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Weather Station
Anyone who knows me will know I have a thing about weather, in the back garden I have a cheap WH1080 weather station connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero which uploads its data
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July Satellite Report
Instead of writing into magazines saying what I’ve worked on satellites I thought I’d switch it up and write blog posts instead allowing more viewers to see what can be worked, so this report is the start of that. Since moving to Scotland it has reset my DXCC/VUCC...
Yaesu G-5500 & FoxDelta ST2 Remote Control
With a recent location change to Elgin, Scotland I had to implement some temporary shack changes to get back on air quickly. The biggest annoyance with rotators is the fact it needs two control cables and with the temporary shack being the corner of the kitchen I must...
October Shack Update
I’m planning to start doing weekly updates, however as its nearly the end of a full month, I’ll start with a full recap of what’s been going on this month and a little bit of September; towards the very end of the month I had an internal loop recorder fitted inside me...
Try Amateur Satellites Talk – RSGB Convention 2016
At this year's RSGB Convention I was asked to present on the topic of try amateur satellites, below is the slides from the talk, its hard to cover the topic in 40mins~ so if you want further information please get in touch 🙂 [slideshare...
AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2016 – Operating Satellites in the Field Talk
Due to a poor health this year it meant that I had to miss doing the IOTA Contest in Guernsey, because of this change however it meant that I could attend this year’s AMSAT-UK Colloquium which I always miss! I was also able to give a short presentation on satellite...
AMSAT Antenna Upgrades
Like with any amateur radio station the equipment and antennas are always in a state of flux, with constant improvements being wanted to seek out that bit of DX or dB advantage. With satellites it’s no different you always want that extra bit of signal to work that...