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Friday, December 1, 2023

Launch & Deployment schedule for EIRSAT-1

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EIRSAT-1 is the first Irish satellite and I covered this in a previous guest post by Lez, EI4GEB . The cubesat is going to be launched with...
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Thursday, November 30, 2023

WSPR activty report for the 28 MHz band - Nov 2023

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Every day for the last few months, I have left the radio listening on the WSPR frequency of 28.1246 MHz and I feed the spots up to WSPRnet...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

F2 opening on the 50 MHz band across the North Atlantic - 27th Nov 2023

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As we approach the peak of the solar cycle, things are beginning to improve on the 50 MHz (6m) band with some F2 layer propagation appearin...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Evolution of modern Direct RF radio receivers

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  I recently came across a 15-minute video presentation from Analog Devices about cutting edge radio receivers and I have embedded it at th...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

28 MHz Summits on the Air Challenge for 2024

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One of the popular amateur radio award programmes is Summits on the Air (SOTA) and it's relatively easy for people to activate a peak as...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Promising news for the amateur radio 23cms microwave allocation - Nov 2023

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With the development of GPS and other radio navigation satellite systems, the part of the radio spectrum above 1 GHz has become very attract...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Amateur Radio accounts for just 17% of ICOM's business

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ICOM is well known as one of the key manufacturers of high quality transceivers for the amateur radio market. In May of 2023, they released ...
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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Inter UK contacts on 14 MHz possible as skip distance shortens to 500kms - Nov 2023

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Most weeks, I skip through the news bulletin from the RSGB and I found this item of interest. RSGB News ... " Propquest shows that the ...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

4,200km opening at 88 MHz between Africa and Brazil - Nov 2023

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George, PU7MAN  on his  FM DX Brasil Twitter account reports a 4,200km opening recently on the FM Band 2 between Africa and Brazil. The s...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

A new PC and a move to the LOG4OM logging programme - Nov 2023

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After putting it off for several years, I finally bought a new PC! It wasn't so much the cost of changing but I just kept putting it off...
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Saturday, November 11, 2023

GB3MCB 40 MHz & 60 MHz beacons off air due to storm damage

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Peter, G8BCG reports that the GB3MCB beacons on 40.050MHz & 60.300MHz are off air due to recent storm damage. This beacon in Cornwall...
Thursday, November 9, 2023

Video: Talk on End Fed Antennas for the HF bands ...by MM0OPX

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As part of the RSGB Tonight at 8 video series, Colin, MM0OPX gave an entry-level talk on End Fed Half Wave antennas for the HF bands. This...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Skewed path on the 24 MHz band between Europe and the Pacific - Nov 2023

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I found this item in the most recent GB2RB news bulletin from the RSGB of interest... " Phil, GU0SUP reports working Jan, E51JAN on the...
Friday, November 3, 2023

Backscatter on 28 MHz - 2nd Nov 2023

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For well over 12-months, I have had my radio tuned to the WSPR frequency of 28.1246 MHz on the 10m band and I feed the decoded signals up t...
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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Tracking the AF6IM Pico-Balloon on 28 MHz from the USA to China - Oct 2023

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For the last 12-months or so, I have been being monitoring the WSPR  beacon frequency of 28.1246 MHz nearly every day and uploading the rec...
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