Is There Anybody Out There?
Meshtastic comes to Musick Point! The image shows a standalone, solar powered node mounted at the top of the building. The node is totally self contained and is maintained locally by a bluetooth connection. It’s purpose is to expand / strengthen the network by repeating data packets. Meshtastic is a… [Read More]
We are now open on Friday nights in addition to Sundays and Wednesdays. Open times: Sundays From 10am to around 4pm Wednesdays From 10am to around 4pm Fridays From 7pm to ….
Planned actions for the SDR patch antenna today included lowering the QRM and investigate the substantial Intermodulation Distortion (IMD). A little research provided insight into the role that the coax braid plays with a patch antenna – basically the braid is the antenna. It also transpires that many people have… [Read More]
An HF antenna that has a physical capture area of around 60mm x 40mm? Yeah right. The SDRs at MP need an antenna that is some distance away from the building, to escape both intense RF fields from transmission antennas around the structure, and other QRM from the vast range… [Read More]
The high winds recently appeared to impact the 5775 repeater by inducing noise onto transmissions – notably on lower strength received signals. The antenna was the prime suspect and on Sunday 8th, the wind kindly abated so we could investigate. The antenna was removed, and the radome joiner persuaded to… [Read More]
A radio, a spool of wire, a measuring tape and a pair of wire cutters along with perfect weather; what more does one need? Despite strong winds the day before, Jan 1st brought a sunny calm day, so an early start for Fun in the Park day was on. With… [Read More]
Rob ZL4ROB brought along his solar telescope for a looksee. The telescope has sufficient attenuation to allow direct observation of the sun, and magnification to enable the image of the sun to fill the viewport. A tracking head on the tripod maintains alignment – how convenient! As an addendum to… [Read More]
H night time again and what better than to start off with a BBQ lunch? After all there was half a day and several hours of night ahead that required fuelling… Start time 19:30 came around and the trio of Martyn ZL3CK, Steve ZL1FS and Rob ZL4ROB got the MP… [Read More]
Coffee time in the silly season…
Harry addressed the age old question as to which of horizontal or vertical polarised antennas offered the best performance, by erecting an example of each on one of the lawns. It was monthly meeting time again. The meeting was followed by a presentation on Hydrogen, and we had a couple… [Read More]