Mar 11, 2011
I’m pleased to report that I’ve really been enjoying the new satellite antenna system and its been working flawlessly, I’ve still been hanging out on the FM Birds (AO-27,SO-50,AO-51) but enjoying it the beams and automated tracking makes life a lot...
Mar 8, 2011
Feb 16, 2011
Just before Christmas I decided I needed to make my weather data collection system more energy efficient, since we first got started in weather satellites and taking garden readings via a wireless weather station we had used a variety of computer systems starting from...
Feb 9, 2011
Yesterday the Fox Delta ST2 arrived and was soon setup after a quick walk down to Maplin for a length of cable, which now means that the PC is fully in-charge of where the antennas are pointing, to do this I’m using the Ham Radio deluxe suite for frequency...
Feb 7, 2011
So I completed my first week of satellite communications with the new set of antennas and all I can say is WoW! there’s definitly something a bit incredible about working a floating repeater which sometimes isn’t much bigger then the rotator controller box...
Feb 1, 2011
Last week I finally took the plunge and started ordering the bits to make a compact VHF/UHF setup, with the idea of it being useful for both normal QSOs and satellite working but not look like an eye sore in the garden as I’m sure the neighbours wouldn’t...