A new Packet Radio Node is due to go live in the North Norfolk area situated in North Walsham
GB7PKT which will operate on VHF on 144.950MHz 1200 Baud has been on test (not on RF) for a week or so to iron out any configuration issues
I’ll be enabled for BBS (Mail) and Chat, It will also be internet linked to other nodes to ensure mail connectivity,
This Packet Node is going to be linked into the “Team Wave” packet nodes which cover Norfolk and Suffolk
https://mx0wvv.org/packet-radio/
Friends of the group Michael GM5AUG and Kevan 2M0WMG are on the isles Between Friday 26th April to Friday 4th May.
They plan on being active across multiple bands whilst visiting different islands.
more details on Michael’s page
https://gm5aug.topple.scot/hebrides
The lower power testing has been completed with some interesting results!
The coverage based on a Low Power output on the tracker (100mw) feeding into a 5.5dbi mobile car mounted antenna has proven some interesting results, the antenna on the igate is located inside a roof space approx. 8m above ground connected to a watson x30 5.5db gain on 70cm and the coverage produced from that has been quite surprising covering most of north walsham and the main road leading back to cromer before thorpe market
The NoV has now been issued and been allocated MB7UKT which is now showing live on the map’s after a igate reprogram
The next step is to get the antenna mounted externally (watson x30) at its full height of around 12m then get some LNA and filtering on it to help its RX capabilities along with a small PA to boost its 100mw to between 8-20w (depending which PA is purchased and fitted)
It should get a RX increase of +30db once filtering has been put in place
Testing has begun!
Testing has started on the first Norfolk LoRa APRS iGate which is configured on 439.9125mhz
It’s on a temp antenna positioned in the top of the loft at 2E0LSR QTH but will be relocated at some point when additional supplies have arrived
Testing so far on the first morning since it was put up showed slighly less coverage than first anticipated however this is likely due to position, height and the antenna on the tracker which is mounted on a small penny mag mount whip antenna
Further testing is under way and more details will follow once results have been collected during testing
With the increased activity in LoRa, there is now a building presence of APRS over LoRa
Outside of the UK the Freq in use is 433.775mhz
as this freq sits on the UK band plan on a Raynet channel, it’s been suggested to shift further up the 70cm band to the packet section at 439.9125mhz
A useful link to view LoRa Only APRS hits is the website below:
https://lora.ham-radio-op.net
~ Note that this is an external link and is not managed or maintained by us
We have been doing development work and testing with the LilyGo TTGO hardware both the T-Beam and Lora32 esp boards
Tracker – T-Beam-AXP2101-v1.2
iGate – LoRa32 T3 v1.6.1
We’re deploying some iGate’s around North Uist/South Uist (Sysop Barry – GM8SAU) and have a unit on test in North Norfolk (Sysop Kevin – 2E0LSR)
More info and pages to be created for “how to” – coming soon..
Talks and meetings to EU-010 North Uist
Trip 23rd June till approx 1st July 2012
A lot of operators coming up on this trip such as
Kevin / 2E0LSR
Jez / SWL
Barry / G8SAU
Roberta / 2E0RBQ
Julian / 2E0DJR
Malcolm /2E0YFO
and others…
Watch This Space!
73 for now
Kevin
2E0LSR
This Site is still under construction
The Scottish Isles DX Group are proud to announce that we have been issued from OfCom the Club Callsign of MØSIA.
More details for the new club callsign can be found on the “Club Callsign” tab
SIDX Team
All kit sorted and ready to be loaded ready for the run up to Scotland this weekend.
Happy birthday to Kevin for Friday have a good day my friend.
Hope all goes well for the and many contacts are made
all the best
73 de Julian 2E0DJR
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