I bought a 80 cm satellite dish (16 Euro), a converter (4 Euro), installed it on the roof and set it up on the satellite (Dish Pointer was very helpful for azimuth and elevation finding). In our conditions, a 80 cm satellite parabola is a reasonable minimum when it comes to the receiving antenna. I […]
Category: Designs
HF5L Remote
The HF5L station has been adapted for remote access via an internet connection. HF5L Remote is initially intended for standard contacts in the 3.5 and 7 MHz bands. HF5L Remote is currently a 100 W low-power station. It is equipped with a Yaesu FT-897 transceiver with an external AT-897 antenna box, as well as a […]
SP9VFD antenna system for EME
EME communications have fascinated Rafał SP9VFD from the very beginning of his amateur radio hobby, ie since 1991, when he received the first license at the age of 15. At the time, his favorite reading was UHF guide “Poradnik Ultrakrótkofalowca” by SP6LB. However, it was only in 2007 that he managed to carry out the […]
GNI-r6 controller for RAS, SPX AZ/EL and BIG-RAS azimuth/elvation rotators
A new rotator controller model is available for rotating VHF antennas in azimuth and elevation. Below is a quick guide for the GNI-r6 antenna rotator controller. Introduction. The GNI-r6 controller supports one dual rotor with DC motors for azimuth and elevation rotation that has pulse outputs (pulser or reed switch). Antenna rotation is possible with […]
Our satellite activity
After a series of meetings on VHF subjects in our HF5L club, we started to prepare for work through amateur satellites. March 8, 2019 Piotr SQ5JUP made the first contact from home QTH via FOX-1D satellite (AO-92) on FM using the X300 antenna + duplexer MX-72A + IC-9100. As you can see, you can do […]
GNI-r5 controller for RAU, RAK, BIG-RAK and RAEL rotators
Rotary antenna rotator controller. A new model of the GNI-r5 antenna rotator controller is available. Compared to previous versions, it has new features and a new steel casing. The following is the shorted operating manual for the GNI-r5 antenna rotor controller. Introduction. The GNI-r5 controller supports one rotor with pulse […]
DX from space
Amateur telemetry reception from ARTSAT2 interplanet probes: DESPATCH and Shin-en2. Authors: Piotr SP5ULN, Michał SQ5KTM, Piotr SP5MG, Łukasz SQ5RWU. Introduction Bands above 50MHz are often treated only as local FM communication channels. Here and there in the radioamateur environment, the opinion is repeated that in this frequency domain nothing particularly interesting is happening, excluding only […]
Electret microphone instead of dynamic and vice versa
Some transceivers have a microphone input adapted to the electret microphone and some to a dynamic one. It is not possible to replace them due to design differences. The electret microphone contains a FET transistor in the capsule, which must be supplied with DC voltage in the same wire as the audio signal. The FT-991 […]
Polish student satellite PW-SAT2 transmits
We live in interesting times. In orbit is the Polish student satellite PW-SAT2 which broadcasts data in our radio-amateur band of 70cm. The history of the PW-SAT2 project is also described in Wikipedia and on the website of the Student Astronautical Circle. There is also an interesting photo gallery from the implementation of the PW-SAT2 […]
QCX transceiver QRP CW
I have been interested in QRP solutions for a long time. Of course, I do not avoid QRO, which like QRP gives me pleasure. Long time ago I built TRX Libra on the 80-meter range, unfortunately I did not have the desire to fully run it. Now I have found a very interesting and modern […]