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This week I’ve added a hand held to my communications tool box. You may have read my posts on APRS over HF, well this radio includes a Bluetooth TNC for APRS over VHF which you can use directely from the radio or…

What is FT8Call? FT8Call is a derivative of FT8 the digital mode that took over the HAM Radio bands last year due to its ability to be heard over very long distances even when there is poor propagation. I enjoyed FT8 to…

I have been spending some time recently setting up my raspberry pi for use portable as it’s a great little computer that doesn’t take much to power it. i was going  to post some tutorials about how to set up it up…

Since I joined the Portable Digital & QRP group on facebook its rekindled my interest in mobile computing. Ive always been interested on getting out into the field with a computer set up of some kind, as early as the mid 1980s…

I finished putting my portable computer with monitor together today. its self contained with a power bank that has a solar panel to keep it charged. Ive got a 13inch screen, the option of a raspberry pi or a lattepanda (running Windows)…

My new project to add to my portable set up is this little computer I discovered recently. Although I love the raspberry pi for its small size and low power usage, most of the available software for Amateur radio runs best on…

I just registered for an event thats will be held in August – British inland Waterways on the Air, and I was the first to register. So the River Hamble is first in the list of registered stations. As I type its…

If you have read some of my earlier posts you will have heard about APRS messenger testing Ive been doing along with some of the members of the Portable Digital & QRP group on facebook. Julian (OH8STN) is producing a series of…

when you live on a boat knowing about the weather is always handy and quite important. It’s also quite useful when you are putting up antennas for amateur radio. So to begin with I had planned to just get an anomometer (spelling?),…

This week has seen a couple of updates to the APRS Messenger software it now includes MFSK-4 which has worked very well, I was able to send a message to Julian – OH8STN – in Finland using just 5 watts on Thursday morning.…