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Controversial thoughts from the shack12:00 UTC ISS (OR4ISS) Pass Failed QSO with SP7POS
Due to the fact SP7POS was due to have a sheduled QSO with OR4ISS this lunch time I thought, I decided to have a listen sadly the QSO attempt failed but managed to record most of the pass. Audio File for OR4ISS calling SP7POS
ISS APRS Packet 12:38 Pass!
Today I finally managed to get some APRS packets through the ISS, this was helped somewhat by Dad (M3JFM) hand steering the Sota 2m 3 element beam and me shouting the odd direction. Equipment Yaesu FT-817 Sota Beam 3 Elements Signalink USB Software: AGW Packet Engine,...
ARRL RTTY Roundup
This weekend I did a S&P effort in the ARRL RTTY Roundup with the aim of just having some fun, Saturday night 20m was poor only worked a couple of stations then the band faded out so spent a few hours on 40/80m before going to bed I did manage to work 2 NA...
RSGB AFS CW
Decided to have a dabble in the RSGB AFS CW contest this afternoon, I will admit I did use MixW to take care of some of the decoding although I was picking up the odd letter! Total QSOs: 43 Equipment: Yaesu FT950, 80m Quarter Wave Inverted L , MixW
2011 Ham Radio Plans
I'm not into the whole new years resolutions mostly because I break them about 3 weeks in and never go back to trying to achieve them, so this year I'm going to set some basic plans which are hopefully do able. Contest more This year I'm going to aim to get on and do...