Ever on the hunt for amateur radio gear, I happened upon this little gem a few months back in a Tube of You video on search and rescue gear. Look at that super-good censoring job I did! The chap in the video demonstrating the antenna mentioned that he had picked the antenna up on that …
APRS RX-only I-Gate
What it does: This station listens for and decodes APRS packets from other stations and "gates" them to the internet. These other stations can be mobile (vehicle or pedestrian) or fixed stations (like digipeaters). When APRS is being used, any other APRS-capable radio can decode the packets being sent out (either natively on the radio, …
Manpack Radio UPDATE
The manpack radio setup is complete (and honestly has been for some time now)! The remaining bits that I needed were a shorter length of coax to connect the remote antenna connector and a LiFEPO battery. I opted for a 1 foot length of LMR-195 (slightly less loss and more rigid than RG58) and a …
Manpack Radio Project
New year, new project! My main goal with amateur radio (at this time) is to push standard VHF and UHF (non-SSB) comms to their limits, but there is only so much you can do with a handheld yagi antenna attached to a 5W handie-talkie. I had experimented with long range stuff during my voyage to …
More from Main Duck Island
I was sent some more images from the excursion to Main Duck Island back in August 2022. Most are personal, and as such, will never have a place here out of respect for the privacy of others. However, you can see this handsome bum sitting on the beach having a QSO with VE3GSI near the …
International Space Station SSTV Status
There haven't been any SSTV events from the ISS recently, this being due to new laptops being deployed to the station and the Russian segment (where the gear used for SSTV transmissions is located) not having a proper interface for connecting the radio to the newer computers. This issue was noted on the ARISS website …
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