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 …
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 …
ISS Contact
A few months back, I purchased an Arrow II satellite antenna so that I can get better results when the International Space Station has their SSTV events. There are usually only a handful of events each year, and I've missed most of them since the first one I participated in back in February 2019. The …
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