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Happy November

Posted on November 1, 2015 by robert

Yesterday turned into a paperwork day for me, catching up on various odds and ends.  I finally applied to the OQRS systems for Chesterfield Island and Tuvalu Island, which, sadly, were my only QSOs for the month of October (I guess I … Continue reading →

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Yaesu G5500 Rotor to Green Heron Az/El Controller

Posted on October 29, 2015 by robert

The Primary Station for the N1ASA ARISS contact, happening sometime in the spring of 2016, uses a Yaesu G-5500 Az/El Rotor and a Green Heron RT-21azel Az/El Controller. While Green Heron supplies fine documentation including the pinouts of both devices, … Continue reading →

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K1MCS Participated in School Club Roundup

Posted on October 28, 2015 by robert

It’s a wrap — SCR is in the logbook. 21 non-ham middle school students participated at Monsignor Clarke School in the School Club Roundup and did very well.  Each student made at least one voice and one digital contact (often … Continue reading →

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Knot Good

Posted on October 19, 2015 by robert

Speaking of JOTA… When putting a dipole up in the air (thank you Willy, W1LY), its a good idea to have two spools of cord — one per end.  During Field Day, we killed off one of my 1000 foot … Continue reading →

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Thank You DX, From a JOTA Coach

Posted on October 17, 2015 by robert

For the past three years, Newport County Radio Club, has hosted the Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) in Portsmouth RI.  It’s always a good time for both the young scouts, who earn a Radio Merit Badge (16 of … Continue reading →

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A School Club Roundup Antenna for Monsignor Clarke School

Posted on October 15, 2015 by robert

John Z, N1JPZ, his son Rick, and I put up a temporary 30 foot mast and raised the 20-meter dipole up in the air.  (Actually John and Rick did most of the work, I just stood around looking useless and … Continue reading →

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More AO-85 Telemetry Success

Posted on October 15, 2015 by robert

I kept my FUNcube Dongle Pro Plus (FCD) running all night long hoping to capture several morning passes.  Over a total of four passes it picked up 7 more frames — somewhat dissapointing. It turns out that the automatic signal … Continue reading →

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Successful AO-85 Telemetry Decode

Posted on October 14, 2015 by robert

For a couple of nights, I had my IC-9100 hooked up and listed to folks chatting on AO-85, but I didn’t decode a single telemetry packet.  I suspected that the IC-9100 was filtering out the lower frequencies necessary for Data … Continue reading →

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Updating WiFi Info for NTP Clock

Posted on October 11, 2015 by robert

My ever-faithful Apple Airport Extreme decided to give up the ghost about a week ago.  I was forced to use the built-in WiFi in my Verizon router as a temporary replacement.  Of course that meant that all the WiFi based … Continue reading →

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Many QSOs heard during AO-85 pass Oct 11 0037-0044 UTC

Posted on October 10, 2015 by robert

I didn’t think the transponder had been turned on, but things must have gone well. Expecting to be able to decode telemetry during a pass predicted to begin at 20:42 EDT here in FN41fn-land, I started hearing QSOs at 20:37 EDT. … Continue reading →

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