A blog mainly about my favourite hobby-amateur radio, shortwave listening and radio in its many forms. Wednesday, 24 January 2018. Really not real radio! Two years on I still have the Dstar gear, have set up a personal D star private node so I can work within a few Kms distance from my shack when I am portable or mobile and using Dstar has also introduced me to the delights of the Raspberry PI mini computer which I use with my node. The three modes are i.

Friday, 13 April 2018. Log4OM as QSL processing logbook. Last year I wrote about replacing HRD V4 for Log4OM to process my logbook. Give you a perfect view on your DXCC status. Tuesday, 10 April 2018. A great way to visualize communicating amateurs around the world! Unfortena.

A mainly DXing Blog from London and Carcassonne. With current HF conditions being very poor I was looking for something radio-related to give new challenges. A short walk to the trig point and I set up t.

I described a flat coil sensor which changes inductance according to the magnetic susceptibility of what is in front of it. To make this useful in the field I need something to display the change. The black button stores the calibration frequency with no sample, the red button takes the reading and displays the result after 4 seconds. Over a four-second signal acquisition time.

Here is an image from Jeff, received using a homebrew Quadrifilar Helical antenna, received with the SDR-Sharp product. The satellite was the Meteor M2. For lots more information, check out the following resource. He is mounting his on his boat trailer.

Speaking about amateur radio and SOTA! My Christmas started earlier. My Christmas started earlier! December 16th the postman delivered a package at home.

Wet and Windy on Black Mountain.