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Trans-Atlantic DX with RTL-SDR on 11m / CB band & 10m

Check description for log. My best catches during the excellent lift to the east of the USA & maybe eastern Canada as well. Recorded on October 24th to 27th …

Friday the 13th came early for cluster balloonist and radio amateur Jonathan Trappe, KJ4GQV, of Raleigh, North Carolina. Trappe’s attempt to cross the Atlantic in a cluster balloon ended the evening of September 12, when he “Landed safe, at an alternate location,” as he put it in a Facebook post. That “alternate location” was in Newfoundland, where he remained for the night. 

His lighter-than-ai…

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

Radio amateur Jonathan Trappe, KJ4GQV, of Raleigh, North Carolina is trying to cross the Atlantic in a cluster balloon. He took off September 12 at 1200 UTC from Caribou, Maine. According to a reporton AMSAT-UK, Trappe is carrying Amateur Radio beacons on 14.0956 MHz and 144.390 MHz APRS.

The 14.0956 MHz beacon is just above the WSPR frequency (approximately 1880 Hz in the waterfall display), ru…

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

QSO between Nova Scotia, Paul VE1DX and myself in Belgium ON3JMV ! Power only 10 Watts and a Fritzel GPA 50 antenna ! I had also made a contact with YB8EXL i…
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