The new PARP Plus Edition is a weekly edition of the practical amateur radio podcast.  Each week the PARP Plus Edition will deliver time sensitive information for the week and weekend ahead regarding upcoming contests, special event stations, ham fests and more.  I also plan to mix in additional content so I can continue to deliver something for everyone.

The first PARP Plus Edition will be available on Monday evening, 21 May and will cover the week of May 22 - 28, 2012.   

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NOTE:  The 2m Calling Freq. is 146.52 and not 147.52 as I mentioned in PARP55.  Sorry

In this episode, I discuss radio programming made easy.  It would truly be difficult for me to explain step-by-step how to program your radio.  However, in episode 55 I provide some helpful tips and tools to help you not only better understand the process of programming your radio, but also share with you some tools and resources to accomplish the task quicker.  I also share with you how to locate nearby repeaters.

I would also like to thank the kind folks with Nifty Ham Accessories, RT Systems Inc., and RFinder – The Worldwide Repeater Directory for offering coupon codes.  You may use these coupon codes for savings towards purchases made from their websites.  Please listen to this episode to hear the individual code for each of the vendors as well as details regarding expiration.

Our Featured Website for this episode is the blog site of Connie Bird, NR4CB.  Connie is about to embark on a 5000 mile adventure across the eastern portion of the United States and Canada. 

I also briefly mentioned a couple of YouTube videos I made documenting how I have connected my iPad to my Elecraft KX3 to operate PSK-31 via the PSKer iOS App.  Please watch video one and video two.     

All this and just a little bit more.  Thank you for listening. 

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All audio content from 2008 – 2012 has been migrated over along with each episodes show notes.  You’ll find the most recent episode (episode 51 from January) listed just below this post.  You’ll also find episodes 50 – 43 listed below as well.  I have WordPress setup to display ten blog articles on the front page. 

If you want to listen to even older episodes, you can still do that.  Just look on the right hand side for the box labeled categories.  In the categories box you’ll see individual categories or groupings of episodes by year.  When you click on one of these categories, you’ll see all the episodes displayed ten per page. 

The search feature also works really well in WordPress.  Let’s say you want to listen to my episode on JT65.  Just type JT65 in the search box and click OK.  In just a few seconds it should retrieve episode 46.

The Become A Ham audio material has also all been moved over.  Of course, the US Tech material is 100% complete.  I hit a rut in recording the General material late last year and need to get this done.  I will start working on recording the General material soon.

The video content has also been moved over as of today.  You’ll find this material by looking in the categories and clicking either 2010 or 2008 Video episodes.  I hope to make more supplemental video content this year.

As I stated in the subject line, I estimate the new site is 80% complete.  I wouldn’t normally activate a website that wasn’t 100% ready to go-live.  However, I know many listeners want access to the audio material and will understand the “under construction” manner of the site.  My objective is to get the content moved over first and then spend some time sprucing up the site.

Until then, please excuse the mess.   

Thank you for understanding.

73 de Jerry (KD0BIK)