If you need transmit access (and hold a USA license), email wa0tda@arrl.net.
The Stillwater Amateur Radio Association is at https://radioham.org/
- WØJH is in service, and we are populating the user base – SARA club members and Handiham club members. CW/SSB
- WØEQO is up and running. CW/SSB – SARA club members and Handiham club members. CW/SSB. Grid location: EN26lv
- WAØTDA is up and running. CW/SSB. Grid location: EN34mw
All of these radios are Icom IC-7300s. They work great, but it is possible to overdrive them and cause them to briefly power cycle. Check your microphone slider at the top of the Windows application and make sure it is not set too far to the right. Look at the transmit waveform as you transmit – if it shows any red, you are overdriving the radio. If the radio power cycles, its connection to the host PC will be lost and the system will have to be restarted by an administrator. Please be sure to let us know ASAP so that we can return the station to service.
Other circumstances can also cause this problem, including:
- Power outages, however brief
- Operating with high power at a frequency where the antenna tuner cannot find a good match
- Using too much compression
- Ice/snow on the antenna, making tuning difficult
- Failure of any part of the antenna and feedline
Note that there may be occasional unannounced outages when the antennas are disconnected during thunderstorms.
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