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New SD card has to be formatted before first use in FT-710. Formatting has to be done within the radio. Even if it has been format elsewhere, it

Especially when the bands are not that good, it could be a tiring process to give CQ calls. In that situation, using a recorded CQ call might come

Today evening I had a QSO with UA9FGR on 21.225 MHz SSB. After giving me 5,7 report, he surprised me by mentioning that we had a contact in

N2YO.COM is one of my favourite websites for checking amateur radio satellite passes. It is a wonderful site which is currently tracking about twenty nine thousand objects in

A new weekly Amateur Radio HF Net was started today at 17:00 IST (UTC+5.30) on 14.195 MHz. Net controllers were S21HA from Bangladesh and VU3JXF from Kolkatha, India.

There was a pass of Space Station in this region with maximum elevation of about 77 degrees. I had kept my Moxon Yagi pointed slightly more to the

There was a pass of about 57 degrees maximum elevation of Diwata-2 (PO-101) amateur radio satellite in this region. Being a U/V satellite with uplink on UHF and

Usually LAPAN A-2 or IO-86 Amateur Radio Satellite gets activated only towards the end of its pass in our region. This weekend there are three activations which gives

Well, I heard of a Quagi Antenna only yesterday, from VU2YE, a veteran LEO satellite operator in this region. He used to do even Moon Bounce with a

Yesterday I had posted that I could hear S21CRO from Bangladesh through Amateur Radio on International Space Station. Few days back I had posted about my first two