Monthly Archives: September 2009

Balloon Experiments with Amateur Radio.

Some great High Definition video and information here. Bill Brown, WB8ELK mentioned these guys during his very entertaining speech at the DCC. He is hoping to do a “long duration” flight in the relatively near future,  hopefully Amateur Radio Operators … Continue reading

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Arthur Guinness 250th Celebrations

My contribution to the celebrations. Taken after a long day at the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference, Elk Grove, Chicago, Illinois. Sláinte!

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APRS on the International Space Station

Henk, PA3GUO has made a video showing the ISS passing over his location while both transmitting through and decoding the APRS data being relayed through the ISS AX.25 repeater. The video is available here.

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ANDE-2 Update.

It seems that POLLUXs batteries have gone flat.

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Satellite Transponder

Anyone got a bit of space on a satellite for one of these puppys? Very impressive engineering (for an “Amateur”), now if we could find a way to attach a few antennas and chuck a few into orbit.

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09/09/09

Anyone fancy a quick QSO at 09:09:09 on 09/09?

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iPhone and LHS

Recently I’ve started using the iPod functionality on my iPhone.  I don’t know why I never figured it out before, but it plays the audio out throught my Car’s stereo over the bluetooth connection.  I’ve been using this newly-found functionality … Continue reading

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Netopia Cayman PSU Fault?

There was I, browsing away, minding my own business on Friday evening, when all of sudden my Netopia Cayman lost sync.  I tried rebooting it a few times but no joy. On reboot, it would respond to a few pings … Continue reading

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Sean Kelly Tour – a different view

And this is it… What has this got to do with the Sean Kelly Tour? well, the Sean Kelly Tour took place last Sunday (August 30th), and from all accounts it was quite successful with roughly 2700 hardy cyclists taking … Continue reading

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