John Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌

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Antenna construction, AMSAT satellites, QRP, HF portable ops.

QRZ, eQSL & LoTW. G7WLR in a previous existence😉

Astronomy and astrophotography.

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Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Dec 24, 2023
@MW1CFN I made do with the live stream. Always enjoy watching that machine come to life step by step.
Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Dec 24, 2023
@G0TRT my daughter made her Christmas list on Google Slides complete with hyperlinks 🤣
Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Dec 24, 2023
@MW1CFN unfortunately I didn't receive anything today. 😞
John Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Nov 11, 2023
Kristijan Conkas (M0NKC)Nov 10, 2023
If speculations on the Amsat-bb list are correct, #hamradio #satellite FO-99 has re-entered. With its fast and deep QSB, it wasn't one of my favourite "birds." I've only had a handful of QSOs using it, but kept trying it anyway, so I feel sad to lose it. Its published schedules, for which one probably needed a PhD to understand when it was going to be on, were just legendary @M5JFS and I will never get another chance to complete that QSO via FO-99 🙂 Thanks #jarl for operating it for so long.
Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Oct 23, 2023

@MW1CFN video of the call
VVV VVV VVV de SAQ SAQ SAQ

still tweaking the alternator speed 😀

Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Oct 23, 2023
@MW1CFN video of the carrier while tuning
Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Oct 23, 2023

@MW1CFN that reply was to my post on their forum - a fascinating insight into the work they were doing.

I have watched several of their streams and the startup/shutdown procedure feels akin to a pilot's pre-flight checklist or the countdown sequence to a rocket launch.

A truly incredible machine.

Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Oct 23, 2023

@M0KHR my issue is with the Windows version. I've given up for now and am using SDRConnect.

Talking of which, it took an age for me to work out how to make SDRConnect run in server mode on boot on my Raspberry Pi4. There seem to be a billion different ways to start a process at boot time, but it took an age to find the one that worked in this case.

I like Linux but I'm not expert enough to do stuff without lots of trial and error and help from Google.

Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Oct 23, 2023
@M0KHR urgh was that on Linux?
Show threadJohn Stringer M5JFS 📡🛰️🔭🌌Oct 23, 2023
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