K9NIX • INDIANA • AMATEUR EXTRA

Radio,
propagation &
experimentation.

A personal amateur radio lab focused on HF, VHF/UHF, digital modes, emergency communications and practical low-power computing for the field.

Projects Local repeaters Check the bands

VHF / UHF • LOCAL W9ATG K9NIX MONITOR • COMMUNICATE • SERVE

● ON THE AIR

HF // K9NIX

W9ATG • LOCAL REPEATERS

Local RF

Local club repeaters I monitor and use around the shack and in the field.

2mVHF

W9ATG • 2 METERS 145.330 MHz

OFFSET −600 kHzCTCSS 88.5 Hz

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70cmUHF

W9ATG • 70 CENTIMETERS 444.450 MHz

OFFSET +5.000 MHzDCS 465

LIVE SPACE WEATHER

Propagation & conditions

Connecting…

HF PROPAGATION OUTLOOK

Which bands look promising?

⌁

Use this as a quick shack-side indicator. Path, antenna, local noise and mode still matter.

SOLAR & GEOMAGNETIC

Current conditions

Solar Flux—10.7 cm SFI

A Index—Daily disturbance

K Index—Geomagnetic activity

Sunspots—Solar activity

X-Ray—GOES class

Solar Wind—km/s

Mag Field—Interplanetary field

Updated: —Propagation data loading…

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

Quick access

⌁RepeatersW9ATG local RF ↗PropagationHF & solar conditions ◫StationRadios & antennas ⚙ProjectsOn the bench ⌁PiCommProject status ✉QSLContact & logbook

PREPARE•COMMUNICATE•SERVE

THE SHACK

Station

Icom IC-7300

Primary HF transceiver for SSB, digital modes, experimentation and regional/emergency communications.

160–6m100WSDR

VHF / UHF

Yaesu FTM-300DR

Dual-band base/mobile radio for local repeaters, simplex, C4FM and field communications.

2m70cmAPRS

PORTABLE

Yaesu VX-8DR

Field HT for analog, APRS and portable operations.

APRSGPSField

ANTENNAS

EFHW + Diamond X50A

10–40m end-fed half-wave for HF with an X50A covering the local VHF/UHF side.

HF2m70cm

ON THE BENCH

Projects & experiments

PiComm emergency radio computer

Developing PiComm Zero and PiComm Field: headless low-power and standalone touchscreen emergency communications appliances.

DESIGN

Portable / off-grid radio

Battery, DC/DC conversion, MPPT and solar-powered communications for field operation.

PLANNING

NBEMS & digital messaging

FLDIGI, FLMSG, packet and practical message handling over amateur radio.

LAB

Propagation telemetry

Turning solar data, reports and ionospheric measurements into useful operating guidance.

BUILDING

Antenna measurements

NanoVNA sweeps, feed-line experiments and real-world antenna performance.

ONGOING

QSL • STATION IDENTITY

K9NIX on the air

The online logbook and electronic QSL lookup are intentionally not enabled yet. When a public station log is ready, confirmed contacts and QSL options will appear here.

STATUSLOGBOOK COMING LATER

AMATEUR RADIO STATIONK9NIX.NET

K9NIX

INDIANA • AMATEUR EXTRA

MONITOR•COMMUNICATE•SERVE

QSL / LOGBOOK: PLANNED73

Radio,propagation &experimentation.