Observations 2010

Observations 28/04/2011 Get Ready for Summer.

Observations 26/04/2011 /mm on the Med.

Observations 20/04/2011 Giving Up Fishing... err... NOT!

Observations 12/12/2010 Giving up Fishing?

Observations 19 Nov 2010... not radio, or even satellites, but...

Observations  10/11/2010 Sodder that for a game of soldiers!

GM1SXX QSL Cards

Observations  06/11/2010. FT-102  Replacing RL-02

Crap Aerials don't really work.

Observations 22/10/2010 An  easy 'restricted space' field or home aerial for HF.

Observations 20/10/2010 Fishing-Pole to Fishing-Pole QSO

Observations 18/10/2010 Horrendous 30M Band Interference.

Observations_14/10/2010. POSTCOM and OFCOM 'to marry'.

Observations 30.09/2010. Aerials? Who Needs them?

Observations 27/10/2010. Foundation and Intermediate Power levels.

Observations 28/08/2010. DX'ing with a broken Fishing-Pole

GM1SXX, some recent QSL Cards etc.

Observations_2010_09_22  Nit-Picking by the RCE/RCF.

Elderslie ARS Offiicial Opening 2010 + Wallace Day photos.

EARS / WOSARS visit to the Museum_of_Communications in Burntisland Fife.

Observations_by_GM0UHC. More on Butternut Squash by Ian.

Recipes_from_Scotland......Squash Soup for Idiots

Observations 25/08/2010

Observations_2010_08_19 A story of a sick transmitter, a Cormorant, and a lot of Jiggery-Pokery.

Observations_2010_07_27. Weegiesat may beat FUNCUBE Into orbit.

Observations_2010_06_13.      Bad design.

Hope HO-68 satellite.  Schedule & info

 Observations From China (new to OBS)

Observations from Scotland 30_04_2010

Ideas from M1HOG. 2010_04_18

Observations From Scotland  2010-03-30

Changes afoot at the Elderslie ARS. 2010/03/28

 GB3CSB and GM6BIG Beacons Observations from Scotland 2010/01/14

Observations The RS-Birds, de RW3DW and DK3WN  2010_01_09

Observations 2009

Yubileiny-2 launch delayed. Observations_2009_12_30

The RACAL RA1772 revisited.  Observations_2009_12_29

The sound of silence.... but!    Observations_2009_12_23

GB3CSB, The sound of err Silence.  Observations_2009_12_22

A light-hearted look at the Ionosphere.   Observations_2009_12_16

Mike DK3WN SatBlog link (includes XW-1 Information) from Mineo Wakita

Chinese satellite XW-1 Launched.

Reshetnev, Yubileiny and_DOKA-B (pdf doc)

New Chinese Satellite for launch  Observations_2009_12_14

Lights on, no-one Home.  Observations_2009_12_13

Computers in the shack. Observations_2009_12_11

An Interesting Comparison(2).  Observations_2009_11_18

Hertz, and err, Cycles per Second.   Observations_2009_11_17A

An Interesting Comparison Observations_2009_11_17

SATGEN, a Valuable Satellite resource. Observations_2009_11_16

The Satellite Zoo  OBSERVATIONS 2009_11_15

Feedback... of a sort!     Observations_2009_11_11

Feedback? Observations_2009_11_09.htm

YABHR! Observations_2009_10_20

Amateur Exams and Pavlov's Dog. Observations_2009_10_14

A Simple Trapped Inverted L Aerial.   Observations_2009_09_29

Trapped!   Observations_2009_09_28

Observations_2009_09_24 Working Linear satellites (Beginner)

Observations_2009_09_24  Yaesu's FT-60.

Observations_2009_09_09  The 'bear' is on the air!

Observations 2009_09_09 Working AO51. (Beginner)

Improved PIC keyer software (but read 'One for the Techies' first!)

One for the Techies.  A PIC Beacon keyer 2008_08_11

Indoor (basement) linear satellite operation on 2 watts

Observations_2009_02_16 Whatever Happened to GB3COA... again!

Fox Tango 102 Complete Parts List (GM1SXX)

Observations_2009_02_23 So many choices, so few Opportunities.

May 2008 Restoring a Yaesu Fox-Tango 102

FT102 restoration... continued.  Observations_25_05_2008  

FT102 Repaired.    Observations_26_05_2008  

Observations 2008

Copper-island prototyping revisited.   Observations_2008_08_24

Observations_2008_06_19   Working the Easy Sats.

Observations_2008_06_16  The IARU, Satellite Frequency Co-ordination and the CUBESAT Bands

Observations_2008_06_09  A simple data interface.

Observations_2008_05_29  A better battery pack for the FT817 transceiver

Observations_2008_07_04  Mag-loops for the 'estate-challenged' radio Amateur.

Observations_2008_05_26  Repairing the Yaesu FT102 Transceiver.... continued

Observations_2008_05_25  Repairing the Yaesu FT102 Transceiver.

Observations_2008_05_20  Fun with Fox Tangos... or 'too much Sake'

Observations_2008_05_13  Ron Parise WA4SIR SK

Observations_2008_05_02  The vertical revisited

Observations_2008_05_01  The humble Yagi... or should that be 'Uda' 

Observations_2008_04_28  New amateur satellites.

Observations_2008_04_22  A short (cheap) Quagi for 1298Mhz.

Observations_2008_04_20  Aerials for the Terrified.

Observations_2008_04_17  The sheer cost of getting started in amateur radio... or not as the case may be.

Observations_2008_04_06  The humble L-Match.

Observations_2008_03_23A  Copper Island Construction.

Observations_2008_03_23  More on the Eee PC.......

Observations_2008_03_21  Copper Island Construction 2.

Observations_2008_03_19  The BITX20A Mono-band 20M Transceiver kit.

Observations_2008_01_13  SXX meets  "The HOG!"

Observations 2007

Observations_2007_01_1  Triband Mag-Loop

Observations_2007_01_07a  Re-styling the loop.

Observations_2007_12_22  The Transistor hits 60!

Observations_2007_12_13  Computers for Stroke Portable.

Observations_2007_12_03  Fun with Slinkies.

Observations_2007_11_22  More power Egor (sat newbie? Read This!)

Observations_2007_11_19  Soldering for the Terrified!

Observations_2007_11_02   Yet Another Small Transmitting Loop.

Observations_2007_11_01  Pic Microcontrollers... the easy way.

Observations_2007_10_24  The Cart before the Horse.

Observations_2007_10_21  'An 'embedded computer for a tenner.'

Observations_2007_10_18  The shortest OBS EVER!

Observations_2007_10_10  Harmonics or Overtones. What's the difference?

Observations_2007_10_04  Sputnik and The Dawn of the Space Age

Observations_2007_09_27  Batteries in Satellites?  Who needs em!

Observations_2007_09_25  Fun with 23Cms.

Observations_2007_09_18  One four five dot nine seven two (Oscar7)

Observations_2007_09_08  Some you win.... some you lose!

Observations_2007_09_05  YABR  Yet another Bl**dy radio!

Observations_2007_09_04  Test Equipment for the radio amateur.

Observations_2007_09_03  The Yaesu FT817ND.

Observations_2007_08_20  The HP141T Spectrum Analyser.

Observations_2007_07_15  Reg Edwards G4FGQ

Observations_2007_07_07  Big Brother screws up!

Observations_2007_07_06 Small Transmitting Loops.

Observations_2007_07_05  NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Observations_2007_07_03  Small lots.

Observations_2007_07_02  There's no excuse really!

Observations_2007_06_29  Inflatable Space Stations.

Observations_2007_06_28  A new source of Q R Mexico ... and an Opportunity.

Observations_2007_06_27  A cheap and simple 'field aerial' for 80/40 & 20M.

Observations_2007_06_09  A better battery for the FT817... continued.

Observations_2007_06_04  Station in a suitcase.

Observations_2007_05_13  'Magnetometers for dogs"

Observations_2007_04_24  Spectrum Sweep.

Observations_2007_04_23  'Me Too' GPS/SARSAT birds.

Observations_2007_04_23A  CORRECTION!  SXX eats humble pie

Observations_2007_04_22  Building an HF loop aerial. Part 1

Observations_2007_04_21  Electrically Short Compromise Aerials.

Observations_2007_04_17  Silk Purses and Sow's Ears

Observations_2007_04_09.htm  Racal RA1772. The last of the Mohicans!

Observations_2007_04_05  RA1772 meets MA1720  Experiment #1

Observations_2007_04_07  RA1772 meets MA1720  Experiment #2

Observations_2007_04_04q  The great spectacles Rip-Off.

Observations_2007_04_04p  What do users want from a satellite

Observations_2007_04_04m  Space Junk

Observations_2007_04_04l  So you want to build a CUBESAT?

Observations_2007_04_04k  QRN of the man-made sort.

Observations_2007_04_04h  NOVA for WINDOWS

Observations_2007_04_04g  The Poor man's CANTENNA.

Observations_2007_04_04e  In praise of broken batteries

Observations_2007_04_04d  GM1SXX and the RSGB

Observations_2007_04_04c  What's Wrong With CUBESATS

  Observations_2007_04_04b  CUBESATS & Altruistic Radio Amateurs

Observations_2007_04_04a  The CUBESAT Project

Observations_2007_04_04_c   Delfi-C3... a Batteryless Satellite

Observations_2007_04_04  Batteryless satellite operations

Observations_2007_04_03 An HF PA for the MA1720

Observations_2007_04_02  The MA1720 revealed

Observations_2007_03_28  Heavy Metal radio.

Observations_2007_03_27  My 'new' RA1720 Arrives.

 Observations_2007_03_05 Satellites previously launched

Observations_2007_03_01  My RACAL RA1772 calls in sick

Observations_2007_02_28  THE YAESU FT200, AKA HENRY TEMPO-1, AKA FT250

Observations_2007_02_27  The RACAL  MA1720

Observations_2007_01_30  Why CP aerials on the ground are pretty much a waste of money.

Observations_2007_01_29  SUITSAT2, another chance to waste a golden opportunity.

Observations_2007_01_22 From Russia with Love

Observations_2007_01_07  MORON Mag-Loops.

Observations_2007_01_06  Mag-Loops for tightwads.

Observations_2007_01_05  Mag-Loops for dummies.

Observations.2007_04_04k  ICOM PCR-1000  Receiver.

Observations 2007_09_11  'The Observations Tower'.

Observations_2007_04_04f.htm

Observations_2006_12_28  The RACAL RA117 Communications Receiver

Observations_2006_12_06  QRM!

Observations_2006_08_04.htm

Observations_2006_07_31  Good old UoSAT2

Observations_2006_06_04  Suitsat(s) ..... why bother?

Observations_2006_05_19  Supercapacitors... a new power source for Amateur Satellites

Observations_2006_04_09  Oscar Numbers, Obfuscation by another name.

Observations_2006_04_02 Fixing the IC-730 preamp relay

Observations_2006_04_01  Midney and Kingsdon... kits

Observations_2006_03_28  Heavy Metal radio.

Observations_2006_03_21  More on Space Junk

Observations_2006_03_17  DIY electronics Observations

 Observations_2006_03_12  Scotland... CLOSED FOR THE DAY

 Observations_2006_00_00  DCI 144-146Mhz (UK) 4 chamber VHF helical filter

Antenna Polarisation  Observations 2006_03_xx

gb3coa

IC-730_fix  How to fix the preamp relay on the ICOM IC-730

Dbm_Volts_Watts conversion (50R)