Leon N1TX

Shout out to Kristijonas Adomaitis and the team for what appears to be a powerful bit of kit for SDR enthusiasts. I am running 3.0 on my Raspberry Pi 4B and waiting for a METEOR-M pass. on-air.dev I’ll explore further. FYI Satdump has run its course for me. Constant crashes on Win+Linux. I’m done.

Shout out to Kristijonas Adomaitis and the team for what appears to be a powerful bit of kit for SDR enthusiasts. I am running 3.0 on my Raspberry Pi 4B and waiting for a METEOR-M pass. on-air.dev I’ll explore further. FYI Satdump has run its course for me. Constant crashes on Win+Linux. I’m done.

METEOR-M N2-3 processing in real time. I am monitoring via Pi connect, which is a little slow. I see already OnAir is slow to lock on 72 Kbps because it’s searching for both 80/72k. Maybe there’s a setting I can change. 80k isn’t used right now.

Listen for W1AW/KL7 over the next week.

We are planning to use the call during CQ WW SSB from KL7SB. This will take 10, 15, 20, 40, 80, and 160 from 0Z 10/24 to 23:59z 10/25. The WARC Bands, as well as digital and CW, will still be available. I won’t be operating in CQWW, but I’ll probably take advantage of WARC bands in CW or digital.

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We all know controlling people, and they act out when they’re faced with a situation they actually can’t control. Authoritarians have three basic qualities or needs: Unquestioning obedience, violence, and adherence to (what they believe are) the “traditional values” of their ancestors. 2/

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) will be conducting a research campaign October 20-24 UTC, with operating times specified in the table below. Operating frequencies will vary, but all HAARP transmissions will be between 2.8 and 10 MHz. All information is subject to change.

This is a first for me in 28+ years. Glad I have a generator and several days of gas. We’ve been without power in subzero for days, but not on account of generating capacity limits. GVEA offers no details. Only advises to prepare and don’t be surprised. I was last in Kosovo ‘99 when this happened.

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I pulled my 200 mW WSPR beacon off air to do some antenna maintenance about a week ago. The previous random wire antenna broke in a winter storm, so I’ve used a Comet CHA-250B vertical for the past year. Some would call it a dummy load on a stick. Not great at low bands but it works at low height.

Kind of a cool crop from METEOR-M N2-4 at 0453Z Sunday. Received with Nooelec SDR, Wraase KX147 turnstile, Satdump 1.2.2 on a Raspberry Pi 4B. Processed as AVHRR 3a21 False color

Let’s see what RS44 pass at 2255-2313Z nets me on FT4…14 degrees elevation, so there have to be some fish in the water.

Well shit! Nothing. I did hear LA0FA again, though. I saw several FT4 signals scattered about. However, I had considerable difficulty decoding. It’s possible current ionospheric conditions are causing too much flutter.

Satellite RS95S (QMR-KWT2) FM repeater is on. 145.920 (67 Hz PL) up 436.950 down. I worked Don VE6HQ in Red Deer, Alberta, with a fine signal at 17 degrees elevation. 1950Z.

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