DAY 2

I am starting to think that one of the main merits of this work will not be my exposing of the spectrum to the public, but in fact the public’s exposure to me.  On Sunday night, I met a fellow who has been in Montreal quite some time, maybe his whole life.  He explained to [...]

Day 1

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Last night was a mixed bag - I managed to almost grab a weather fax from Halifax, I think I understand the technique now, so Ill try again this evening.  I was successful in getting the RTTY feed with the report.

In the area of technical difficulties however, I am [...]

FM TRANSMITTER WORKSHOP POSTPONED

The FM Micro Transmitter workshop has been postponed until Sunday, September 14th at 2pm.  I understand there were some folks who didnt hear through the regular channels that it had been delayed.  I apologize to everfyone that came out.
For the workshop on the 14th, Please send me an email to let me know you are [...]

Antenna Installation

Its crunch time, and time to get things set at DARE-DARE after tons of testing, researching, re-testing, reading, and then some more experiments.  Its one of the things I really love about Amateur radio - its really a DIY experiment.  Every installation of the equipment  is going to react differently, and every location is an [...]

Canadian Radio History 1

Reginald Fessenden, born and educated in Quebec, is the father of radio as most know it.  Yes, Marconi might have made the first wireless transatlantic communication, but this was using Morse code, and was one way.  In fact some argue whether it was possible at all, given the time of day and the transmission path, [...]

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the DAREDX site.  The website is a companion to the DAREDX project by Matthew Biederman as part of the DARE-DARE 2008 program in Cabot Square, Montreal.  Here you’ll find daily notes during the project, the archive of audio recordings that will be made, and anything else that I feel is pertinent to the [...]

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