Wednesday, November 13, 2013

RTL-SDR HF server on-line...

After almost one and a half year of playing on RTL-SDRs dongles, I decide to purchase the Ham-It-Up upconverter to test it on HF too.... In 10  days my upconverter came from USA and I hook it up in 2 minutes. (Later on, I'll put it in a metal box together with RTL-SDR dongle as on picture)...


I get the newer version that use 125 MHz Local Oscilator and not 100 MHz to avoid the QRM from the Broadcast FM band. An old but good YAESU Low Pass HF Filter is added also between a disconne antenna and my upconverter. Actually Im using two dongles on my SDR Console Server. The "plain" one, covers the range from 24 MHz to 1.7 GHz and the new setup is dedicated for HF use only. 
The first thing you have to do is to download the SDR Console V2 software. Click here. Then install the program and open it. You will see something like this:


On the upper left corner hit "Connect" and a dialog box will shown. Put my data into the boxes as showned to the next picture:


Hit "Connect" and a new window will show you the to available options from the connected dongles to sever. If you choose the second option (EZcap USB) leave the box for the Upconverter blank. 

 

If you wand to play with the Ham-It-Up HF Converter then on Converter box choose Manager. A new window will open and just put the data of LO 125.000 MHz in as shown on next picture:


Just check the Upconverter option and press the Add  button. Now the LO frequency will be stored at upper box. Then OK to close the "Manager" window and go back to selection window. Choose 125.000 Up and now you can start tuning around. Is necessary to open the "FREQ / Mode / Filter" window that is on the middle of left side of your screen for frequency and mode input. 


Try to get familiar with software if its your first time with that...  


Enjoy your listening into ham bands and feel free to use it as long you want.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

M5RIC @ Rhodes...



Richard M5RIC yesteraday morning arrives at Rhodes for his mini DXpedition participating to the upcoming CQ WW SSB Contest as SW5CC on SOSB 10m SSB.
Dodecanesse Radio Amateurs Association welcomes Richard at club station and wish to him Good Luck...!!! 

SV5BYR will run partially on 20m this year as the QRL on weekend will take me away from shack the half of day...



Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Magic Band...

Yes it's October but who cares... 


Click on picture to see my 12 QSOs via Es...

...and keep watching beacons. The band is full of surprises...!!!

Video is courtesy of SV2DCD

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Andrian back to Rhodes...

After 11 years my friend Andrian (G0HAS) comes back to the island for holidays. Both of us with grey hair and lot of "ham wisdom" but nearly teenagers in mind.... Welcome back Andrian....

At club station SZ5RDS with "Shouma" and beers... 


Read here the article of Adrian from the last visit to the island

Friday, October 11, 2013

Setup your DXCluster...

Setup the SV5BYR-7 DXCluster to your 
LOGGER32 Logbook with the follow steps:
(click on pics for better resolution)





Welcome to the DXers node....!!!

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Great opening to USA...


Nice opening on 10m today with lot of surprises...!!!
 

More than 200 QSOs on 10m and few also on 15m later.

Thanks folks...!!!

t

Sunday, September 29, 2013

CQ WW RTTY Contest....


Just for fun and only 250 QSO's into log at 20m band only ... 

QRL and family priorities at week-end keep me away from my Ham Shack. 
But I enjoy it....



See you at next CQ Contests this year....

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Holidays are over...!!!

Back to work today after my holidays at KM36. 



 
Also my remote Ham servers are back on service and again you can connect to My YAESU FT-817 receiver via REMOTE HAMS (http://www.remotehams.com ) using my son's call SV5KKR.





My Echolink node is also active as SV5BYR-L  

and my RTL-SDR server using RTL SDR V2 software 
URL sv5byr.no-ip.org  and user: guest pass: guest at port 7999.
 

Don't forget to test my DX Cluster node:

telnet  sv5byr.no-ip.org:7300

Sunday, September 8, 2013

2m QSOs on Feld-Day 2013...



QSO with my good friend Vassilis (SV8CYV) on 2m and Ilias SV8FMY cooperated with SZ8S/p Field Day Team. Couple QSOs with SV9 and close to complete QSO with SZ6IOA  abt 700 Km away...

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Field Day 2013...

 After one week my good friend Bernie (DJ5MN) visit us again this morning. He is carying with him his new "toy" the Elecraft KX-3. 
An incredible small size-big capabilities radio. 
A small diamond. 
He let me to play with it a half hour and I see a nice receveiver and a sophisticated design. 
Congrats to Elecraft's engineers..!!!

Note the padle....!!!

A real plug and play radio...

Two paddles connected...

Konstantinos help Bernie with antenna pole...

Great teacher...

The Balun....