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Controversial thoughts from the shackSatellite Antennas Replaced
After returning from Ham Radio 2013 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, I had made my mind up that I was going to replace my satellite antennas (standard Diamond yagis) that I first purchased for satellite use with X-Quads from Wimo which I order on the day I returned. Sadly...
MU0HTJ – IOTA – EU-114
This year I was able to join the rest of the HamTest Jimmys (MU0HTJ) on the annual trip to Guernsey after shelling out on overpriced travel insurance just in case any of the usual medical issues flared up while visiting! We all travelled down on Wednesday (24th of...
Computers in Amateur Radio – Raspberry Pi Chapter
After my talk at the RSGB Convention on the Raspberry Pi I was approached to see if I'd be interested in doing a chapter for the Computers in Amateur Radio book on the PI. I accepted and just before Christmas I submitted my chapter on the Raspberry Pi and I spotted in...
SSTV from the ISS this afternoon
This afternoon it seems the ISS was doing some tests with SSTV on the 145.800 downlink at 15:30z I heard a strong carrier popup then half an image was sent After this image there was a very strong constant carrier followed by a CW ID and another image. The empty...
50MHz UKAC 23 Apr 2013
Last night was the 50MHz UKAC so I decided to have a dabble in it, my 6m setup isn't anything special. I use a HB9CV at around 26 feet and the Yaesu FT-950 with the IF-2000 Panadapter board, which makes finding stations very easy and worked well for this contest....