M0JFP last qso of the year on 20 meters to Canada

 

Back to FT8 on 2 meters and worked GB75ISWL special event

 

2 meter FT8

 

2 meters MSK144 (trail and error!) not quite meteor scatter !

Decided to see what all the fuss was about Meteor Shower and MSK144 data mode. I installed WSTJ-X software with the ic9700 set it to work msk144

It started out nothing heard and not moving from there.....

I then got a bit excited and heard a couple of stations, tried to go back and got nothing...

I checked in on psk reporter and was being heard by a few stations in the UK and a couple in France!

***Time to take heed and learn from a local hams friendly email**

Firstly on 40 Watts and an x-50 (white stick) omni...you are not going to work meteor scatter!

you are not going to hear meteor scatter (mostly tropo ducting or airplane scatter if you are lucky)

Next and most importantly, the setting in wstj-x must be set correctly:

In the UK we TX last (leave TX even / first un ticked)

F tol set to 100

RS 1500Hz

Report 0

T/R 30 s   (by default this is set to 15 and will break things and upset people!)

Some very top tips from Peter G4URT

1/ Log onto the ON4KST site. This is a free reflector with most of the stations on. You can see who is calling etc and arrange skeds:  http://www.on4kst.com/chat/start.php 

2/ YouTube is your friend! When I first started there wasn't a great deal of info available - now there is stacks load.

I suggest having a look at the following :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8coTrJOJQE (MS for beginners by Lynn GW8JLY)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBTi2nzYOw0 (RSGB Tonight@8)

3/ Get yourself a beam! 

Then my hopes were shattered (I joke I kid!)

*from Peter*

Now I realise why you called me. I suppose you weren't hearing a huge amount of stns on vertical!

(he is) Running 400w to 4 * 9 OWLs with 25db LNAs - I can hear a mouse fart sometimes...

France would have been tropo or Aircraft scatter - and living in Staines?????. Due to the mechanics of MS anything under 500km will normally be tropo. Anything over 2000km either tropo or SpE. However, these are rules of thumb....

So there we go I need to beg borrow or buy a 2 meter beam and use my 200 watt amplifier and see if I can achieve some results. Hopefully more soon

James//

ARISS ct. w/DLR School Lab Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany ct. is on Dec 10 at 13:50 UTC

@issfanclub @RF2Space @ISS_Ham_Radio sounding great on the @Icom_UK #ic9700 in #Staines @echelfordars @HamRadioUK @AmsatUK pic.twitter.com/9PlvCw6W2P

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) December 10, 2021

Tracking Star link satellites on a budget

@SpaceXStarlink tracking simple LNB, bias tee, no dish. LnB in a Bush facing up to the sky. More soon! @echelfordars @AmsatUK @HamRadioUK starling tracking #satellite #sdr @sdrsharp pic.twitter.com/oQz2rL6061

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) December 4, 2021

ISS SSTV

MX0MXO November QSL cards

 

November LEO (SSB / FM) Satellites qso / QSL's

 

RWANDA 9X4X on QO-100

 

Vist their home page:  9X4X - The Holyland DX Group from Rwanda (qrz.co.il)

#mx0mxo portable 23cm through 160 meters !

Anyone up for 40 meter contact

Anyone up for 40 meter contact #mx0mxo @Icom_UK pic.twitter.com/CsPLEkyJVB

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) November 20, 2021

#mx0mxo was out again last night working HF and #satellites we also had toasted marshmallows cheers Bob!

@MakExpOp #mx0mxo was out again last night working HF and #satellites we also had toasted marshmallows cheers Bob! pic.twitter.com/KSrBG4TyLe

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) November 6, 2021

MX0MXO October QSL cards

 

#9x4x and #gb3rs Bletchley Park and #VU2OT Victor in India on #qo-100

#VU2OT Victor in India very nice copy pic.twitter.com/QbjGe5YygI

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) November 28, 2021

Cherstey Radio club coders have passed phase 1 Mission Space lab

Thank you and hooray @MakExpOp has made it through to Phase 2 @AmsatUK @Raspberry_Pi @EghamJam @echelfordars #chertsey #python #space #iss pic.twitter.com/juJH3eQKBp

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) November 26, 2021

Chertsey Radio club takes part in mission zero...our code is going to the space station (ISS)

@astro_pi @ESA__Education #missionzero Big thanks for the great opportunity #mx0mxo pic.twitter.com/vitMZ5J8cd

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) October 27, 2021

Any ideas what this is on 2 meters in Staines

Any ideas what this is on 2 meters in Staines @echelfordars @jonathancreaser pic.twitter.com/oEvmWx65ZF

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) October 16, 2021

ARISS ct. w/Ecole Louis Armand, Carquefou, Inst. Universitaire de Tech., Carquefou, Fr. and Coll. Les Sables D’Or, Thouare Sur Loire, Fr. Ct. is 10/13 at 13:39 UTC

@issfanclub @RF2Space @ISS_Ham_Radio @echelfordars another great contact yesterday recorded on my #ic9700 @Icom_UK from #staines #frenchlanguage #iss #ariss #icom @HamRadioUK pic.twitter.com/0YWApumfl5

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) October 14, 2021

ARISS ct. w/Mary Hare School, Newbury, UK. The ct. is on Oct 12 at 11:12 UTC. Ct. is direct w/GB4MHN.

Very good copy in Stainrs UK @issfanclub @RF2Space @ISS_Ham_Radio @AmsatUK @amsat @amsatdl @echelfordars @HamRadioUK @Icom_UK #ic9700 #space #iss pic.twitter.com/Z8PW99gdjA

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) October 12, 2021

first 30Meter CW contact, using IC9700 CW keyer and android decoder

MX0MXO September QSL cards

 

September LEO (FM / SSB) satellite contacts

 

a few qso tonight via ISS #mx0mxo

@ARISS_status a few qso tonight via ISS #mx0mxo pic.twitter.com/r1pAee8v1B

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 25, 2021

Great to work you too #mx0mxo portable in Laleham Park just outside Heathrow pic.twitter.com/YYehGHcU5V

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 26, 2021

KC9RF on 20 meters #mx0mxo

KC9RF on 20 meters #mx0mxo pic.twitter.com/830JGHGxl5

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 25, 2021

N2TM on 20 Meters portable M6FLT Bob does it again!

N2TM on the #ic7300 It's proper DX too pic.twitter.com/YCgLdv5beN

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 18, 2021

@MakExpOp Chertsey Radio Club will be out on #satellite portable and also give the new #ic7300 @Icom_UK portable, please look out for for us #mx0mxo @echelfordars @HamRadioUK

M6FLT charming the stove #CoffeeTime pic.twitter.com/LjhLR4FvWM

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 18, 2021

N2TM on the #ic7300 It's proper DX too pic.twitter.com/YCgLdv5beN

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 18, 2021

Brazil on 20 meters #mx0mxo pic.twitter.com/ezeMf32im1

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 25, 2021

Bob working into Maine USA on 20 #mx0mxo pic.twitter.com/7V6vjO8PUy

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 25, 2021

KC9RF on 20 meters #mx0mxo pic.twitter.com/830JGHGxl5

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 25, 2021

@ARISS_status a few qso tonight via ISS #mx0mxo pic.twitter.com/r1pAee8v1B

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 25, 2021

Great to work you too #mx0mxo portable in Laleham Park just outside Heathrow pic.twitter.com/YYehGHcU5V

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 26, 2021

Capital Gold 1548 IC9300

@Icom_UK is it really wrong to listen to @global #capitalgold 1548 on the lovely #ic9300 pic.twitter.com/0WUptC2OJh

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 14, 2021

some big power contest stations on 20 meters

Meanwhile on #20meters contest of the big power stations pic.twitter.com/yJbBs2RcJ3

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 11, 2021

@gm8osq Island of Hoy Orkney islands Scotland 5/9 plus here in IO91SK

@gm8osq Island of Hoy Orkney islands Scotland 5/9 plus here in IO91SK pic.twitter.com/gsv2uBS8fO

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 11, 2021

Replying to @jonathancreaser and @Icom_UK Buzzing 14 contacts !! #ic9700 @Icom_UK @HamRadioUK

Buzzing 14 contacts !! #ic9700 @Icom_UK @HamRadioUK pic.twitter.com/A0SmkNk7RA

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 7, 2021

contesting with the IC9700 be like.....

@jonathancreaser 2 meter contest be like #ic9700 @Icom_UK #Automated 10 and counting!! @echelfordars pic.twitter.com/7nDxsdkrEf

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 7, 2021

@QO100DxClub @qo100_sat #3Dprinting Potty / satellite reducer now installed let the testing begin! #mx0mxo

@QO100DxClub @qo100_sat #3Dprinting Potty / satellite reducer now installed let the testing begin! #mx0mxo pic.twitter.com/Dtd1XMQAyK

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 6, 2021

portable again MX0MXO

pic.twitter.com/AyAzNqzPCc

— James Preece (M0JFP) (@m0jfp) September 4, 2021

MX0MXO August QSL cards

 

2 meter ssb satellite contact into Poland

 

August qo-100 qso / qsl's