Update on the RV Trip

I dind't post a whole lot about the RV Trip here, that's all in the root blog, http://DeepPlaya.com

However, I did want to take a second and say that our APRS setup with the D710  worked flawlessly. Friends and family were tracking us across the country. It was …

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D710 Wiring

Kenwood D710 Wiring

Here is a basic block diagram of how my Kenwood D710 is wired into my 1991 Winnebago Chieftain. Coming from the battery, the splitter is a PowerWerx OEM-T inline PowerPole Splitter. It allows me to plug the radio directly into the power feed and to also have a set of …

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D710 install

Today I visited the Ham Radio Online store in Oakland, CA. I finall bought all the pieces I'll need to gets Kenwood D710 on the air in the Land Yacht!! More to come including pics!!

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RV Mobile

ON our sailboat, Deep Playa, I operate Maritime Mobile. This summer we’re going to back to the states to RV around the country. So I need a mobile setup appropriate to RVing.On the boat, we use the radios (SSB and Marine VHF) to report our position and contact …

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CQ 40M Olivia 16/500 - I think

I am not sure I’m doing this right at all.

According to http://HFLink.com/Olivia there is a 40M calling frequency at 7042.5 DIAL and 750Hz offset. So I set DM780 to Olivia 16/500 and used HRI to dial up 7042.5 on my Icom M710 …

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