Just another Amateur Radio Operator
Over the last few months, I have been been pretty uninterested in amateur radio because I literally could not hear and stations due to S7+ RF interference on bands below 20m and made me think that I had fallen victim to nearby solar systems from neighbours. On a whim, I decided to go RFI hunting ... Read more The post RFI Hunting and USB Chargers appeared first on CQ DE VK7BEN .
Between the 5th -12th May, there was a special ARISS/Russia SSTV expedition celebrating Victory Day on May 9, representing the victory of the Soviet Union over Germany in WWII. Conditions were challenging with the timing of the SSTV transmission intervals often resulting in being only able to receive one complete image in the 9-11min AOS ... Read more The post ISS SSTV Expedition 73 appeared first…
There are 3 days each year that Australian amateur radio operators are permitted to operated with an ‘AX’ prefix: This year has been the first year in a very long time that I have remembered I can use the AX prefix, I have had the motivation and the radio shack readiness have converged to where ... Read more The post AX7BEN – Anzac Day 2025 appeared first on CQ DE VK7BEN .
To celebrate 100 years of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), the Spanish Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles (URE) has made available a diploma for successfully contacting special event stations during the 100 year celebration throughout April. Over Easter I was lucky enough to contact the requisite number of stations during some exceptional propagation conditions, with ... Read more…
If you have been receiving SSTV, then you’ll typically know the go-to application is MMSSTV by JE3HHT. It’s s as old as the hills, first released in April 2002 and runs on pretty much anything. I find that its TX template design is particularly good to use. If you have been a Linux enthusiast, then ... Read more The post Running MMSSTV Under Linux appeared first on CQ DE VK7BEN .
Over the past week, amateur radio operators have been enjoying receiving SSTV images from the International Space Station (ISS) celebrating April 12, the International Day of Human Space Flight. As you may have seen before, there is quite an active local group of Amateurs who tune in for space SSTV events, and this one was ... Read more The post ARISS SSTV Event 26 -Humans in Space appeared first…
For those with eagle eyes, you may have noticed a couple of things a little off about my latest computer screenshots – the use of flrig and different looking menus on the apps. As mentioned, I have now moved my radio shack computer from Windows to Linux. Why Change? Things really reached a tipping point ... Read more The post The Switch to Linux appeared first on CQ DE VK7BEN .
Not much to say other than I have managed to achieve the eQSL eJapan award 🙂 There has been some exceptional propagation activity in the last week on the 10m band into Asia, which has resulted in a lot of FT8 contacts in the region: Shortly after confirming the eJapan certificate I was able to ... Read more The post eQSL eJapan & eDX Awards appeared first on CQ DE VK7BEN .
I love electronic toys, especially when they are to do with radio. In the past couple of months, Youtube has been starting to pop up with reviews of a new SDR receiver based on the Si4732 chip from Skyworks Solutions: The device is relatively inexpensive and with a recent sale on a popular China-based website ... Read more The post A Tiny SI4732 Receiver appeared first on CQ DE VK7BEN .
Over this past week I have taken a leap of faith and moved my contact logging platform to Wavelog. Ever since I first obtained my amateur radio license some 20 years ago, I have used Ham Radio Deluxe which truly has been the “Swiss Army Knife” for the casual amateur radio operator, primarily incorporating multi-rig ... Read more The post Switching QSO Logging to Wavelog appeared first on CQ DE…