Preparing for first SOTA activation
Hot WX continues to hang over YO, so I will take advantage to reach a SOTA location (MC-222) at 2000 m altitude. This choice is not random, the distance I have to travel by train to the nearest city is short (traveling by train in YO is not an easy thing) and it is at the same time a POTA location, RO-1155. I'm preparing a backpack with the bare essentials for an activity of approximately 5-6 hours, in CW and FT4/8: FT-891, 5 m telescopic antenna (so I will start in 14 Mhz an
ISS Activity Week-end
This week-end was dedicated to ISS activity. On 6th and 7th of August, International Space Station started a new SSTV experiment for...
Complete SSTV QSO
Today, I succeeded a complete SSTV QSO with G4VRT, using FT-817 (5 Watts) and DX-HF-PRO1 whip antenna. As decoder software, DroidSSTV.
Starting SSTV tests
I had few attempts in the past to make SSTV QSOs, mainly in VHF, but without notable results. In the last week-end, I resumed these tests...
Good start for 2019 ...
Using a small portable configuration (MAAS AHT-2UV portable, AL-800 telescopic antenna, PLX Tracker Blue and APRSdroid), I successfully...