Palms West Amateur Radio Club – Serving the Western Communities of Palm Beach County Florida

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ARES NET meets Wednesday’s at 7pm on the PWARC Repeater 147.045

FreeDV RADE: Digital Voice for HF with Enhanced Speech Quality
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DXChrono Desktop: Ham Radio Propagation & DX Dashboard
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JTTY Digital Mode: WSJT-X 3.2 Brings RTTY-Style Speed
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JTTY Frequencies
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Txtopia Morse Code Translator
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Optimizing the 4 Square Antenna for Enhanced Performance
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DecoDXLog: Logbook Awards Manager and Cloud Sync
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Amateur Radio Clubs
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Open NEC2 Viewer for Android
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SWLtools
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A PTO Kit From Ken WA4MNT at QRPBuilder

A PTO Kit From Ken WA4MNT at QRPBuilder

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The QRP Labs QMX Transceiver

The QRP Labs QMX Transceiver

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The NorCal 40A 25th Anniversary Edition

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The Wilderness Radio SST-20

The Wilderness Radio SST-20

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The SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver

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Another GM3OXX OXO Transmitter

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A Daily-Use Vintage High Impedance Headset

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For Part 15 Enthusiasts – Some Very Worthy SSTRAN AMT3000 and AMT5000 Mods

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ARRL News

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Will RADE Be the Next SSB?

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The ARRL Solar Update

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