ARISS commemorated the 68th anniversary of the launch of the world’s first satellite – Sputnik-1 – by transmitting a series of space cooperation-themed SSTV images from the International Space Station (ISS) from October 3 until October 9th.
I used the Xtreme Technologies XLink BT landline bridge to make and receive phone calls on a Western Electric Model 500 rotary phone and an old cordless phone from the 1980s. No landline service needed, just an Apple or Android phone with Bluetooth.
There was in fact AM Stereo broadcast in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world, back when AM radio was more popular. The Sony SRF-A1 Walkman was one of several AM stereo receivers.
After a long break from using scanners, I stumbled across the Uniden SDS100. Quite a bit has changed since my last scanner from the 90s.
With minimal equipment needed, you can receive and decode SSTV from the ISS. The ISS broadcast SSTV on 2-meters from December 25, 2024 through January 5, 2025.
I tried using a USB-C to 12 volt cable to charge my FT5D HT and it did not work as expected. However, I found an equally convenient method to charge this HT.
The M5Stack Cardputer is an inexpensive, functional, and highly portable computer. I was able to use it to connect to my HF TNC via SSH.
I updated one of my (tr)uSDX transceivers to the mainboard revision 1.2 to see if it fixed the “howling” issue.
After hearing quite a bit about Meshtastic, I picked up a few different inexpensive devices to experiment with and see how well they work for off-grid texting.
As we are approaching the height of the current solar cycle 25, 6-meters has had quite a few openings recently.