Ham Radio Operator - M0YKS

Happy World 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...