I’ve just worked my first American station

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Derek in Amateur Radio.

Some Amateur Radio operators will stare at this post bemused and wonder what all the fuss is about, but for me this is a milestone.

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Portable PSK-31 Amateur Radio station up and running

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Derek in Amateur Radio.

This is the first opportunity that I’ve had to get out the portable PSK-31 Amateur Radio station and it does work, though I suspect a better antenna is called for. In the picture you can see the Yaesu FT-817 portable HF/VHF/UHF transceiver, LDG Electronics Z11 automatic antenna tuner (atu), CG Antenna SB-2000 USB radio interface […]

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Hooked on PSK

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Derek in Amateur Radio.

I am a licenced Radio Amateur and have been for nearly twenty years – however there’s little more than a couple of thousand contacts in my logbook. I know, it’s shameful. I mostly operate on VHF (FM and SSB) and for a number of good reasons. Firstly, my garden is pitifully small, no room for […]