No it isn’t a Swedish Death Metal band, it is what happened to my stupid 2m/70cm antenna.
Category Archives: Amateur Radio
DX Commander RF Goggles
In which Callum McCormick (DX Commander) receives his prototype RF Visualization Goggles…
RSGB TestReach Tutorial
Maxon PM150
Tait 8110 Radio
First APRS reception
Despite the SDR IGate having a crap antenna mag-mounted to my server cabinet, I picked up a signal!
Wow, I need to read about thisLinux SDR APRS IGate setup
Ok… Firstly, there are many guides to doing this already on the internet, but most of the use a Raspberry Pi. I’m not using one, for reasons that will be made clear later.
Secondly, I couldn’t find any one of the guides that did exactly what we wanted.
Before you read all this rubbish, it is important that to use it you will need an Amateur Radio License and Callsign, and and APRS-IS Passcode. If you don’t have them, then go and get them before continuing.
So, with that in mind…
Cheap Realtek SDR
I’m going to be playing about with and SDR dongle a lot, so I think it only fair to describe it.
My first steps with SSTV on 2m
I was playing about making audio cables to connect my cheap Baofeng to my PC. To test the recieve cable, I took a walk with the other Baofeng, and an Android App called SSTV Encoder.
Simple PC to Baofeng Audio Cables
This post is not about the the PC/Baofeng cable that is used for programming the radio. If you want one of those, then try Amazon.
This is about connecting the audio streams twixt the radio and a PC.
The basic mission is to take the Soundcard in/out from a PC and connect it to the Kenwood K2 connector that the Baofengs uses.
These cables are simple, and they work, but they may cause damage to either your PC or radio if used incorrectly. Much like a can of Coke.
UPDATED WITH DIAGRAMS FOR THE MENTALISTS