I’ve just returned from a two week (July 30th – August 11th 2012) stint in North East Scotland, well to be more exact Elgin but didn’t spend two weeks just in one place, lots of Whiskey distilleries where visited and I can promise you plenty of whiskey was...
After returning from the Isle of Mull, I placed an order for two Arrow II Satellite Antennas, one being for Mark (M0MJH) and the other being for me! After they travelled across the Atlantic by plane and sat in UK customs overall time for delivery was 3 weeks and...
I remember the launch of Arissat-1 well, like a proper geek, I’d connected my laptop into the television in the lounge and had Nasa TV playing full screen and I sat glued to the screen all day watching as they moved the satellite out, noting how much of a beating it...
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...
Since getting started out in amateur radio satellites at the start of the year, the equipment has changed an awful lot, at first I was listening to the beacons using the Funcube Dongle and a Diamond V-2000 vertical, this soon developed into wanting to work through the...
I started out on Sunday trying to get a QSO via Arissat-1’s transponder. As its passes are within daylight over the Europe, Sunday night I managed to hear myself via the transponder using 25w into a 10 element yagi (computer controlled). The signal seemed...
