News

Ongoing updates — gear changes, project notes, anything worth logging as it happens. Most recent first. Video entries pulled directly from the AE4JC YouTube channel; post entries pulled directly from X.

• 2026 July — AE4JC.com built and launched.
• 2026-07-09 — Worked Brazil on 6m FT8 during a band opening.
• 2026-07-08 — Worked Japan on 6m FT8 during a band opening.
• 2026-07-07 — N5VJX (South Alabama POTA Posse) pulled off a 13 Colonies clean sweep, plus all three bonus stations. Community achievement, shared from the Posse.
• 2026-07-06 — Mobile Hamradio Stuff.
• 2026-06-20 — Satellite QSO via AO-73, worked N2FYA_John through the AO-73 linear transponder while activating Blakeley State Park (US-11292) for POTA.
• 2026-06-19 — YOTA Camp 2026 ISS Contact • Local RX in EM60 + Full Pass Livestream. See Milestones — this one’s a real highlight, not just a routine update.
• 2026-06-10 — Six Meter SSB Net and Band Opening From The Driveway.
• 2026-05-10 — Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Ham Radio Station Layout — working meteor scatter with MSK-144 through a small antenna in the HOA.
• 2026-04-25 — RX & TX APRS MSGS with a Yaesu FT-5D.
• 2026-04-05 — N4MZ Amateur Radio Club POTA and RaDAR Rally Event, South Alabama.
• 2026-03-25 — Modified Par Electronics Six Meter Moxon.
• 2026-03-10 — The basics of setting up your FT-891 for split operations.
• 2026-03-05 — Lunchtime worldwide APRS w/ Baofeng UV-5R/Mobilinkd/APRSdroid and local VHF/UHF w/ Yaesu FTM-300D.
• 2026-02-27 — Fixed it with a hammer — antenna switch relay #1 was stuck, tapped it, now it works.
• 2025-12-31 — Syncing FT-891, Quantum SDR, and Cloudlog through CloudlogCAT.
• 2025-12-30 — Added a PEP Kit from Matthews Watts Electronics to a Bird 43 Thruline Wattmeter.
• 2025-12-29 — Testing a QuantumSDR/FT-891/SDRSwitch/LNA/SG-500 combo with Klaus, DL3YEE, in Germany.
• 2025-12-27 — N2EME RXin/RXout SDR Switch, LNA, 3dB splitter, antenna, power supply, and transceiver connections.
• 2025-12-23 — First QSOs with an SGC Powercube 500W amplifier, discussed with W6LVP.

This section is meant to grow with small, frequent entries — new gear, mods, band openings, anything worth a line. Send updates over as they happen.