Monthly Archives: May 2017

My amateur radio station in 1991

Posted on May 28, 2017 by g6nhu

I was recently looking through some old photographs and I found some pictures of my old radio shack and aerials from when I still lived at home.  These photos would have been taken in the second half of 1991. The … Continue reading →

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Listening to the Camb-Hams from the Isle of Islay

Posted on May 10, 2017 by g6nhu

The Camb-Hams are on their usual annual pilgrimage to Scotland and I’ve worked them on a few bands and modes.  I’ve also made a couple of recordings of them on 40m CW, showing how well the Kenwood TS-590SG can read Morse Code … Continue reading →

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Learning to code in Python – Hello Raspberry Pi!

Posted on May 6, 2017 by g6nhu

After my posts about building an APRS RX iGate, I entered into email discussion with Alan, K2RHK who pointed me towards his website specifically to see his experiments in APRS.  While looking through his site, I noticed he’d recommended a book for … Continue reading →

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What can be achieved in twelve hours of 20m JT65/JT9?

Posted on May 1, 2017 by g6nhu

WSPR is great, I enjoy running WSPR and seeing how far I can transmit using very low power but there are a couple of drawbacks.  I appreciate this will sound as though I’m knocking WSPR but trust me, I’m really not. … Continue reading →

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