Save the date! Grimeton SAQ transmission on 24 Dec 2023. - Frequency: 17,2 kHz CW mode. - 07:30 UTC: Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ. - 08:00 UTC: Transmission of a message from SAQ.

DSN sanity check on Stereo A . 0,12AU away from earth , roughly 17.5 million km or the signal from the spacecraft takes about 1 minute to arrive at my antenna .

Boxing day mechanical fun , milling the connector block for a 6-way power splitter .

Astrobotic Peregrine Lunar lander on X-band . #Astrobotic #PeregrineMissionOne

Some DSN fun with Pysche and Capstone , both showing a nice solid signal on X-band .

Is it an overkill device for listening broadcast FM ? Sure but I like that ! 😁 #f6kat

Might be a good time to remind everyone there's a DVB-S decoder in SatDump which will work just fine with HamTV... :-)

Goodmorning from Mars , Tianwen-1 with a rocking signal . The signal from the spacecraft needs about 17,6 minutes of travelling time to reach my antenna .

Physicist Peter Higgs passed away at the age of 94 at his home in Edinburgh. RIP.

Aurora fun tonight !

Firing up the old lady to have some sporadic E fun on 11m .

Antenna saturday , made a discone antenna and testing it .

The new "Frequency Handbook for Radio Monitoring Edition 2024" has been prepared and it now with the printing company. The book contains more then 18000 frequencies for the shortwave range. It will be available at frequencymanager.de

Good morning Tianwen-1 ! Rocking signal as usual .

Tianwen-1 periapsis .

RF mechanics , made some 5,5Ghz feedhorns . #rfmechanics #hamradio

Made a 2-way power splitter for 100MHz , spot on frequency and good return loss. Next job epoxy coating .

Some good old fashion style NAVTEX fun ...

Saturday PCB antenna prototyping fun .