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Category: HAM Operators
Alfonso Faustino: Super Heterodyne vs. Direct Conversion, and Front-end Transceivers
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Your transceivers should be Super Heterodyne and have front-end filters (the ability to block unwanted RF) when in ICS-based emergency operations. If you don’t get Super Heterodyne transceivers and don’t have a filter for the front-end, like Anytone and Ailunce HD1 or cheap oriental transceivers, you will experience desensitizing in…
Alfonso Faustino: CARLA: Antenna Replacement Project (K6ASF)
Boss invited me to go with him to one of the CARLA sites to replace an antenna on one of CARLA’s towers. I always enjoy helping Boss at his CARLA’s sites; because, I get to see all the technology that makes CARLA so great. In addition to CARLA’s technology, CARLA resides in some of the…
Alfonso Faustino: Motorola XPR 7550 VHF Transceiver (K6ASF)
My collection of Motorola hand-held transceivers is complete with the Motorola XPR 7550 VHF hand-held transceiver, shown below. The Motorola XPR 7550 VHF transceiver will take the place of my Motorola Radius CP200, as shown in the picture, below. I will either sell or use it as a back-up for VHF communications. Since I already…
Alfonso Faustino: My code-plug of repeaters (K6ASF)
Since I transitioned to using Motorola transceivers, XPR 7550e (UHF), CP200 (VHF), and XPR 7580 (33-Centimeter), I have to do my best to ensure that each of these transceivers can provide me with the necessary coverage I need in the event of a catastrophe that knocks out the mobile phone services. By far, my XPR…
Alfonso Faustino: Bay Area Fires: Importance of Transceivers (K6ASF)
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Alfonso Faustino: Motorola XPR 7580 Transceiver: 806-941 MHz (K6ASF)
An acquaintance gave me a Motorola XPR 7580, and his gift forced me to expand my knowledge and understanding of RX and TX operations in the 800 and 900 MHz frequencies with a hand-held transceiver. As I mentioned in my previous BLOGs, I’m really a believer in the Motorola transceivers for emergency preparations and social…
Alfonso Faustino: Yaesu VX-6R
My Yaesu Submersible VX-6R was my very first amateur HAM transceiver; and, it has been one of the best purchases I ever made with respect to Yaesu products. For a HAM operator, this tri-band transceiver is reliable, durable, affordable, and has more than enough RF communications features an amateur HAM operator could ever want and…
Alfonso Faustino: Aviation Transceiver: Yaesu FTA-450L
7-Sept-2017, 2217 Hours PDT NOTE: I am not a PIC; I completed my FAA Ground School and working on flight hours for being a PIC; hence, I purchased my this awesome aviation transceiver. All ATC comms in this test, contained within the four corners of this BLOG, were done by my PIC, Scott. He is…
Alfonso Faustino: Reasons I use Commercial Hand-held Transceivers (Motorola XPR 7550e) (K6ASF)
Before I begin, I wanna thank HAM Operator, AKA: Boss, Tom Nasso, for introducing me to Motorola HAM operations: analog and DMR. Thanks, Tom, for helping me program my Motorola and for introducing me to the wonderful world of CARLA. BLUF: The reasons I use commercial/professional transceivers 100% reliability, durability, and high quality — all these reasons =…
Alfonso Faustino: CARLA Repeater Network — a must! (K6ASF)
I strongly believe, as an auxiliary emergency-trained communications personnel using the HAM transceivers as one of my many tools, it is important to be part of a working, functional, reliable communications network; hence, CARLA System is my go-to primary repeater network. Why? Because, the CARLA network consists of hundreds of repeaters, countless volunteer personnel, all…
