A Days worth of recieving ISS SSTV transmissions. Signals were as good as the 9th for the final day of this round of ISS SSTV images.
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ISS SSTV 9th Feb 2019
Friday 8th February was the start of another round of ISS SSTV transmissions. If you want to be able to receive these SSTV images from the ISS then tune to 145.800 +/- Doppler. For more help see my page on Working Amateur Satellites. After having trouble receiving the images on the Friday I was glad…
RSGB FMAC Contest
Tuesday 8th January I turned on the radio to see if I could make any contacts as part of the RSGB FMAC 70cm contest. I decided I would do this as a try out to see if I enjoyed contesting. That band wasn’t that busy from my location but as I was only using a…
I now have a Full Licence
As some of you may know, on Saturday the 24th of November I passed my Advanced licence exam at the Lincoln Shortwave Club. Meaning I could now apply for my Full Licence. Once it went live on the Ofcom website I tried using the online service to claim my new call sign. Unfortunately nearly all…
Mouldridge Lead Mine Visit 11/08/18
Location Back in August 2018 me and two friends decided we would like to explore some of the old mines that are around the country. One of us had done this numerous times before and so would be our guide to how things should be done. Some research was done to find a mine which…
First ATV Transmissions
Yesterday was a momentous occasion when I fired up the ATV transmitter to make my First ATV Transmissions. I acquired the transmitter from the Lincoln Repeater Group, at the National Hamfest 2018. Preparation After arriving back from the Hamfest the transmitter and Double Quad (bowtie) antenna sat for a day or two. On Monday evening while…
Land Rover Series: Passenger Foot Well
Welcome to post two of project update of my Land Rover Series 2a / 3. This update shows the process of removing the Passenger Foot Well and door Pillar and replacing them with new panels. Doing work in the dark evenings is not easy to start with. Making the job difficult is the confined…
Land Rover Series : Dismantle old door tops
I am writing up a number of update posts for the work I have done on the Land Rover Series so far. These will be mostly in chronological order so you can follow the project. We were approaching the winter months when I acquired the Land Rover. This meant that Work was going to…
Land Rover Series 2a / 3 : First Arrival
Landy This is the first post of my restoration blog of my Series 2a/3 Land Rover. It was acquired in October of 2017. With limited daylight hours, brief work was done in the evenings. The first jobs that were done were to clean down the outside and then sweep out the interior. Before I purchased…