Month: May 2017

My amateur radio station in 1991

My radio shack in 1991

Last Updated on October 6, 2020 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 first photo is the inside of my […]

Listening to the Camb-Hams from the Isle of Islay

Last Updated 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 and on 40m and 80m SSB.

Learning to code in Python – Hello Raspberry Pi!

Hello Raspberry Pi! by Ryan Heitz from Manning Publications

Last Updated on October 6, 2020 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 those looking to learn how to program […]

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

Last Updated 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. Firstly, it’s not a QSO mode.  I […]