Ham Radio Operator - M0YKS

GB1DOG Special Call is active alongside other special event stations with the suffix 'DOG' which will also be active from around the world throughout the month of August for International Dog Day. International DOG Day which is officially on the 26th of August is intended to celebrate our faithful four legged friends globally and to encourage the adoption of Dogs We will be operating via - HF Bands using SSB and also the Satellite Bands.  Thanks for saying hello and passing through the page, best73 from IO93CU -  WAB SE13 -  Baildon near Bradford in West Yorkshire. England. de M0YKS and family Check out these links below for some interesting International DOG Day info and history of dogs. What is International Dog Day? Learn about international Dog Day

 This might be helpful for anyone setting up SatPC32 satellite tracking. If you know what it is, you Know enough! Add the lines to your file found in the Aux Files via (? tab) M0YKS Latest Doppler.SQF   created 25-08-25 This file contains all data required for the CAT tuning to operate.  CAT tuning only works for satellites whose frequencies are contained in the file.  To use the program's tuning functions during Vfo operation, these data are also needed.  It is essential not to modify the file format, when you edit the file. Be careful not to add blanks or blank lines. For decimal markers, the point has to be used. To add another satellite, copy one of the lines, insert the copy into the data section, then modify it for the new satellite. AO-27,436795,0,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM AO-7,29450,145900,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,Mode A AO-7,29502,0,CW,CW,NOR,0,0,CW AO-7,145950,432150,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,Mode B C AO-7,145970,0,CW,CW,NOR,0,0,CW AO-73,145960,435140,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,SSB AO-...

Happy World Amateur Radio Day everyone. Enjoy, make some qsos, do some SWL, do what makes you feel happy. QRZ!.......

  I have been busy catching as many passes as possible from ISS in the hope of capturing the maximum number of the 12 different images that are currently being transmitted from ARISS. As usual the same Images keep popping up due to the timing of the full Earth orbit, this is often the case and I usually receive the same 6 out of 12 over the activity. Sometimes if the SSTV is halted or paused due to work on board or technical issues it can be a good chance to then receive the other images that I am missing. This is due to the time pause and re transmit order or images restarting in a different position of the orbit. This time around so far has been easy enough to catch but yes I was stuck on six images. The last pass came in hot, transmission was readable at 2° and yes! It's a different image - series number 11. That bumped it up to 7/12 and I still have a couple more chances 😁. I very happy with the results so far! (*check the update ) These were the best I received so far this ti...

  Greetings and welcome back to one of the oldest Ham Radio blogs from the UK. Its been a few months since I last posted and I have been a little bit less active in regarding making YouTube videos. That doesn't mean I have been neglecting the actual heart of my interest which of course is HAM Radio. Yes I have continued to be working DX, Rag chewing SAT chasing and general radio fun. In fact I have been hitting some super DX lately from my Toyota RAV whilst travelling to and from work. The Toyota has my FT-100 and the mono band 20m Mobile base loaded whip which I picked up 18 months ago from Knights Ham and CB Radio supplies, It works very well indeed! I have hit the DX into Iran, VK, USA, Canada, Barbados and St Lucia whilst on the move. Its impressed me how many stations have been surprised how big the signal is from a Mobile station. I made the mount up from some old fittings and replaced the coax with some high quality cored cable which was previously used on my C...