Category Archives: Ham Radio

ATV Preamp

Posted on 2011-11-28 by Nigel VH

I’ve recently purchased a new EME179 1.2 GHz preamplifier from MiniKits to help improve the ATV signal I receive at my QTH. I live a little over nine miles from the repeater site, and while there aren’t any hills in … Continue reading →

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T32C DXpedition Contacts

Posted on 2011-10-15 by Nigel VH

Was tipped off to check out T32C which is a large DXpedition mounted to Kiritimati. I’ve made SSB contacts with them on 10,12,15,17 and 20 meters bands, and am hoping for a 10 meters FM contact sometime here. Anyway, if … Continue reading →

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Cheap PowerPole Splitter

Posted on 2011-09-26 by Nigel VH

PowerPoles are neat little modular power connectors used commonly in amateur radio. But often, you’ve got one power source, for example, a battery, and want to power more than one piece of equipment from it. You can make a separate … Continue reading →

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ARISSat1 Tracking

Posted on 2011-08-26 by Nigel VH

Recently ARISSat1 was deployed from the ISS, and off and on since then I have been turning my radios over to the downlink frequency and have been listening for it. As such, I’ve managed to get a couple (of somewhat … Continue reading →

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Belated Updates

Posted on 2010-10-07 by Nigel VH

Yeah yeah, it’s a recurring theme. I’m sorry. Things have been rather busy lately. I’ll try to sum up what I can remember of what I did. Got my Extra class Amateur Radio license. Yep. Decided one day to do … Continue reading →

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