cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/14953208

Bands with a 300 baud rate limitation eliminated by this order are the 160 meter band; 80 meter band; 40 meter band segments 7.000–7.100 MHz and 7.100–7.125 MHz; 30 meter band; 20 meter band segment 14.00–14.15 MHz; 17 meter band segment 18.068–18.110 MHz; 15 meter band segment 21.0–21.2 MHz; and 12 meter band segment 24.89–24.93 MHz. The 10 meter band segment 28.0–28.3 MHz has a 1200 baud rate limitation, which is also lifted.

“Instead, the commission establishes a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limitation in the applicable amateur radio bands,” it said.

Bands with a 300 baud rate limitation eliminated by this order are the 160 meter band; 80 meter band; 40 meter band segments 7.000–7.100 MHz and 7.100–7.125 MHz; 30 meter band; 20 meter band segment 14.00–14.15 MHz; 17 meter band segment 18.068–18.110 MHz; 15 meter band segment 21.0–21.2 MHz; and 12 meter band segment 24.89–24.93 MHz. The 10 meter band segment 28.0–28.3 MHz has a 1200 baud rate limitation, which is also lifted.

“Instead, the commission establishes a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limitation in the applicable amateur radio bands,” it said.

Capradio laid off 12% of their staff, and ended some of its weekend music shows, including Mick Martin’s Blues Party, Hey Listen with Nick Bruner, At the Opera, and K-ZAP on CapRadio.

Additional context with a bonus quote from Nick Brunner - "Now that dries up immediately thanks to this incredibly poorly thought out, reprehensible action on behalf of Tom Karlo and the CapRadio board."

After a long wait, SDRPlay finally released a preview version of SDRconnect, their new cross-platform software for all SDRPlay SDR receivers except the rsp1. This release includes native network streaming, meaning you can set up 2 devices running SDRconnect, 1 in server mode with the SDR plugged in, and the other remotely connected via the network.

Check out https://www.sdrplay.com/sdrconnect/ for more information. I'm not affiliated with SDRPlay in any way, I've just been anxiously waiting for this release for many months.

I recently built myself a ground plane ADSB antenna. Following the results of an online calculator got me in the ballpark of the lowest SWR being close to my target frequency. At this point, I started adjusting things and noticed that the SWR shifted when I adjusted the vertical angle of the radials. SWR shifted to my chosen frequency when the radials were about 20* above the horizon, which looks like no ground plane antenna I've ever seen before, which either have horizontal or radials angled down at 45*.

With that background, I have 3 questions: 1: What is the implication on radiation/reception pattern of ground plane radials above horizontal? Am I missing out on transmissions close to the horizon and adding vertical gain?

2: Does SWR being lowest with "inverted" radials indicate that the radials are too long? Too short? Just right and I did something else wrong?

3: Is ground plane radial length measured from the attachment point, or the theoretical distance between the end of the radial and the bottom of the radiator? There's a good chance I built these too long, since I measured the radial length from the attachment point, not the base of the radiator (~1cm further)

Thanks for any guidance! Antennas are black magic to me, and I clearly don't know the right terms to put into search engines to find the results to these questions.