 2024

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2022 - Issue 0079 - yyyy (link)

2021 - Issue xxxx - yyyy (link)

2024 - Issue 0132 to date

Zero Retries 0134 - 2024-01-12

• Now, We Wait for the FCC to Decide on Bandwidth Limits for VHF / UHF Bands
• Enhancing Amateur Radio with What3Words

Zero Retries 0133 - 2024-01-05

• What’s New at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications - January 2024
• Connect Systems CS800D PLUS - Next Generation

Zero Retries 0132 - 2024-01-04

• Special Issue - My Comments to the FCC on Docket 16-239

2023 - Issue 0131 to

Zero Retries 0121 - 2023-10-20

• Requesting Help From the Zero Retries Readership - Inexpensive Generic Data Radio Recommendation?

• AREDN News Roundup - October 2023

  • AREDN Supernodes

  • Product Updates Affect AREDN Firmware Installation

  • Adapter for AREDN Node to Use a Satellite Television Dish

Zero Retries 0120 - 2023-10-13

• MMDVM Project - Clarifications on MQTT
• Pre-announcing the Book - Zero Retries Guide to Amateur Radio in the 21st Century
• What’s new at DLARC - October 2023

Zero Retries 0119 - 2023-10-06

• N8GNJ Labs Now Online Via Starlink
• MMDVM Project Update
• Zero Retries Interesting YouTube Videos - September 2023

Zero Retries 0118 - 2023-09-29

• Breaking News - Raspberry Pi 5 Announced
• When I Get Something Wrong - New Packet Radio Data Rate and Channel Size
• News from Packet Radio User’s Group

Zero Retries 0117 - 2023-09-22

• Revisiting the KM6LYW Radio DigiPi Project
• My Letter to ARRL Regarding Elimination of Symbol Rate from US Amateur Radio Regulations
• Latest AREDN Updates

Zero Retries 0116 - 2023-09-15

• Packet Radio Magazine Issues Now Online
• New Audio Interface - Universal Radio Modem
• The TEXNET Packet Switching Network

Zero Retries 0115 - 2023-09-08

• My Dad’s NOT ALLOWED to push this button!
• One Year Update on DLARC
• Amateur Radio GEO Payload for the Americas - Update 2023-08
• 5 GHz 10 watt Power Amplifier

Zero Retries 0114 - 2023-09-01

• GNU Radio Conference - A Few Zero Retries Interesting Talks
• Instructive Exchange Between Representative and FCC Chair
• New AREDN Software Production Release

Zero Retries 0113 - 2023-08-25

• MMDVM-TNC Project - New 9600 bps Data Mode
• Commentary on the MMDVM-TNC Project
• LoRa Implemented in GNU Radio Environment
• Experimental “Supernode” Online on the AREDN Network
• WINTNC - Windows TNC Driver Version 2.00

Zero Retries 0112 - 2023-08-18

• Amateur Radio Data Networks are aren’t just for… Typing?
• 2023 ARRL Technical Innovation Awards
• Hawaii Wildfires and Cellular as Sole Communications
• The Bigger Picture of RM-11953
• Update to KiwiSDR In Progress

Zero Retries 0111 - 2023-08-11

• Rebuttal to Don Rotolo N2IRZ’s Digital Connection in May, 2023 CQ Amateur Radio
• Revisiting the APRS Foundation

Zero Retries 0110 - 2023-08-04

• Where is the Leadership for an Amateur Radio Payload in Geosynchronous Orbit for the Western Hemisphere?
• Resurrected Heathkit Still… Alive…
• Amateur Radio Used to Have Two Organizations Representing Data Operating

Zero Retries 0109 - 2023-07-28

• Interesting Letter to FCC from Texas Department of Public Safety
• LimeSDR XTRX - Another Tiny SD Transceiver Board

Zero Retries 0108 - 2023-07-21

• DCC 2023 May Not Happen
• Enhancements and New Devices in AREDN Production Release 3.23.8.0
• What’s the Big Deal About VARA FM?
• Kevin Mitnick N6NHG is a Silent Keyboard
• Zero Retries Interesting YouTube Videos

Zero Retries 0107 - 2023-07-14

• The Ten Most Zero Retries Interesting Projects - Summer 2023 - Part 2
• VARA FM Repeater Considerations

Zero Retries 0106 - 2023-07-07

• The Ten Most Zero Retries Interesting Projects - Summer 2023 - Part 1
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Leverages ARISS for Outreach to 500 Grades 6-8 STEM Students

Zero Retries 0105 - 2023-06-30

• Phil Anderson W0XI, Kantronics Cofounder, is a Silent Keyboard
• Meet the BeaconBlaster-6

Zero Retries 0104 - 2023-06-23

• What Should Icom Do in the Near Future?
• Update on my Neil's Night Progress

Zero Retries 0103 - 2023-06-17

• Amateur Radio Moonshots - My Presentation for MicroHAMS Digital Conference 2023

Zero Retries 0102 - 2023-06-10

• SEA-PAC 2023
• Thoughts on Amateur Radio Adjacent Technologies - LoRa
• Jeff Geerling (of Raspberry Pi Fame) is now KF0MYB

Zero Retries 0101 - 2023-06-02

• Paywalled Amateur Radio Content Part 3 - Content from Specialized Technology Organizations

Zero Retries 0100 - 2023-05-26

• Perspective - Project Websites Without a News Section Hurts the Project
• Raspberry Pi Availability By Late Summer 2023

Zero Retries 0099 - 2023-05-19

• Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 3

Zero Retries 0098 - 2023-05-12

• Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 2

Zero Retries 0097 - 2023-05-05

• Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 1

2023 Zero Retries Podcasts

Zero Retries 0099 Podcast - 2023-05-19

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• Request To Send - Publicly Accessible Amateur Radio Content
• Story - Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 3 - What Neil’s Night is not (mostly, not a contest).
• ZR > BEACON - M17 OpenHT - A Breakthrough In Ham Radio
• Feedback Loop - Zero Retries Podcast seems well received by some (enthusiastically), but not all.

Zero Retries 0098 Podcast - 2023-05-19

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• Request To Send - Hamvention 2023 is next weekend!

• Story - Thought Experiment - Neil’s Night - Part 2 - Writing Neil’s Night Parts 2 and 3 was a bit like pulling taffy out of my brain - with tweezers.

• ZR > BEACON - Mostly DIY RF

• Feedback Loop - Thanks for the feedback on Zero Retries 0097.

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Zero Retries 0097 Podcast - 2023-05-19

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This podcast is based on Zero Retries 0097 newsletter, but is mostly a proof of concept test using a basic recording app (no editing, intros, outros, sound effects, etc.) to produce a 6:27 podcast.

2023 Zero Retries Bulletins

For time-sensitive “bulletins” that don’t justify publishing a special issue of Zero Retries, I use the Substack feature called “Threads”.

Help Needed for DLARC in Oakland, CA on 2023-08-30 - 2023-08-27

Apologies for the Template - 2023-07-23

Template Updated 2023-07-29 - 2023-07-22

Zero Retries Administrivia - Payment Options Now Activated - 2023-06-29

Zero Retries Administrivia - Activating Payment Options - 2023-06-21

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