The time has finally come. The mast has finally been raised. The Recap This day has been in the planning for a while. After building up the antennas, Setting them up on a short pole in the garden, to ensure the tuning was correct. Then getting the support pole up on the wall and installing…
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Progressing the ‘Man Den’ Side
So there has been a slight delay to putting the mast up but Im hoping to complete this in the coming weeks. In the mean time I have taken the opportunity to progress the ‘Man Den’ side of the shack. Since first setting up my computer desk I have added the 3 monitor stand to…
Fitting Out More of the Shack and Antenna Install
So it has been a few weeks since my last update and I have made some progress. So read on for an update on me fitting out more of the shack and Antenna Install. The Antennas Background So for starters let me explain the plan for my antenna install. At the QTH there is no…
New Home, New Shack
Part 1 As you may of guessed from the title, I have moved house. This means, the need to build a New Shack. This time I have lucky enough to have a larger room then what I had before. If you didn’t know, this was what it was like. Initial Setup Now to start off…
ISS SSTV 10th Feb 2019
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.
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…
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…