Month: January 2018

While I was setting up a Raspberry Pi to decode AIS messages I had a look at whats available for the Pi and found that they now do a 7″ touch screen. This opens up more possibilities for using the Pi for portable…

So I guess most people’s first question will be “Whats AIS?” Basically boats and ships send out their position and speed using AIS (Automatic Identification System) and other ships receive the message and are able to plot the positions of ships around…

Sending email via HF radio is much easier than you might think. If you know how to set up your radio to use Amateur Digital modes then you are most of the way there with this, I was going to write a…

Its always enjoyable to work someone new on a new band, even better when it’s a special event station. This evening I thought I would try my random wire and IT-100 LDG tuner on 80m using FT8. Not a lot to FT8…

Late last year I had an email from a Russian Amateur radio operator asking what my WAB square was. “My what square?” I thought. So after a bit of googling I found the worked all Britain website and also a facebook group…