Ham Radio

  • Firmware Update Xiegu XPA125B Amp/Tuner

    Firmware Update Xiegu XPA125B Amp/Tuner

    Quick and dirty – You should see it uploading, then after awhile it will reboot itself. If you did not get a reboot or it goes black no display: calm down! Repeat everything above and DO THE 1K thing above. Here’s a great video that helped me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkM5VIEYqe4.


  • Easy Ham Radio Arrow Antenna Mount for Tripod

    Easy Ham Radio Arrow Antenna Mount for Tripod

    I saw lots of DIY’s on how to better mount the antenna to the tripod but none quite fit what I wanted. I finally thought up this solution and it was so crazy easy I thought I’d share. It’s so much easier to handle my antenna now!! What You Need: The Idea: Using the mount,…


  • Setting up a MMDVM Hotspot with Raspberry Pi4

    Setting up a MMDVM Hotspot with Raspberry Pi4

    Purchases and notes Prep SD Card You can chose to prep the card with either Pi-Star or WPSD, but Pi-Star no longer pushes out updates.  The commands, passwords, interface between the two are similar enough that if you need help from Pi-Start tutorials, most easily passes over to WPSD.  The major advantage with WPSD is…