Amateur Radio Station NG0Z Deerwood - Bay Lake, Mn

07/23/2025

I fired up the Maestro tonight to see this…two radios to pick from. Then I realized my 6400, which is at FlexRadio for repair, must still be on their bench being tested!

07/15/2025

Logbook of the World confirmation #288 arrived today, thanks to the ZS8W DXpedition to Prince Edward and Marion Island. I was only able to make the contact once, on 40M FT8.

07/14/2025

07/14/2025

Adaptive Pre-distortion: Active

07/10/2025

Issue with CAT after upgrading to 3.9.19: CAT is very slow to open I've noticed (or takes two tries) and it stopped posting the frequency to N3FJP and here is what I did to fix it in case you have the same issue and/or until FlexRadio fixes this bug.

I deleted the CAT "Channel" for COM6 and then re-added it back and now it works again. Prior to that, I had rebooted everything in the station to no avail.

This is the first time CAT and it's link to N3FJP has stopped working...since 2021.

07/08/2025

8400 is up and running with 3.9.19. Looks and sounds great.

06/24/2025

My 8400 has been shipped!

06/24/2025

Logbook of the World confirmation #287 came today thanks to a Russian operator, Alexander Prokin, call sign R2AB, who set up in Montenegro as call sign 4O/R2AB. I got him on 17 meters FT8.

06/22/2025

I was calling 4O/R2AB (Montenegro) on 18 meters FT8 over and over again to no avail. Then I tried something I rarely do. I transmitted on his transmit frequency. He came back to me right away.

06/15/2025

The Logbook of the World confirmation number 286 arrived today, courtesy of the 2024 DXpedition to Fernando de Noronha, an island off the coast of Brazil. I got them on several bands, both voice and digital.

06/14/2025

My FLEX 6400 stopped connecting to my network (no little green light at the Ethernet connection). Did some troubleshooting and elimination, and decided to go to the spare 6400 and open a ticket. After about two hours, I'm back on the air.

05/24/2025

https://www.wuwm.com/arts-culture/2025-05-22/ham-radio-milwaukee-amateur-broadcasting-diy

Journalist Tea Krulos wrote about Milwaukee's amateur radio community for this month's Milwaukee Magazine. He joined Lake Effect's Joy Powers to share more.