Category Archives: Amateur Radio

My received phonesat packets.

Posted on May 1, 2013 by j0n

I was travelling with work most of last week, but set up my machine to see if it could receive AX.25 packets from and of the phonesat satellites (which have since de-orbited). I was surprised to find these in my … Continue reading →

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Kenwood TH-D72, Duracell vs Lithium.

Posted on May 1, 2013 by j0n

In keeping in the battery longevity theme here and here, recently, Don, AB1PH posted to the Yahoo TH-D72 group about some testing he did with primary cell batteries in the BT-15 AAA Holder.  Don compared Everready Ultimate Lithium (L92) batteries, … Continue reading →

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Wardriving and D-STAR Digital Data

Posted on January 12, 2013 by j0n

I’m slowly working towards doing some experiments with mesh networking (OLSR) and Icom ID-1 D-star Radios in Digital Data mode.  I’ve been wondering what coverage I would (should) see from a vehicle, back to one of the locations where I … Continue reading →

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6Y0A and yfktest.

Posted on January 4, 2013 by j0n

Well, we made it to 2013. First up on the radio agenda this year was the January Irish Radio Transmitter Society 80 Meter band Counties Contest. I hadn’t planned to enter the contest this year, but, the day before, I … Continue reading →

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Bodging yfklog

Posted on November 9, 2012 by j0n

To borrow a phrase from Darren, G0HWW. I did a bit of bodging of yfklog over last weekend. I couldn’t figure out how to get the existing code to talk to qrz.com, so after a bit of bodging with the … Continue reading →

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Moving on.

Posted on September 15, 2012 by j0n

About 9 Years ago I got involved in IrishWAN. It was great fun at the time getting links set up, upgrading to the newest and coolest kit, helping others get nodes running, getting new people connected, all who hadn’t a … Continue reading →

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YFKtest on LHS#86

Posted on August 15, 2012 by j0n

I finally got a chance to listen to Linux in the Ham Shack, Episode 86 in the last few days. I was delighted to hear Bob,W9YA on there being interviewed about YFKtest. I have mentioned YFKtest explicitly before (here and … Continue reading →

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IRTS 80m Counties contest

Posted on June 17, 2012 by j0n

EI2WRC/P, Tankardstown, 90 minutes setting up, 3 Hours for the contest, 19 Counties, 30 EI/GI, 5 outside the Island of Ireland, 40 minutes taking it all apart.    Fun way to spend an afternoon. Thanks to Paula McCarthy of the … Continue reading →

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Radio-Active weekend

Posted on June 11, 2012 by j0n

In between cleaning the rubbish off the deck, entertaining my cousin Saturday afternoon, getting the tables and chairs out, putting the glass back into the glasshouse (literally), and getting the lawn cut. I got some time to look at some … Continue reading →

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ADS-B and Xastir

Posted on June 3, 2012 by j0n

It’s a rainy day, nothing much else to be doing so why not throw some python together to link an ADS-B receiver to Xastir. Well, thats what G0HWW did this afternoon, while I cruised the HF bands for victims.  

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