VE3VRW Amateur Radio Satellite Gateway

Posted on January 4th, 2009

VE3VRW provides a downlink gateway which he links into our Repeater Network. The Gateway can be heard in the Toronto area via the SSPBD Amateur Radio Network or on the internet via Echolink ( VA3SF-R )

The gateway is currently tracking AO51 , AO27, SO50 and ISS automatically using Don's AZ/EL rotators and Don's own designed Mac Tracking Software

Special Thanks to VA3SPH for producing the Quicktime movie.

Tags: amateur, Echolink, radio, satellite, space, VA3SF
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Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness

Posted on December 30th, 2008

Kansas City news station KMBC9 reporter Brenda Washington interviews Chet Hallberg about the role amateur radio plays in emergency communications. Specifically, they focus on communications after a large earthquake on the New Madrid fault. In the second part, Chet shows off one of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief vehicles. He goes on to explain the different kinds of equipment in the vehicle and how it has been used recently with the flooding in Arkansas. There is also a mention (plug!) for SkyWarn in the Kansas City area and amateur radio uses with the National Weather Service in times of severe weather. Capture & encode by Bill Kellogg, WD0DXK

Tags: amateur, American, Chet, City, Cross, disaster, Hallberg, ham, K0TCB, Kansas, radio, readiness, Red, WD0DXK
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Y08 Amateur Radio Festival in Tokyo ICOM booth

Posted on December 25th, 2008

It's from Ham-Fair in Tokyo.
http://www.jarl.or.jp/Japanese/1_Tanoshimo/1-3_Ham-Fair/Ham-Fair.htm
東京ビッグサイトで開催されたハムフェア2008でのICOMのブースの様子です。

Tags: amateur, ham, Icom, radio, Tokyo, アイコム, アマチュア無線, ハムフェア, フェスティバル
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2008 CQ World Wide Amateur Radio Contest

Posted on December 19th, 2008

I managed to get some of the World Wide CQ Contest on video later on in the Contest. Watch the video to see for yourself the splatter and pile ups at my QTH using my Yaesu FT-767GX, Delta Loop, G5RV and Hustler Vertical.

Tags: 2008, 2e0hts, amateur, Contest, CQ, CQing, DX, FT-767GX, ham, hf, radio, Wide, Word, WW, Yaesu
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Elecraft K2 Amateur Radio Transceiver

Posted on December 15th, 2008

a lengthly endeavor but worth every second of construction time

Tags: amateur, elecraft, K2, Kit, radio, transceiver
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Amateur Radio SSTV (Slow Scan TV)

Posted on December 10th, 2008

http://www.kernowradio.info

Slow Scan TV using my Yaesu FT-847 on 14.230Mhz (20 Metre Band)

Although we can now send pictures via e-mail,
What Fun it is to send and receive them via Radio with the Only thing between you and the other person is the Air we breath!!
SSTV is a method of Sending and Receiving Pictures via Radio.

The Pictures I received was from a Radio Amateur in Spain Call sign EA5FO,
He was making a general CQ call for another Amateur to contact him and exchange pictures.

The Pc is used to decode the signal and display the picture in the software,
Slow Scan software used was MMSSTV.

All I used for this was my Pc mic that I put on top of my Radio speaker and my Pc with the MMSSTV Software and of course my Yaesu FT-847
My Method of using SSTV is not the Norm!
You would normaly have an Interface between the Radio and the PC, Not using a Pc mic on top of the Radio speaker as I did
MMSSTV http://mmhamsoft.amateur-radio.ca/

Info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-scan_television

Tags: amateur, FT-847, ham, hf, radio, Scan, science, Slow, SSTV, Technology, tv, Yaesu
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