Monthly Archives: December 2015

FSQ a digital chat mode

Posted on Wednesday, December 30th, 2015 by M0TAZ

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I wrote a short article on FSQ a digital chat mode, works best with quick one line type chat messages. Its a channel based mode, so you often need to know where to look / listen. Had a chat this … Continue reading →

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RSGB Christmas Cumulative Contest

Posted on Monday, December 28th, 2015 by M0TAZ

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Today I operated alfresco with George M1GEO from our contest site at Kelvedon Hatch. We operated 3 bands, 144, 50 and 70 MHz. Our best DX on 144 MHz was MI0SMK at 524 KM.  Read the full article online. 73 Dave … Continue reading →

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Its the shortest day of the year, and my longest 5 MHz contact

Posted on Monday, December 21st, 2015 by M0TAZ

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Bands often gone into “long skip mode” by the time you get home. This evening I thought it was worth having a look on 5 Mhz. I can often be found on 5366.5 MHz using Olivia, but tonight decided to … Continue reading →

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Helitron DV4mini dongle and a Raspberry Pi2

Posted on Sunday, December 6th, 2015 by M0XDC

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The Helitron DV4mini dongle has been used at my QTH running with a windows tablet as a hotspot for both DMR+ and D-Star. A spare Raspberry Pi2 has now been used with the Linux(ARM) version of the DV4mini software, downloaded from here. … Continue reading →

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Cretan Blog-December 2015

Posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2015 by Dick Whittering

Greetings from a pleasantly mild and quiet Crete. All the tourists have now gone, all the coaches have been put away for the Winter, most of the shops and Tavernas have closed and we are left with one or two … Continue reading →

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