On my way to represent ⁦BATC Online⁩ at HamRadio Friedrichshafen. Please stop by our stand in Hall A1 if you have questions about the Portsdown or Ryde, or general questions about using the ⁦Raspberry Pi⁩ or ⁦Lime Micro⁩ devices for Amateur TV

⁦BATC Online⁩ stand set up for the ⁦National Hamfest⁩ at Newark. Please come and see us on Friday or Saturday

All BATC members should have received an email with details of how to join the Zoom stream for CAT22 part two on Saturday. The talks are also going to be streamed batc.org.uk/live/cat22 and will appear on the club’s YouTube channel later next week if you are unable to watch live

In the long queue for the pop-up ⁦Raspberry Pi⁩ store in Southampton for more parts for ⁦BATC Online⁩ amateur TV projects

Well worth waiting in the queue for the ⁦Raspberry Pi⁩ pop-up shop. Bought 2 Picos and gave a demo of the ⁦BATC Online⁩ Portsdown Amateur TV transceiver to the Raspberry Pi team

In this case the other stations rob a lot of power from the beacon, decreasing the transponder gain by 3.5 dB compared to an idle transponder, and greatly changing the power distribution from what I showed in the previous post. Read more: destevez.net/2023/04/more-a… (2/2)

Great to see that 2 of the honourable mentions in the RSGB Construction Competition Excellence Category were for the Raspberry Pi based BATC Online Portsdown Amateur TV transmitter/receiver

We have just added a new video to our YouTube channel: 'Reviewing the Icom IC-905 SHF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver': youtu.be/0yLnjeEGx2s #icom #hamradio #Amateurradio #ic905

Testing the icom_uk IC-905 on 23 cm FM ATV with G4KLB through GB3SQ this evening. The video level was a bit lower than GB3SQ was set to receive but it certainly worked. Look out for the review in RSGB RadCom and further technical details on BATC Online CQ-TV

1249 MHz analogue ATV transmissions into GB3SQ from an ⁦icom_uk⁩ IC-905. Thanks to G4KLB for receiving.

Ash cloud from Icelandic eruption

I've just added support for the SDRPlay RSPdx to the @batconline Portsdown equipment. Spectrum and waterfall BandViewer for portable operation using a Raspberry Pi 4 and a 7 inch touchscreen. Software build here github.com/BritishAmateur…

Beautiful day for portable amateur TV operation in the ⁦BATC Online⁩ activity weekend

Portable Amateur TV on 24 GHz this morning with ⁦Noel Matthews⁩ and G4LDR. Best DX was G4FRE at 94 km. G4LDR also managed a 47 GHz CW contact over the same distance. ⁦BATC Online⁩ ⁦RSGB⁩

Good attendance at the AMSAT-UK talk at Electromagnetic Field being transmitted with BATC Online support on the QO-100 Satellite

A lovely afternoon for testing on 10 GHz with G8OFA and G4NNS (photographer). ⁦RSGB⁩ ⁦UK Microwave Group⁩

Testing new OOK48 protocol for microwave use with Noel Matthews Only 70 cms today to get experience with the new mode. UK Microwave Group

24 GHz testing in the sunshine this morning with G4NNS. Only 56 km, but massive signals, so we know that the new Wavelab unit works well. ⁦UK Microwave Group⁩ ⁦RSGB⁩