Author Archives: n4tqu

Back In The Shack

Posted on April 15, 2020 by n4tqu

Looking at my logbook it seems that I took most of 2019 as a break from this radio hobby. I suspect this is due to the number of FT8 contacts I made in 2018 (622 total according to my logs) … Continue reading →

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First Portable Ops of 2019

Posted on March 15, 2019 by n4tqu

The wife and I will be camping at Fort Mountain State Park later this month and I’m planning operate as a portable station while we’re there. This year I will be operating a different setup from what I used in … Continue reading →

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ISS SSTV Recording

Posted on March 8, 2019 by n4tqu

During the recent ISS SSTV event I setup my phone and recorded one of the better ISS passes near my location. Below is the edited for length video I posted to Youtube:

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Experimenting with Linux

Posted on February 27, 2019 by n4tqu

Recently I came across the Youtube channel of KM4ACK and the stuff that Jason is doing with a Raspberry Pi immediately intrigued me. I purchased my first RPi in 2018 and quickly turned it into a server running Pi-Hole for … Continue reading →

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ISS SSTV Event of February 15-17 2019

Posted on February 16, 2019 by n4tqu

I saw on the NFARL club mailing list that there was to be a repeat of the ISS SSTV event from the previous weekend. Since I already had a setup for VHF ready to go I decided to install the … Continue reading →

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