Cheap Emergency Comms 2: Linux VARA HF WinLink Makes Contact!

This shows how to set up a Yaesu FT-891 with a Sabrent USB sound card and WinLink on Linux with VARA HF. It includes making a contact 410 miles away to Indiana from an end-fed half wave (EFHW) antenna running through an attic. This is an excellent off-grid setup for emergency communications in foul weather conditions!

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Southern Appalachian Summit QRPers (SASQ) club website: www.sasqlife.com

North Fulton Amateur Radio League (NFARL): www.nfarl.org

Music credits: dasloe / “sunny day, sunny day (Instrumental Version)” / courtesy of wwe.epidemicsound.com | Of Water / “Domentum” / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com | Henyao / “Waste My Love” / courtesy of wwe.epidemicsound.com | Autohacker / “Yellow Leaf” / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com | Ooyy / “Hemisphere” / courtesy of wwe.epidemicsound.com | Tellsonic / “Floating Kite” / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com