K8FQ · Bailey Ridge, WV · EM98vw

Amateur Radio Guides

Free guides, tested on a real station.

When something on my station breaks and the old guides point the wrong way, I write up what actually fixed it: my exact settings, the traps in the order I'd check them, and photos of the real hardware. They're free, and they stay free.

  • Tested on my own gear
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  • No "should work"
IC-7300 · Winlink · VARA HF · Digital modes · October 2026

IC-7300 + Winlink/VARA HF: radio won't key on one USB cable

PTT = CI-V, not RTS. Plus the five other traps that gave me zero watts, my exact VARA and 7300 settings, and how to prove you can receive mail over RF.

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More on the way as I work through the station. Stuck on something? Email contact@mountaineertech.io or find me on QRZ as K8FQ.