Store and Forward

About Store and Forward

a podcast about the past and future of ham radio

Publisher

Store and Forward

Category

leisure · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Apr 2024

Latest episode

14 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Jan 2026

   Store and Forward episode 14 — Ham Radio in 2025 and 2026

   Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/yg2mGqmBBHI (https://youtu.be/yg2mGqmBBHI) Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (a project of the Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/dlarc (https://archive.org/details/dlarc) Zero Retries Newsletter: https://www.zeroretries.org (https://www.zeroretries.org/) As evidenced by a six month gap in episodes of Store & Forward, the latter half of 2025 was busy for both Kay / DLARC and Steve / Zero Retries. The big project for Steve and his wife Tina KD7WSF in 2025 was the decision to hold the first Zero Retries Digital Conference (2025) in Everett, Washington on September 13, as well as continuing to publish Zero Retries weekly. ZRDC 2025 Archive – https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-digital-conference-2025 (https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-digital-conference-2025). There was an amazing amount of preparation work to be done for ZRDC 2025, and we were also volunteers for GNU Radio Conference 2025, held the week before, and in the same venue, as ZRDC 2025. The big project for Kay and Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (DLARC) was receiving a second grant to continue acquiring and digitizing and organizing additional material for DLARC. DLARC scanned about 750,000 pages in 2025 of ham newsletters, manuals, and documents, much of it never online before, now searchable. And that number doesn’t include audio, CD-ROMs, video, reel-to-reel, even some movie filmstrips. Two big highlights of Kay’s work for DLARC in 2025 were: Locating and publishing Packet Radio Temporary Notes (early packet radio development documents from the 1970s–80s, informally circulated, never formally published). He says many still remain to be found. Permission from AMSAT (NA / US) to add everything they have published, including newsletters and magazines like AMSAT Journal and Amateur Satellite Report, sourced from paper scans and DVDs. Orbit Magazine, published for only a year or so, was a particular highlight. One of Steve’s primary highlights of 2025, besides ZRDC 2025, was the emergence of the LinHT (Linux Handheld Transceiver). LinHT is an open source project to develop an open source Software Defined 420-450 MHz transceiver in a portable radio format. The big news about LinHT is that it runs GNU Radio natively, not a stripped down version. The LinHT prototypes are working and have a few modes such as M17 already running, and Revision 2 is already in development. More info at https://m17project.org/linht-hw/ (https://m17project.org/linht-hw/). Another of Steve’s highlights of 2025 was late in the year, 44Net Connect (which Steve had been calling 44Net VPN) competed its beta testing phase. 44Net Connect is now available for any Amateur Radio Operator to request a block of static IPv4 IP addresses with a free Virtual Private Network service. This is particularly useful for Amateur Radio Operators whose Internet service provides IPv4 addresses via “Carrier Grade Network Address Translation”, such as Starlink. In 2026, Kay looks forward to continuing to acquire and digitize material for DLARC. Steve is looking forward to a (likely) ZRDC 2026, perhaps some involvement in requesting regulatory changes by the FCC to remove symbol rates and bandwidth limits from the VHF / UHF bands, a new book from ARRL titled Digital Networking for Ham Radio, and working with ARDC once again on their new Grants Communications Team.

2. 

   30 May 2025

   Store and Forward episode 13 — Steve’s Adventures at Hamvention 2025

   Steve and Kay discuss Steve's highlights from Hamvention 2025, including FlexRadio's Aurora unit and FreeDV's Radio Autoencoder, plus Kay's work with the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications.

3. 

   30 Apr 2025

   Store and Forward episode 12 — Big Plans

   The video version of this episode is at: https://youtu.be/h6__7kv8zjk Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (a project of the Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/dlarc Zero Retries Newsletter: https://www.zeroretries.org Amateur Radio Digital Communications: https://www.ardc.net GNU Radio Conference 2025: https://events.gnuradio.org/event/26/ Zero Retries Digital Conference 2025: https://www.zeroretries.org/p/conference IP400 Network Project: https://adrcs.org/adrcs/ip400-network-project/ Hamvention: https://hamvention.org The big news of this episode is that Internet Archive received a second grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) to enable DLARC to continue for an additional two years. There is already a queue of scanning work to be done, and digital material to be added. Steve observed that “all the infrastructure, systems, and relationships” are in place to make even more progress with this second grant. Kay discussed the addition of 32 Amateur Radio Callbooks to the Callbook section, bringing the total to nearly 150. These books, dating back to the 19th century, provide valuable information on Amateur Radio callsigns, addresses, and names. Kay also shared their discovery of old floppy disks containing software and meeting minutes from the Northwest Amateur Packet Radio Association (NAPRA). Of interest to Steve, Kay mentioned packet radio software WA7MBL MailBox V2.04. It’s an DOS work-alike of the W0RLI MailBox software (which originated on CP/M systems, and was later ported to DOS). There’s PBBS - Packet Bulletin Board System published by the Wake Digital Communications Group in 1985. And, meeting minutes from the Northwest Amateur Packet Radio Association for 1990-1991. If NARPA seems familiar, maybe it’s because they published a newsletter called Zero Retries. NAPRA’s Zero Retries newsletter was the origin of Steve’s use of Zero Retries, since NAPRA is long defunct. Steve’s looking forward to looking over those additional issues of Zero Retries (he contributed a number of paper copies). This episode encompasses Zero Retries issues 0193 thru 0198. Steve discusses he and his wife Tina (KD7WSF) attendance at HamSCI 2025 conference in Newark, NJ in March. In addition to publishing Zero Retries every Friday, Steve has stayed busy in the past month or so replying to FCC Requests for Comments. Steve discussed his new perspective that Software Defined Radio is THE Imperative for US Amateur Radio. He also discussed his “deja vu - flashback” from two decades ago when a black box data radio was first discussed by his advanced packet radio co-conspirators in the Seattle area. Steve and Tina are now volunteers for the GNU Radio Conference (GRCon) which will be held in Everett, WA this year from September 8-12. In addition to GRCon 2025, Tina and Steve have decided to start their own Zero Retries Digital Conference (ZRDC) to be held on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at the same venue as GRCon. The two conferences are independent of each other. Steve is also deeply involved in the development of the IP400 Network Project, and he discusses IP400 a bit. There will be a major announcement regarding IP400 in Zero Retries 0200, which will publish on May 2, 2025. Steve is looking forward to attending Hamvention 2025 in Xenia, OH on May 16-18. Because of his Editorship of Zero Retries, Steve has been granted media access so will be able to interview vendors before the conference on Thursday May 15th for stories in Zero Retries. Listen for some exciting “reveals” of both new additions to DLARC now that DLARC acquisition and archiving is ramping back up, and stories from Hamvention in the next episode of Store & Forward.

4. 

   6 Mar 2025

   Store and Forward episode 11 — Backing up the FCC

   The video version of this episode is at: https://youtu.be/4usXx128IME Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (a project of the Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/dlarc Zero Retries Newsletter: https://www.zeroretries.org DLARC (and Kay personally) got some nice accolades (along with the Internet Archive in general) on Ham Radio Workbench podcast episode 229 by the hosts and the ARDC personnel who were guests on that episode. https://www.hamradioworkbench.com/podcast/hrwb-229-all-about-44-net-and-the-ardc Kay discussed the current project of DLARC is to archive YouTube videos and other media of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) - https://archive.org/details/fcc-videos. As with every change of US presidential administration and corresponding emphasis in US government agencies, priorities are changing at the FCC, and some media may be removed. In addition to the FCC YouTube videos, DLARC is also archiving the FCC Daily Digest. Steve reported that Zero Retries now has 2500+ email subscribers, and Substack recently declared him a “Substack bestseller” because Zero Retries now has more than 100 paid subscribers. Steve talked about Wi-Fi Sensing Array (ZR 0190) demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXwDrcd1t-E that really shows how directional antennas, attenuation, reflections, etc. While that wasn’t the primary intent of the demo, it was really impressive. Steve will be attending the HamSCI 2025 conference https://hamsci.org/hamsci2025  in Newark, New Jersey on Friday March 14, and Saturday March 15: This year's theme, "HamSCI's Big Year," celebrates the community's achievements, including the Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science (FOEIS) during the 2023 annular and 2024 total solar eclipses. The workshop features nearly 50 poster and oral presentations, four HamSCI tutorials, and a keynote address by ARRL's Bob Inderbitzen (NQ1R) at the HamSCI Banquet on Friday March 14th.

5. 

   13 Jan 2025

   Store and Forward episode 10 — Back to Work in 2025

   Steve and Kay discuss the latest advancements in Amateur Radio technology, exploring innovations like software-defined radios, AI-powered signal processing, and the democratization of computing power in radio communications.

6. 

   11 Dec 2024

   Store and Forward episode 9 — SuperPeater

   Kay and Steve discuss the Internet Archive's security issues, the discovery of a vast archive of Russian Amateur Radio translations, and the potential for real-time translation of Amateur Radio voice communications, highlighting the democratization of radio accessibility.

7. 

   30 Oct 2024

   Store and Forward episode 8 — Pacificon 2024

   The DLARC both at Pacificon featured the words FREE ONLINE HAM RADIO LIBRARY Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications (a project of the Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/dlarc Zero Retries Newsletter: https://www.zeroretries.org The video version of this episode is at:  https://youtu.be/Mbv0f7GKUdo Kay and Steve discussed their experiences at Pacificon 2024, a ham radio conference held in San Ramon, California on Oct 18-20 2024. https://www.pacificon.org/ Steve shared their impressions of the event, including the unique agricultural landscape they encountered on their drive there and the interesting sessions they attended. Steve was particularly impressed by a session about Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR), which allows for global communication on low power through digital signal processing. Steve shared his excitement about the new developments in the MMDVM project, including the introduction of a data mode and a transcoding system. Kay shared their experience at the event, where they had a booth promoting the Digital Library of Amateur Radio Communications (DLARC). Kay gave two talks, one about their experiences as a curator of DLARC and another to the Young Ladies Radio League. Kay enjoyed a group dinner and the ham shack tent outside. Kay, who hadn't used HF in 30 years, was amazed by modern SDR technology that allows for real-time monitoring of the entire band, making it easier to find interesting signals. Steve agreed, noting that this technology has significantly changed the hobby. They also discussed the appeal of FT8, a digital mode that allows for quick communication, but Kay expressed preference for more human interaction. Steve highlighted the versatility of the hobby, mentioning the use of digital technology for email messaging and remote stations. Kay shared their experience of attending the Internet Archive's Homecoming/Open House Week, where they met with other employees in person. Kay shared that the Internet Archive was down for two weeks due to a hack and security issues, but is now back in read-only mode and expected to return to normal soon. They also discussed the annual celebration and talks at the Internet Archive’s open house, which Kay described as a "church for people who love libraries."  https://blog.archive.org/2024/10/29/supporters-stand-strong-with-internet-archive-at-annual-celebration/Finally, Kay talked about interviewing Nick Kennedy WA5BDU about his Atari computer keyer software. https://youtu.be/SoGkbA5tsRk

8. 

   24 Sept 2024

   Store and Forward episode 7 — Now We Wait for the FCC

   The video version of this episode is at: http://archive.org/details/store-and-forward-7 Steve is relieved that the Comment and Reply Comment periods for FCC Docket 24-240 https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/results?q=(proceedings.name:(%2224-240%22)) have ended. It’s been a pretty intense month of writing for him. Now it remains for the FCC to digest all the comments (more than 1800, and still coming in, despite the deadline of 2024-09-20) and make a decision to grant NextNav’s petition https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10416238018537/1 to radically reconfigure the 902-928 MHz band for their proposed “supplement GPS with a terrestrial Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) system”, or not, or some variant of NextNav’s request. Steve and Kay discuss some of the myriad uses of the US 902-928 MHz band of which Amateur Radio is just one. Steve wasn’t previously aware that all of the automatic tolling systems nationwide (such as EZ-Pass) use 902-928 MHz for communicating between the overhead “readers” and the toll “badges” inside the vehicle. Another surprise was the use of 902-928 MHz for at least some of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags used on retail merchandise, inside warehouses, and even scaling up to freight containers. Yet another use of 902-928 MHz is Z-Wave, a home automation system, but it actually scales up to use in commercial buildings such as skyscrapers, for managing lighting. Not to mention the tens of millions of Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) systems in use nationwide. Collectively, there are billions, perhaps tens of billions of devices that operate in the 902-928 MHz band that could be affected by FCC Docket 24-240. Steve guesses that the FCC will be surprised with the surge of comments about the use of Meshtastic https://meshtastic.org in the 902-928 MHz band,, including that it’s being used by individuals and small groups for emergency communications because it is a completely independent system that doesn’t need cellular, or Internet, or satellite. Steve briefly discusses “SDR Television” https://www.sdr-radio.com/sdr-television-sept-19th-2024, which is a feature in development of the SDR Console software https://www.sdr-radio.com that he’ll discuss in this week’s Zero Retries 0171 https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-0171. SDR Console works with most Software Defined Radio Receivers or Transceivers, including those as low-end as RTL-SDR receiver “dongles” https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/ or an Analog Devices ADALM-PLUTO https://www.analog.com/en/resources/evaluation-hardware-and-software/evaluation-boards-kits/adalm-pluto.html Software Defined Radio transceiver. With Amateur Radio Television almost to the point of being “just software” now, Amateur Radio could easily get into providing video content - over Amateur Radio, with no need for expensive custom hardware. Amateur Television could be as simple as an antenna, a Raspberry Pi, a RTL-SDR receiver, and some software and anyone could be receiving television from an Amateur Radio ATV repeater. Amateur Radio is allowed to transmit “bulletins”... Kay discusses the “rest of the story” of the “Problem Box” he discussed last episode. The interesting content of the Problem Box is now wonderfully archived into the Chuck Vesei Shortwave Radio Artifacts collection http://archive.org/details/vesei-shortwave in DLARC. This collection is a wonderful time capsule of two years of this (then) young man’s life of writing to international shortwave broadcast stations all over the world. Many of the stations he wrote to replied with not just the usual “confirmation of signal report” (QSL) cards, but also brochures, and a small collection of pennants. Kay discusses the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin https://archive.org/details/ohio-penn-dx-bulletin which ceased publication in October 2022 after 32 years of continuous weekly publication… by one person - Tedd Miraliotta KB8NW.

9. 

   5 Sept 2024

   Store and Forward episode 6 — The Problem Box

   The video version of this episode is at: https://archive.org/details/store-and-forward-6 Kay discusses a subset of the ongoing DLARC project of Bob Cooper archive - https://archive.org/details/bob-cooper, discussing an obscure newsletter of Cooper’s called “Coops Technology Digest”. Despite the donation of a container full of Cooper’s personal archives to DLARC, there were missing issues of this interesting newsletter. Steve joked that the missing issues might be “forbidden knowledge”. Kay managed to track down some of those missing issues to two libraries in New Zealand (where this newsletter was published) in hopes that they’ll help DLARC and digitize the missing issues in their collections. Kay discusses an obscure Amateur Radio publication called The Low Band Monitor that was donated by the California Historical Radio Society - https://californiahistoricalradio.com and the DX-Peditions Collection - http://archive.org/details/dx-peditions. Kay discusses the issue of “The Problem Box”, where well-meaning folks “throw stuff into a box” for donation to DLARC. Unfortunately, random, uncategorized, unsorted material like this are problematic for the Internet Archive scanning folks who want to “just get the scanning done” as efficiently as possible. Thus Kay needs to step in to figure out what the material is, organize it, assign metadata, and assess its priority for scanning. All Amateur Radio material is welcome for DLARC, but sometimes the human touch of an archivist like Kay needs to get involved (and that’s one of Kay’s many roles in managing DLARC). Finally Kay does another quick on-screen tour through the DLARC Wantlist of items that are known to exist, but have not yet been found or donated to DLARC such as missing issues of a magazine or newsletter. Steve discusses his enthusiasm for the M17 Project, which he has been covering extensively in recent issues of Zero Retries. M17 began as a well-developed open source specification for Amateur Radio digital voice and data in VHF / UHF bands. M17 has now been developed into a number of different hardware and software projects. In the past few months, a new M17 radio was developed - the Connect Systems CS7000 M17 - the first radio that does M17 “out of the box”. M17 is now at the point where “all the pieces are available” for M17 to be used as a Digital Voice repeater system on VHF / UHF, equivalent to semi-proprietary digital voice systems such as DMR, D-Star, and System Fusion. That M17 is an entirely open source system is causing a lot of excitement and interest in newer, younger, techie Amateur Radio Operators with a strong preference for using only open source systems in Amateur Radio. Amateur Radio “powers that be” don’t get why M17 being open source is different enough to justify changing their repeaters to allow M17, but some progressive Amateur Radio clubs do get it, such as Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club sponsoring a dedicated digital voice repeater which includes M17 as “just another digital voice mode” - https://www.mdarc.org/repeater-systems/digital-voice. As an example of why M17 being an open source project makes a difference, a recent project of M17 added public key / private key “signing” of M17 transmissions; if a public key signature is known (and trusted), a transmission that is “signed” with a person’s unique public key can be reasonably trusted to be from that person (who is the only person who can create a public key with the use of their unique private key). Steve is also enthusiastic about M17 because it is unique among the digital voice systems that was developed from the beginning to accommodate data transfers on an equal priority basis with digital voice transfers. A recent development by M17’s primary developer created a prototype dedicated messaging app for M17. M17 Project main website - https://m17project.org/ Connect Systems CS7000 M17 - https://www.connectsystems.com/products/top/radios/CS7000_M17.htm

10. 

    30 Aug 2024

    Store and Forward episode 5 — Admiral Hopper

    Video version of this episode: https://archive.org/details/store-and-forward-5 Kay and Steve were prepared to tell each other about a great, newly released video of US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper’s 1982 talk to the US “No Such Agency”. In these videos, the late Admiral Hopper was in great form, with lots of humor and history about her career in the US Navy. She begins the talk reminding everyone that the first electronic computer was built by the US Navy. Title of the talk was "Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People". Both Kay and Steve highly recommend these two videos. Grace Hopper on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_HopperPart One - https://archive.org/details/youtube-si9iqF5uTFkPart Two - https://archive.org/details/youtube-AW7ZHpKuqZg Kay played a newly found 30 second Public Service Announcement by Pernell Roberts and Gregory Harrison, stars of the TV show “Trapper John MD” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapper_John,_M.D.) ARRL Emergency Communications PSA - https://archive.org/details/205220-emergency-communications-dlarc-3674-master Kay discusses another portion of the ongoing DLARC project, the Bob Cooper Archive https://archive.org/details/bob-cooper Steve discusses the main story in Zero Retries 0166 (published 2024-08-23), the new Masters Communications DRA-Pi-Zero, a new Amateur Radio data communications interface (essentially, a modem for radios) - https://www.zeroretries.org/i/147797445/the-new-dra-pi-zero. This unit is just another option for using the very cool software called DigiPi created by Craig Lamparter KM6LYW - https://craiger.org/digipi/. Steve discusses another trend he is tracking in Zero Retries - the messaging capabilities built into Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) - http://www.aprs.org/aprs-messaging.html. APRS Messaging has been available and usable for years, but generally poorly implemented being built into radios where you can only input text with the buttons on the radio’s microphone. The Meshtastic app (https://meshtastic.org/), used on unlicensed bands like 902-928 MHz in the US, is showing how “messaging” can be… and should be… much more usable. Example apps in Amateur Radio are RadioMail - https://radiomail.app/ and VarAC - https://www.varac-hamradio.com/. Steve will be “encouraging” the development of “Messaging First” apps for APRS messaging in future issues of Zero Retries. Steve mentioned a cool new press release from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC): Unlock the Secrets of the Invisible Radio Universe with SuperKnova®Funded by a grant from ARDC, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has developed two no-cost, self-paced online courses on SuperKnova, an online educational platform accessible to learners of all ages: the Technician Amateur Radio License and EMS Course and the General Amateur Radio License and EMS Course. These courses introduce the fundamentals of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), which will not only help learners get their amateur radio license, but will also contribute to the longevity of the amateur radio community. In addition to applications in amateur radio, these concepts taught in the courses are also applicable in many career paths.https://www.ardc.net/wp-content/uploads/218-nrao-superknova-ardc-joint-press-release.pdfhttps://public.nrao.edu/news/unlock-the-secrets-of-the-invisible-radio-universe-with-superknova/ One of the NRAO facilities is the array of big dish antennas in New Mexico that was a primary location in the movie “Contact”. Steve’s big task in the next few days is to assemble his thoughts and comments in preparation for filing comments by the deadline on the “Spectrum Grab” currently in progress for the US 902-928 MHz band. The deadline for those comments to be filed by the FCC is next Thursday 2024-09-05. He plans to do a special mid-week issue of Zero Retries just on this topic.

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    15 Aug 2024

    Store and Forward episode 4

    Kay discusses their trip to Lima, Ohio to Fair Radio Sales - https://fairradio.com/, one of the last true military and government surplus stores (mostly electronic equipment). Fair Radio Sales is going out of business so the owner can retire. The business and its inventory is being auctioned and everything must go including a large amount of documentation. The owner of Fair Radio Sales agreed to allow Kay and DLARC to go through that documentation prior to Fair Radio Sales’ auction. Two vanloads of ~200 boxes were transported to the Internet Archive’s scanning facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The material will be scanned and added to the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications. In this week’s Zero Retries 0165, Steve discusses Zero Retries hitting 2,000 subscribers. Last week’s Zero Retries 0164 featured a story about his visit to the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) during Seattle, Washington’s Fleet Week 2024 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sampson_(DDG-102). Steve discusses his ongoing education about the M17 digital voice / data system - https://m17project.org/ developed as an entirely open source project and why that really matters in Amateur Radio, especially new techie Amateur Radio Operators as those getting their Amateur Radio license at DEFCON 32 this past week - DEF CON 32: Another mind-blowing experience - https://www.kb6nu.com/def-con-32-another-mind-blowing-experience/. Steve also discusses the newest threat to Amateur Radio operations in the 902-928 MHz band which is shared between licensed users including Amateur Radio and license-exempt uses such as Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and most recently, Meshtastic - https://meshtastic.org. FCC: WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU AND OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SEEK COMMENT ON NEXTNAV PETITION FOR RULEMAKING - https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-776A1.pdf Meshtastic - Meshtastic's Opposition to Proposed Changes on 900 MHz Band - https://meshtastic.org/blog/meshtastic-opposition-to-nextnav-proposed-changes/ ARRL: ARRL Urges Protecting the Amateur Radio 902-928 MHz Band - https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-urges-protecting-the-amateur-radio-902-928-mhz-band Comments on the new 902-928 MHz issue are due to the FCC by September 5, 2024 and Reply Comments are due to the FCC by September 20, 2024. ARRL Guide to Filing Comments with FCC - https://www.arrl.org/arrl-guide-to-filing-comments-with-fcc Steve will be following this issue closely in Zero Retries - https://www.zeroretries.org. Using DLARC, Amateur Radio Operators are Resurrecting Technical Ideas from the Past, Using 21st Century Tech https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/10/using-dlarc-amateur-radio-operators-are-resurrecting-technical-ideas-from-the-past-using-21st-century-tech/ Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications https://archive.org/details/dlarc Video version of this episode: https://archive.org/details/store-and-forward-4

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    28 Jul 2024

    Store and Forward episode 3

    Our longest episode ever! Kay tells of their trip to Denver to sort through Bob Cooper’s material, and learns the story of HBO signal hacker Captain Midnight. Steve gushes about Bennett Z. Kobb’s book Wireless Spectrum Finder and “Irrational Exuberance in Amateur Radio” in Zero Retries 0162 this week - https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-0162. Steve talks a bit about the weird unlicensed / Amateur Radio band at 902 - 928 MHz. Bob Cooper Archive at DLARC (work in progress): https://archive.org/details/bob-cooper?sort=-addeddate Shout out to Dan, the proprietor of Dr. Dan's Vintage Audio Repair in Denver - https://drdanselectronics.weebly.com/#/. He worked with Kay find a good home for the electronics units that were part of the Bob Cooper collection that otherwise would have ended up in an electronics recycling bin. Wireless spectrum finder: telecommunications, government, and scientific radio frequency allocations in the U.S., 30 MHz-300 GHz by Author Bennett Z. Kobb AK4AV https://archive.org/details/wirelessspectrum0000kobb Primary theme of Zero Retries 0162 was “Irrational Exuberance”. https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-0162 Dan Romanchik KB6NU: Hackers On Planet Earth conference https://hope.net Article - Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio? - https://www.kb6nu.com/back-to-the-future-are-hackers-the-future-of-amateur-radio/ Article - Wanna work with satellites? Get an amateur radio license - https://www.kb6nu.com/wanna-work-with-satellites-get-an-amateur-radio-license/ Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications https://archive.org/details/dlarc Video version of this episode: https://archive.org/details/store-and-forward-3

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    14 Jul 2024

    Store and Forward episode 2

    In this episode, Kay discusses their summer travel plans to collect material for DLARC, and Steve talks about beginning the fourth year of the Zero Retries newsletter. Sites mentioned in this episode: Texas Packet Radio Society (TPRS) Quarterly Report newsletter https://archive.org/details/texas-packet-radio Bob Cooper’s web site http://bobcooper.tv Fair Radio Sales https://fairradio.com 73 Magazine at DLARC https://archive.org/details/73-magazine Zero Retries 0160 https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-0160 Using DLARC, Amateur Radio Operators are Resurrecting Technical Ideas from the Past, Using 21st Century Tech https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/10/using-dlarc-amateur-radio-operators-are-resurrecting-technical-ideas-from-the-past-using-21st-century-tech/ Video version of this episode: https://archive.org/details/store-and-forward-2

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    28 Apr 2024

    Store and Forward episode 1

    In the first episode of the podcast, Kay and Steve explain why they're interested in amateur radio's future... and past. Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications http://archive.org/details/dlarc Zero Retries newsletter https://www.zeroretries.org/ LinuxFest Northwest https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/ MFJ Library https://archive.org/details/MFJlibrary?sort=-addeddate DX-peditions https://archive.org/details/dx-peditions Communications Academy conference archive https://archive.org/details/comm-academy Pile-Up Busters video parody https://archive.org/details/Pile_Up_Busters KiwiSDR 2 - https://kiwisdr.nz/products/kiwisdr2-1 Video version of this episode: https://archive.org/details/store-and-forward-1

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