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G4VXE.COM: Raspberry Pi 2 ordered
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Amateur Radio - or at least, my version of it. Monday, February 02, 2015. Raspberry Pi 2 ordered. I was excited to see the Raspberry Pi 2 announced today. One is on the way. It will be interesting to see how it works out - particularly for some of the more heavy duty apps I have tried in the past such as FLDigi. A new version of the OS compiled for the new processor is required and can be downloaded here. More news when it arrives! Never used FLDIGI before but working on BPSK31 on 40m RX a treat! Julian,...
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G4VXE.COM: Raspberry Pi2 up and running; DUMP1090, Piaware, GPredict as well as browsing the web
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Amateur Radio - or at least, my version of it. Saturday, February 07, 2015. Raspberry Pi2 up and running; DUMP1090, Piaware, GPredict as well as browsing the web. The Raspberry Pi2 was delivered very quickly - thank you CPC! However, owing to a bit of silliness on my part I didn't get it running until today. I'd assumed - always a dangerous thing - that the Pi2 used an SD card for its storage, like the Pi. Oh no it doesn't! Then I installed RTLSDR and tested it, without any problems. I installed DUMP...
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G4VXE.COM: 70MHz cumulative - and more SSTV from the ISS
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Amateur Radio - or at least, my version of it. Sunday, February 22, 2015. 70MHz cumulative - and more SSTV from the ISS. Randomly, I was browsing through Facebook this morning and I noticed Paul G4RRA say that he was about to drive up to the site for the RSGB 70MHz cumulatives. The keyer on the NR4SC's timing is just a little different to the others I have here and it takes a moment to adjust my sending to suit). What was particularly nice was that the operator at G4TSW was Paul, G4RRA! So, enjoyable to ...
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G4VXE.COM: What I've been playing with over Christmas and New Year (anyone want a nice FT1000MP?)
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Amateur Radio - or at least, my version of it. Saturday, January 03, 2015. What I've been playing with over Christmas and New Year (anyone want a nice FT1000MP? With my return to work on the horizon on Monday, I've been thinking about what a nice holiday I've had. Although I've had to do a bit of work here and there, it's not been too onerous which has been welcome. Fun to play with for something different! I've upgraded the station logging program, uLog from M0PZT. Who has a new release out. Which is a ...
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G4VXE.COM: First garden portable activity of the year on SO-50
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Amateur Radio - or at least, my version of it. Sunday, January 25, 2015. First garden portable activity of the year on SO-50. Yesterday, it was a cold but dry day and I thought it would be fun to go out in the garden and see what I could hear and work on SO-50. I quickly put a bit of charge into the UV-5R portable and assembled the Elk yagi. Really enjoyable and not too cold. Youd probably be able to make some half duplex contacts on FO-29 too with the same antenna. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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G4VXE.COM: First impressions of the Noble Radio NR4SC 70MHz CW/SSB rig
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Amateur Radio - or at least, my version of it. Saturday, September 27, 2014. First impressions of the Noble Radio NR4SC 70MHz CW/SSB rig. After my post mentioning the release of the new Noble 70MHz rig, I very quickly had an email from Rob PE9PE. Rob and I operated together on the FSDXA trip to the Comoros, D68C. Rob is involved with Noble Radio in Europe and offered me the chance to take a look at one of the first NR4SC radios. Of course, I said yes! The keyer socket on the rig is for a 3.5mm jack r...
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G4VXE.COM: How had I missed this? The FT-8900 does AM on 28MHz!
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Amateur Radio - or at least, my version of it. Sunday, November 02, 2014. How had I missed this? The FT-8900 does AM on 28MHz! How long have I had my FT-8900? Four, five years, maybe? Of course I knew it received AM on air band and have used it on there from time to time, but it never occurred to me that it would work on 29MHz. Menu item #45 was quickly found AM on off - which allowed me to toggle AM on to 29MHz. Another option for using AM on 29MHz. Thanks Richard! Oh dear - this turns out to be wrong!
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G4VXE.COM: TS940 back on the bench
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Amateur Radio - or at least, my version of it. Saturday, November 15, 2014. TS940 back on the bench. After its' trip to James M1APC, the TS940 arrived back here on Thursday. I had a slight fright when it arrived back, when it needed a reset on switch on. And indeed, each time you switch on, you have to hold the A=B and power it on, which resets the microprocessor. I checked the transmitter output and that looks good - even on AM! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Most read posts in the last month.
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G4FRE RADIO BLOG: June 2015
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Friday, June 26, 2015. 50MHz UKAC June 2015. As it was going to be nice weather conditions we decided to do this UKAC from the Blorenge IO81LS as GW0FRE/P. Roger G4BVY again loaned us his 5 element F9FT Tonna to connect to the Elecraft K3. After we connected up the radio to the antenna, the band was full of Eastern Europe stations and Scandinavian stations. As the contest started conditions were all over the place and a lot of DX was worked as can seen by the map below:-. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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G4FRE RADIO BLOG: VHFNFD 2015
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Thursday, July 9, 2015. Takeoff SW over Caldey Island. The 44 ele Wimo Antenna. 18 stations were worked in 10 locators. Best DX was GM4CXM at 479km. Five beacons were heard Sunday morning. GB3MCB IO70 on tropo, GB3CSB (IO75) GB3DUN (IO91) GB3MHL (JO02) GB3ANG (IO86) all on aircraft scatter. I used the W3SZ AircraftScatter C# software which predicted very well and showed many more planes than I ever got with DL2ALF's Airscout. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). G4DDK- A radio blog.