Attached is the PDF of the FT8 / WSJTX Presentation by Robert Lewis (KK7YSV) given at the March 14, 2026 Tonto Amateur Radio Association (TARA) monthly meeting. FT8 (short for Franke–Taylor design, 8-FSK modulation) it is a frequency shift keying … Continue reading →
Made during WWII by the War Department, this official training film describes what frequency modulation (FM) is and how to use it in reference to radio communications. It also provides the comparison between FM and AM radio as far as … Continue reading →
Here as the link to the page with all of the information including: Videos, forms, etc. Introduction to NTS & Radiograms
Continue reading →The following attachments are from a presentation by Woody KJ7YYI and Rick KJ7ROX on how to program your HT radio presented at the monthly meeting on October 11, 2025. We cover both with and without software. Without Software This is … Continue reading →
At the April 12, 2025 TARA meeting we were lucky to have 2 presentations on SDR and POTA by Steve (K7OFG), and an update on the latest version of VARAC by Rick (KJ7ROX).
Continue reading →Todd (N7TWL) did the monthly presentation at the General Membership Meeting on 3 March, 2025. This was an updated version of an earlier presentation he did on 10 June 2023. This presentation was the very first we attempted to capture … Continue reading →
The following is from a Groups.io posting by Bruce – N7DDT What is SMS? Short Message Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile phones exchange short text messages, typically transmitted over cellular networks. … Continue reading →
The following is from a presentation by Woody – KJ7YYI at the monthly TARA meeting on July 13, 2024 This page as a PDF is found here: https://n7tar.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/An-Introduction-to-the-ARRL-NTS-Radiograms-Version-1.0.pdf This is a brief introduction ONLY and is focused at the Local … Continue reading →
Attached is a little write up I did about a recent 10 park POTA Rove I did this weekend in Southern Arizona with W7MOG and N7TX. I included some lessons learned as well. Hope you find it helpful in your … Continue reading →
The accompanying PDF file is located here: https://n7tar.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Woodys-Remote-Antenna-Switch.pdf
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