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APRS iGate Testing

Since Boxing Day I’ve been igating local APRS packets (Thanks to Santa bringing a serial to usb converter!) which is filling in the hole that is Oxford. To do this I’m using a Yaesu FT-7800 and a Diamond V-2000 co-linear (perched at 27 feet) and the Foxview which Dad...

2011 Review

Its that time of year again when I look back at what I set out to achieve but didn't quite manage; Thankfully I did manage to do a lot of what I set  activity on 6/2/70cms is increased and I've made numerous QSOs on each of the bands, the only thing that didn't happen...

Amateur Radio Satellites My First Year

Many readers will no doubt have been following the on-going project of using amateur radio satellites, from receive only to fully blown ground station within a couple of months much to the dislike of my bank account. Its been an exciting year full of learning...

Cloudlog

Since I first reported about the development of a web based logging application. Development sped up rather quickly and after a quick name change to Cloudlog, its now in a feature stable mode the application is hosted by the user although it might be possible to host...

WAE RTTY Contest

Last weekend I decided to have a little dabble in the WAE RTTY Contest, this wasn’t a serious effort; more a have a play and see what could be added to my logbook. Doing a little bit of search and pounce and in the end called CQ a few times, but only got very short...

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