Author: Johnson Francis

Today noon there was a pass of International Space Station of about 19 degrees maximum elevation in my region. As usual, I pointed my antenna South East as

Few days back I had posted about using SD Memory Card for recording information from FT-710 radio. The 32GB Ultra SDHC memory card which was bought online has

My End Fed Half Wave Dipole Antenna for 40-10m was not performing well as I have space limitation and it was a very compromised mounting. VU3TBU during a

During a 40m chat a few days back, VU2XTO told me that as we go higher up in frequency, a GPS Disciplined Oscillator (GPSDO) is needed for good

The Super Amateur Radio Station of KE5EE is quite popular in this region as many of my friends are able to work him regularly on 14.207 MHz in

I have been using my FT-710 radio for the past seven months or so, but I have never ventured into using an SD Card to store data. Manual

I was lucky to hear Special Event Callsign HS72KING Quite Strong on 18.139 MHz at 1449z today. The callsign is in commemoration of King of Thailand’s 72nd birthday. His

Short video clip showing manual rotation of Moxon Yagi from the base with the so called “Armstrong” method! Manual rotation to azimuth of maximum elevation of the LEO

I have an End Fed Half Wave Antenna bought from a local ham with a 49:1 balun at feedpoint and meant for 40, 20, 15 and 10m bands.

Today morning, at around 11 am (UTC+5.30), there was a high elevation Eastern pass of SO-121 (HADES-D), which is a QRP satellite and has been tough to get