6BTV

My old A99 antenna (really a "CB Base" antenna) seems to have developed a short somewhere, and won't load up on any frequency.

Therefore, I finally broke down for a 6BTV, trap vertical.

More after it arrives!

Hopefully, this will be a little more reliable, more importantly will load properly and get me out on 10 PSK31, at a minimum :)

Three Down, Five to Go

Three Down, Five to Go

ok, of my original list of "things to do":

I have setup:

• my Raspberry Pi 3 B+ as the "shack computer", and have WSJT-X setup, as well as Gpredict, and TQSL (to upload LoTW entries for later sync to QRZ or N3FJP logs)
• a new Raspberry Pi 4, headless system, for Fox Telem data collection. I ran LMR 400 to the dual band ground plane and reception seems good enough to make an attempt at WX image reception again. For now, I'm letting FoxTelem run and collect data automatically when sats are above line of sight, per Nasa Keps managed by the program.

1. The TAPR controller project I've posted about before
2. Getting my Az - El system working at home
3. Getting on an AO-92 L/V pass with the Alinco DJ-G7T
4. Getting my packet system (yeah that) setup again for local APRS igating
5. Getting one or more of my wire antennas up
6. Getting on mode (K? 10mtr uplink to PSAT to PSK31 70CM downlink) working
7. Re-purposing my shack's win10 tablet to Linux for #4 and/or #6 above 
8. Get my WX sat receiver up again, RPi and my ground plane.